Pakistan always have interest/explore the Ozgur project that Turkey is currently working on for their own AF F-16s. The upgrade will include everything from ASEA Radar to BVR Capable and other high tech that will have the same equal to that of a Block70/72 Viper F-16. just an idea
India's decision on the Rafale tends to be quite overhyped if you ask me, considering the planes are very expensive, and can't operate near the Sino-Indian border.
India was originally to buy 126 Rafales from MMRCA 1 however when Dassault wouldn't lower the cost (which at the time was (~11-12 billion altogether) Modi threw a fit and started eyeing Su-35s (which made me snicker because supposedly "Super Sukhoi" upgrade was to be equal or more advanced then Su-35
) anyways, since the Astra BVR is under development/fixation, India began eyeing the MBDA Meteor which the U.K. quickly put a block on it, so now a so called "reversed engineered" development of the missile is currently under development between India/UK.
India was also to work with Dassault to built the plane and spare parts under a full licensed agreement in which HAL was responsible, however Dassault skirmished away from the deal as they don't want the Rafale to lose it's reputation for being a high end fighter, however according to several reports a private company will manufacture some spare parts under an agreement reached by Dassault.
back in the 1980s/90s, France was eyeing a deal to get 150 Mirage 2000s to be built under license by HAL however the deal fell through and never went anywhere (obviously) so this whole Rafale controversy is just another attempt for Modi/HAL to get cozy with Dassault to manufacture a high end jet using low quality alloys
them bragging about Rafale, is like them bragging about "Super Sukhoi" on a piece paper sure it's scary but in reality nothing may really come to worry about
