This might not be incompetence, so much as Indian political theater for satiating domestic calls for even more aggressive and provocative, or otherwise dangerous and escalatory measures against Pakistan.
Indian officials might be intentionally initiating negligibly impactful, but highly visible strikes against targets in or near Pakistani population centers like Lahore and Karachi — where attacks are captured from multiple angles by smartphones — to generate pretext for claiming "victory" before domestic constituents, and as such a partial offramp for de-escalation.
In all fairness, while such political theater may seem bizarre and incredulous to you and I, it might actually persuade audiences conditioned or willing to "grasp at straws" to make reality fit their "preferred narratives."
Though likewise, India could just be probing Pakistani air defenses and political will before deciding on their next move . . .
