ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s defense pact with Saudi Arabia will provide a foundation for peace in South Asia and the Middle East, opening the door for other Arab states to join as well, Coordinator to the Prime Minister Rana Ihsan Afzal said this week. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed a Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement (SMDA) in Riyadh this week, pledging that aggression against one country would be treated as an attack on both.

Deal with nuclear-armed Pakistan comes as Gulf Arab states worry about US reliability while Saudi official says pact isn’t responding to ‘specific events’

India reaffirms commitment to national security amid Saudi-Pakistan defense agreement, emphasizing implications for regional stability and national interests.

Pakistan has also called for a military alliance of Arab and Islamic states modelled after Nato amid rising regional tensions.

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have signed a mutual defense agreement, deepening their decades-long security partnership.

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

Deal reflects the Gulf's anxieties as US credibility wanes after Israel's attack on Doha. But it affects India, too.

More than half a century of defense partnership between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan reached a new peak when Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed…

KARACHI: Pakistan’s recent defense pact with Saudi Arabia can help Islamabad stabilize its economy via increased jobs, sharing of technology and exports to the Kingdom, defense…

ISLAMABAD: Egypt has congratulated Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on the signing of a ‘Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement’ and described it as an “important milestone,” the Pakistani…

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…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday several countries had expressed interest in signing a security pact with his country after it concluded a…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s defense pact with Saudi Arabia will provide a foundation for peace in South Asia and the Middle East, opening the door for other Arab states to join as well,…

A Pakistan-Saudi defence agreement pledging a mutual response to any aggression raises concerns in India.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s newly signed security pact with Saudi Arabia is a NATO-style agreement covering a “comprehensive spectrum” of defense cooperation, Musadiq Malik, a federal…