PAF is paying the price for
1. pakistans failure to keep,pace with Econmical growth versis india , Today the GDP ratio 1 to 8
2. Pakistan Govt failure to retain USA has its single most important ally in South Asia. USA is now at best neutral or worse titlting towards india.
3.Pakistans failure to maintain the trust and faith of major international players be it the arabs or the EUROPEANS.
The price is being paid by the military in partuclar the air force and navy who simply cant TURN 1 into 8 ( the gdp ratio gap)
This is why today PAF is outnumbered 3-1 in bvr fighters overall ,,,,,,and has a current scenario where 78 falcons will have to face off 220+ su30mki AND 70 thunders over 150 mirage2000/mig29 combined........
THIS GAP or ratio will keep getting wider
It will be very very interesting to see PAF attempt to counter Rafale even a token order of 36 planes and indeed their attempt to overcome 5 regiments of S400
This is not baosting or rubbing egg in faces ITS SIMPLE reality