Pakistan-Saudi Arabia mutual defense pact: News & Discussion

[Mobius]

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[Broghil]

Iran was the first country to recognise Pakistan in 1947.

1947s Iran and 1980s Iran are two entirely different things.

 

[Broghil]

We can always rely on Iran for everything. They are usually are the first country that Pakistan reaches out to whenever Pakistan faces internal and external difficulties.

Maybe bcz Pak knows that they must be involved somehow.

 

[mythbuster]

In the middle of the conflict, KSA registered a 12% increase (compared to Q2 2025) in revenues in the second quarter of 2026. Growth of both oil revenue (so much for some imaginary problems of getting oil out to consumers) and non-oil revenue.

Saudi Budget Records More than $90 Billion in Revenue in Second Quarter

Saudi Arabia's budget recorded revenues of 338.8 billion riyals ($90.3 billion) in the second quarter of 2026, up 12% from the same period last year, driven by growth in both oil and non-oil revenues. Expenditures totaled 373.1 billion riyals ($99.5 billion), resulting in a budget deficit of...

english.aawsat.com

Saudi budget deficit narrows as oil revenue jumps

Saudi Arabia’s deficit narrowed in Q2 due to a jump in oil revenue, offsetting increased spending and easing pressure on government finances

www.agbi.com

KSA doing better economically than everyone else impacted as I have been writing BEFORE the war even started would occur and during it despite untold amount of low iq propaganda here and elsewhere claiming otherwise.

What's the reason for budget deficit ? Over spending on infrastructure or big bureaucracy and welfare ?

 

[Watandar]

The guy is unbearable, runs the Iran section as if he was the IRGC, then has the cheek to come on here and lecture us.

While Iran was bombing and fighting over Muslim countries for the last 30 years Pakistan was smashing Russian atheists and Hindus while building a nuclear capability. Now Iranians starting to lecture us.

Russians were no threat to Pakistan and setup the only real steel mill in the country in the 1970's. Yet Pakistan was involved in killing large numbers of Russians and Afghans, for what ? So dictators could earn legitimacy and geopolitical rent from an American war. It didn't bring any benefits to Pakistan as a country.

Now same dictators want to earn legitimacy and rent by serving in Saudi-American war.

 

[mythbuster]

You are completely right, I cannot sleep at night because some ignorant and anonymous nobody on a Pakistani forum wrote a troll post.

More angry than the 1 million USD that I invested on SpaceX not long ago.

No Biggie you can afford to lose few bucks.

 

[Watandar]

Dont Forget how they helped Pakistan against BLA/BRA and other Baloch terror fronts as well.

I believe the biggest supporters of the BLA/BRA and TTP are the Afghan Taliban regime, which Pakistan spent 20 plus years installing in Kabul. Now Pakistanis are merrily off to fight in Yemen ?

Makes complete sense.

 

[El Sidd]

1947s Iran and 1980s Iran are two entirely different things.

Iran is Iran. Be it an empire, a nation state, a revolution or anything in between.

In words of Ex Cricketer, Pakistanis would be speaking Persian had it not been for the colonial British.

 

[_Arabia_]

What's the reason for budget deficit ? Over spending on infrastructure or big bureaucracy and welfare ?

Record number of infrastructural projects founded by the government (state) and a lot of investments in healthcare, education, agriculture, technology, renewables, AI, industrialization, military sector (domestic) and many other sectors. Tourism sector as well is booming and a lot of investment has been put in it.

For example KSA regreened an area the size of Lebanon. Established the largest nature reserve in the region. All of that does not occur for free.

All while you have a population increase and the same free healthcare, education, zero taxation and all the other benefits that citizens enjoy.

Hence the large transformation in KSA in the past 10 + years and Saudi Vision 2030.

Rulers rightly realized that the old KSA could no longer function as it once did so serious reforms were needed on most fields. Here 10 + years later I can proudly say that most of the goals were reached and that KSA's overall trajectory is very positive.

Saudi Arabia's Construction Sector Sees Record Growth | Hasan Alyazjeen posted on the topic | LinkedIn

Saudi Arabia’s construction sector continues to demonstrate the strength and resilience of the Kingdom’s economic transformation. The latest Saudi Construction Index reached 56.3 in June, the highest level since the survey began, reflecting accelerating project activity, stronger demand, and...

www.linkedin.com

Saudi Arabia construction tops $1.5 trillion as Kingdom presses ahead with ‘giga projects’

Saudi Arabia has emerged as the world leader in mega construction projects, with a massive $1.5 trillion in active developments and “giga projects”

english.alarabiya.net

Each month new mega projects finish, new ones start and new ones announced.

Saudi construction awards hit 2026 high of $8bn in May, led by infrastructure

Saudi Arabia awarded 18 construction projects worth more than SR30 billion in May, its biggest monthly haul of 2026, with infrastructure dominating and 20 mo...

www.lotus-invest.ps

It is getting a bit annoying frankly.

Anyway here is a good article about the reasons. Good website as well for economic and other serious reports from the GCC. It is a scholarly institute. Run mostly by Westerners from what I can see so hardly any accusations of any sort of bias.

