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Pakistan-Saudi Arabia mutual defense pact: News & Discussion
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Yasser76
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Seems like US may be onboard....
Pakistan-Saudi pact creates 'superpower presence', boosts defence ties: Sanaullah
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September 21, 2025
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Political and Public Affairs, Senator Rana Sanaullah speaks during Geo News programme "Jirga" on September 20, 2025. — YouTube/GeoNews/screengrab
LAHORE: Pakistan-Saudi Arabia relations have taken a historic step with a new agreement that, according to Rana Sanaullah, represents the materialisation of a long-held dream of Muslim unity.
Speaking on Geo News programme "Jirga", Sanaullah said the pact signals the coming together of two major powers — Pakistan’s nuclear strength and Saudi Arabia’s economic influence — creating a potential “superpower” presence.
He described the agreement as a “good omen” for the Muslim world and said it includes provisions to enhance defence production.
He added that any attack on Pakistan will be treated as an attack on Saudi Arabia and vice versa, underscoring the pact’s strategic depth.
Rana Sanaullah also emphasised that Pakistan has always maintained a defensive stance. “Our position has been clear: we do not initiate aggression.
If India attacks, we will respond,” he said, noting Pakistan’s strong responses in past conflicts.
The minister suggested that the deal is unprecedented outside NATO and indicated that even the United States would have no objections.
He added that this agreement strengthens Pakistan’s standing as other countries increasingly look to it for defence support.
On broader issues, Rana Sanaullah said resolving Kashmir now becomes a necessity for India and reiterated his advice to the PTI leadership to sincerely apologise and settle their internal matters.
Sanaullah emphasised that Pakistan’s stance has always been defensive.
A day earlier, Foreign Office Spokesperson Ambassador Shafqat Ali Khan clarified that the landmark defence agreement signed between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia is purely defensive in nature and not aimed at any third country.
At the weekly media briefing on Friday, Khan said the leadership of both countries was committed to elevating bilateral relations to new heights, The News reported.
Riyadh and Islamabad signed the mutual defence pact on September 17, significantly strengthening a decades-old security partnership, a week after Israel's strikes on Qatar upended the diplomatic calculus in the region.
"The agreement states that any aggression against either country shall be considered an aggression against both," a statement from the prime minister's office had mentioned.
Pakistan's decades-old alliance with Saudi Arabia — the site of Islam's holiest sites — is rooted in shared faith, strategic interests, and economic interdependence.
In his press briefing, the spokesperson added that during the visit, official-level talks were held and high-level delegations participated.
The spokesperson said Pakistan and Saudi Arabia shared a unique bond of brotherhood and cooperation, with the Pakistani people holding deep reverence for the land of the Two Holy Mosques.
He noted that defence cooperation since the 1960s had remained a cornerstone of ties and the two leaders were determined to further strengthen relations.
He said both sides reviewed their historic and strategic relations and exchanged views on matters of mutual interest.
According to him, the pact reflects both nations’ commitment to boosting defence cooperation and ensuring joint security. He explained that aggression against one state under the agreement would be treated as aggression against both.
He emphasised that the strategic defence accord formalised a decades-long robust partnership, underlining that it would contribute significantly to regional peace, security, and stability.
www.geo.tv
Pakistan-Saudi pact creates 'superpower presence', boosts defence ties: Sanaullah
Sanaullah calls defence pact between Islamabad and Riyadh as “positive sign” for Muslim world
ByWeb Desk
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September 21, 2025
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Political and Public Affairs, Senator Rana Sanaullah speaks during Geo News programme "Jirga" on September 20, 2025. — YouTube/GeoNews/screengrab
- Pakistan–Saudi pact fulfills Muslim unity dream: Sanaullah.
- Says pact boosts defence production, draws int’l attention.
- US unlikely to object to defence backs, says PM’s aide.
LAHORE: Pakistan-Saudi Arabia relations have taken a historic step with a new agreement that, according to Rana Sanaullah, represents the materialisation of a long-held dream of Muslim unity.
