They demolished Australia in two tests and dominated New Zealand in the opening match of this series to a point where an observer reading the scorebooks might query whether each innings was played on two different pitches.
One might assume this surge in test success has come with a batch of new players uninhibited by what's gone on before. That's partly true, but there's another element more closely resembling Dad's Army.
Captain Misbah-ul-Haq is 40 and recently dropped himself from a one-day international against Australia for slow scoring. He responded by equalling Sir Viv Richards' fastest century of 56 balls in the second test against Australia and scored another ton against New Zealand.
Fellow century-makers Younis Khan and Mohammad Hafeez are 36 and 34 respectively while left-arm orthodox spinner Zulfiqar Babar is in ruddy enough health at 35 to produce mesmerising spells of accurate bowling.
In contrast, their bowling specialists - Babar, Yasir Shah, Rahat Ali and Imran Khan - had 16 caps between them coming into this series.
Extraordinarily the bowling is the aspect of Pakistan cricket rocked most in recent years.
Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were banned for seven and five years respectively for their parts in the spot-fixing plot to bowl deliberate no-balls at Lord's in 2010.
Saeed Ajmal was ejected for chucking and continues to undergo rehabilitation.
Veteran pace bowlers Umar Gul, Junaid Khan and Wahab Riaz are all out with knee injuries.
Yet Pakistan are delivering some of their best results in recent memory and, if the form of the current quartet is any gauge, the others will struggle to return.
Speaking to local journalists, part of the success has been generated by a rare period of unity within the ranks under Misbah and coach Waqar Younis.
That has been echoed at media conferences, too. The likes of senior players (and good English speakers) Younis and Hafeez have exuded a calm and wisdom about their performances.
On the field, fans have seen the same energy and persistence Pakistanis generate when they sense an imminent dismissal.
Their mental disintegration techniques still boast vociferous appealing as their central platform.
For a team that never plays at home - and only three of the current team, Hafeez, Younis and Misbah, have actually played test cricket in Pakistan - their ability to perform in front of sparse foreign crowds, albeit with a healthy expat component in the UAE, remains a marvel of the sporting age.
