Pakis have not guts to debate on this topics.
-jef isn't a unstable design, which is a feature of all 4.5gen aircrafts.
And most of 4gen. Jef is not 4.5 gen. While tejas is a unstable design with fly by wire.
-poor engine, already use very inferior varinat and increased its thrust by reducing life to just 2200hrs. 3x less than tejas's also poor electric output because of which there isnt enough electric output to power radar. This doesnt make it 4.5gen aircraft
-manufacturing process is of 70s.
All 4.5gen aircraft use carbon composites while jef doesn't use because it isn't 4.5gen.
No wonder this small jet weight almost 8000kg. Because of old outdated manufacturing. On the other hand adavance 4.5gen aircraft use composites. Similar 4.5gen light weight aircraft like gripen ,tejas , fa50 weight in between 6300kg-6800kg.
Jf17 is not a 4.5gen aircraft not even 4gen. And they produced 140+ such outdated frame.
Even the block 3 isnt much better in frame. It had little bit composites.
On the radar tejas's radar is much more powerfull. Western engines have always been ahead in electric output while russian lacked there and pakis use very old engine too.