T129 with it's Augusta Westland dna has very good hot and high performance. Hence it was selected. I am confident Turks will iron out kinks within 1.5 to 2 years.
If it does end up taking longer then we should get a stop gap Mi28/35 or Ka52. Then sign up for Atak 2 and T629 to complement it in combat, Gokbey and 20ton helo. Even if we don't field them in Pakistan. We could still benefit through workshare or joint sales agreements with TAI.
Attack helo bhi a jaye ga aur $$$ bhi.
Long term mein Turks k sath partnership mein faida hai.
The JF17 type partnership BeijingWalker proposes will be most beneficial with Turks as they offer more variety in helicopters, NATO qualified subsystems and overall platforms that are combat proven.
Above all diversification in case China a few decades later decides to reeducate Pakistan(it's not gonna happen now as we are Himaliya se unchi, samandron se gehri allies but we never know). This last point is not going to be popular with Pakistani members I know.