Well i agree with the lack of options part but if you dissect that you will see it also have two parts, lack of resources and lack of a real need. In JF17 both the cases are present and to be true, we have to admit both.
I am not sure about maneuverability thing as i have seen near vertical take off of JF17 and the maneuverability seems good enough. Surely it wont be as acrobatic as some others but we made it not for that reason and if it do gets the job done even if it does nothing fancy, that is what actually matter to us. PAF and Pakistan really do not afford to be in fancy things right now and value for money is the name of the game even if it means cutting it too close.