ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday clarified its new strategic security pact with Saudi Arabia is purely defensive and not aimed at any third country. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday signed a Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement (SMDA) in Riyadh, pledging that aggression against one country would be treated as an attack on both. The deal, sealed during Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s state visit, is meant to enhance joint deterrence and deepen decades of military and security cooperation.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday signed a “Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement” pledging that aggression against one country would be treated as an attack on both,…

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed a joint strategic defense agreement in Riyadh on Wednesday, Saudi Press…