I would urge you not to trust all things wiki..
There was a move to look for Russian equipment in the 90's.. mainly the Sukhoi's since the Mig-29 was not necessarily desired.
The deal was just doing the initial rounds and a PAF team checked out the Su-27S . However, the Indian lobby in Russia got wind of it and there was massive pressure put diplomatically and financially(threatening to cancel existing deals between India and Russia) which resulted in the PAF team being sent back with a firm NO.
The poles only offered their old Mig-29.. poland NEVER operated the Su-27... again.. wiki's editable content goes against it..
The Mirage 2000 fiasco is well known.. considering that the french were prepared to strip us for it(along with the kickback for the PPP govt).. the PAF high command resisted smartly.. and requested a lite M2K-5.. coming at around 25 million..
However the PPP hounds refused to budge on the pretext that this particular purchase would not land them the whipped cream that they so desired for their coffers...and so that opportunity was also lost.
the gripen was again offered in the 2003-2005 period, However.. by that time the JF-17 had flown..
and the PAF saw nothing in the Gripen C that the JF-17 was not bringing with it.
there has been a whole discussion on the merits and demerits of this decision, I would suggest you read through it if you have the time.
http://www.defence.pk/forums/jf-17-thunder/61786-arguments-choosing-thunder-over-gripen-12.html