75% of the PAF TODAY are obselete second generation mirages or second generation CHINEASE F7 ON relatively new airframe...
PAF wil be heavely reliant on a sanction threatened small fleet of F16s and unproven JFT to hold onto PAF air space about 100 planes in total
There is nothing bar the single sqd of 18 block 52S that carries the punch, power and threat that over 200 su30mki/mirage2000-5 carry in the IAF. This excludes nearly 80+ mig29smt/k
Just imagine if the AMERICANS pull the plug
In total PAF is well on the way to having 60+ very capable AMRAAM equiped F-16's - not just 18. 50 odd JF-17's are already delivered with the next batch of 50 already signed up for. Every new type and many old types can be called ' unproven ' -- doesn't mean anything more than a bit of comfort to people like you.
With regard to Americans pulling the plug - big wow. Back in the 80's PAF had no alternaives for such tech so suffered badly when the US let it down. Times have changed and the emergence of China as a producer of top end fighter jets means that this is now a none issue. Whether US pulls the plug or not - those 18 block 52's will be the last fighters PAF gets from the US.
PAF does not aim to meet the numbers or 'punch','power' of the IAF -- its stated goal is minimum credable detterance -- and it continues to meet that goal very successfully. Sure IA and IAF have threatened a few times, like after the Mumbai attacks etc, once they even came all the way to the border --and jumped up and down for a bit but ultimately went home without firing a shot. Thats called - detterance.