Spending Surge Puts Saudi Budget in Large First Quarter Deficit - AGSI

The Saudi budget recorded a large deficit in the first quarter of 2026 as spending surged, but higher oil revenue during the rest of the year should limit the size of the annual fiscal deficit.

agsi.org

No Biggie you can afford to lose few bucks.

The timing was not exactly brilliant but I believe in SpaceX as a long-term investment and I have no doubt that the stock will have a positive trajectory long-term. You win some, and lose some. That is life in all its beauty and cruelty.

 

[Pakistani Dragon]

My friend, for starters nothing of value in KSA has been hit or damaged by those mostly completely useless drone attacks from Iran. Almost all missiles were intercepted as well and those who were not intercepted were deliberately left to land on empty ground. ...

My question was how were the drones intercepted.

I am not interested in knowing whether they caused any damage or not. But I must say Iran's Shahed drones are not considered "useless" anywhere in the world. Instead many militaries are copying the design, even the US has done it with their Lucas drone.

 

[_Arabia_]

My question was how were the drones intercepted.

I am not interested in knowing whether they caused any damage or not. But I must say Iran's Shahed drones are not considered "useless" anywhere in the world. Instead many militaries are copying the design, even the US has done it with their Lucas drone.

Main point being here, that those attacks were actually largely useless and did not impact KSA at all. Which 1 single casualty (1 Saudi Arabian petroleum engineer - due to debris) and the little or close to no infrastructural damage also confirms. Trolls here and elsewhere talk like KSA was even remotely negatively impacted by this let alone looking like Eastern Ukraine or what not. It is quite frankly a joke and incredible cope by the Iranian regime fanboys here and elsewhere.

Yes, it is a good drone that was copied from an Israeli one that was copied from a German one.

Now the US and KSA is copying it as well and an entire factory is being constructed in KSA and soon we will produce 1000's of such suicide drones on a monthly basis.

Along with the other dozens of Saudi Arabian drones already constructed or under construction. Around 20 or so.

Exclusive: US-Saudi venture to build Shahed drone clones in Riyadh

The made-in-Saudi SKYWASP attack drones are part of a Gulf-wide push to localize military manufacturing.

www.semafor.com

BTW Western investigations and Arab ones, after studying the Shaheed drones downed in Yemen and elsewhere, found out that almost all of its components were Western in origin.

Same thing with the Russian Geran derivatives:

Terror in the Details: Western-made Components in Russia's Shahed-136 Attacks

stories.iphronline.org

Just in case the trolls here claim that the Shaheed drone is some kind of 100% original Iranian technology in terms of components and their origin.

Actually no drone or missiles can win you any wars and the most they can do to KSA is damage oil and gas infrastructure as I always wrote. Gas and oil infrastructure that can and will be rebuilt and in return Iran's oil and gas infrastructure (limited to 1 tiny island - Kharg and mainly 1 province in Iran - Ahwaz/Khuzestan - half or more of its population being Arab) being damaged as well. Now who has the money, alliances etc. to rebuilt their oil and gas infrastructure quicker and who is better poised to weather the economic consequences? We all know the answer to that question - KSA is.

KSA will not hesitate to obliterate oil and gas infrastructure in Iran, if Iran and its backward terrorist cults in the region do some serious damage to KSA's oil and gas infrastructure. We saw KSA's reply to the MPF terrorist cultists after their failed drone attacks on KSA. We bombed them before but this was a warning to take our warnings seriously when we tell the Iraqi government to take control of their PMF terrorist cults.

Same PMF cults that are supposed to be disarmed by the Iraqi government by September 30 this year.

Iraq sets September 30 deadline for pro-Iran militias to disarm​

https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2026/06/29/iraq-sets-september-30-deadline-for-proiran-militias-to-disarm

100 + killed, 7-10 targets successfully attacked across 7 provinces in Iraq and 5 confirmed iRGC deaths with 20 + rumored. Even 1 Houthi terrorist cultist was killed in the attack.

The question was, what were they exactly doing in Iraq if not to try to stir trouble up against KSA? Why drag Iraq into a conflict that they are not a part of and which the Iraqis wish nothing to do with? KSA and Iraq will never go to war either as two brotherly Arab neighbors and nations that share almost everything in common. That was never the case either in history outside of that senseless Saddam invasion of Kuwait and 24 hour long occupation of the small Saudi Arabian coastal town Khafji, next to Kuwait.

Relations with Iraq are only increasing in every field and once the fifth columns in Iraq are removed from any form of power, KSA and Iraq will take our relationship to new heights. No outsiders will prevent siblings and cousins from doing what always should be done.

 

[Ali_Baba]

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And this is why Iran should not fall. Pakistan has a vested interest in Iran coming through this intact, and hopefully stronger.

 

[Broghil]

Iran is Iran. Be it an empire, a nation state, a revolution or anything in between.

In words of Ex Cricketer, Pakistanis would be speaking Persian had it not been for the colonial British.

But.... WE DO NOT. So may be accepting it might be a good way forward.