Speaking on Geo News programme "Jirga", Sanaullah said the pact signals the coming together of two major powers — Pakistan’s nuclear strength and Saudi Arabia’s economic influence — creating a potential “superpower” presence.
He described the agreement as a “good omen” for the Muslim world and said it includes provisions to enhance defence production.
He added that any attack on Pakistan will be treated as an attack on Saudi Arabia and vice versa, underscoring the pact’s strategic depth.
Rana Sanaullah also emphasised that Pakistan has always maintained a defensive stance. “Our position has been clear: we do not initiate aggression.
If India attacks, we will respond,” he said, noting Pakistan’s strong responses in past conflicts.
The minister suggested that the deal is unprecedented outside NATO and indicated that even the United States would have no objections.
He added that this agreement strengthens Pakistan’s standing as other countries increasingly look to it for defence support.
On broader issues, Rana Sanaullah said resolving Kashmir now becomes a necessity for India and reiterated his advice to the PTI leadership to sincerely apologise and settle their internal matters.
Sanaullah emphasised that Pakistan’s stance has always been defensive.
A day earlier, Foreign Office Spokesperson Ambassador Shafqat Ali Khan clarified that the landmark defence agreement signed between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia is purely defensive in nature and not aimed at any third country.
At the weekly media briefing on Friday, Khan said the leadership of both countries was committed to elevating bilateral relations to new heights, The News reported.
Riyadh and Islamabad signed the mutual defence pact on September 17, significantly strengthening a decades-old security partnership, a week after Israel's strikes on Qatar upended the diplomatic calculus in the region.
"The agreement states that any aggression against either country shall be considered an aggression against both," a statement from the prime minister's office had mentioned.
Pakistan's decades-old alliance with Saudi Arabia — the site of Islam's holiest sites — is rooted in shared faith, strategic interests, and economic interdependence.
In his press briefing, the spokesperson added that during the visit, official-level talks were held and high-level delegations participated.
The spokesperson said Pakistan and Saudi Arabia shared a unique bond of brotherhood and cooperation, with the Pakistani people holding deep reverence for the land of the Two Holy Mosques.
He noted that defence cooperation since the 1960s had remained a cornerstone of ties and the two leaders were determined to further strengthen relations.
He said both sides reviewed their historic and strategic relations and exchanged views on matters of mutual interest.
According to him, the pact reflects both nations’ commitment to boosting defence cooperation and ensuring joint security. He explained that aggression against one state under the agreement would be treated as aggression against both.
He emphasised that the strategic defence accord formalised a decades-long robust partnership, underlining that it would contribute significantly to regional peace, security, and stability.
Pakistan-Saudi pact creates 'superpower presence', boosts defence ties: Sanaullah
Pakistan–Saudi pact fulfills Muslim unity dream: Sanaullah.Says pact boosts defence production, draws int'l attention.US unlikely to object to defence backs, says PM's aide.LAHORE: Pakistan-Saudi Arabia...
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the vicious kind
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Oh right, Pakistan supposedly “needs” Saudi Arabia and not the other way around and yet it was Saudi Arabia that rolled out the red carpet and issued a joint statement declaring that a threat against Pakistan is a threat against KSA. Do you even hear yourself? You’re contradicting your own argument. Delulu is strong in this one.
r3alist
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India is a big stakeholder in sowing Division between Islamic States.
Nothing to see here.
Of course if the Saudi and India relationship is transactional, and Saudi was effectively a co investor with the west in India..... It may decide to reallocate its dollars if the west is losing interest.
Is India really going to be a tech player long term? Doesn't look like it
Watandar
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Why do you waste your time on a big mouth moron like Mubasher Luqman ? He is not a "journalist", just lifafa propagandist.
If Israel attacks Saudi like it did Qatar, result will be same as you saw in Qatar.
the vicious kind
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You’re confusing hype with strategic signaling. Nobody serious believes Pakistan will suddenly start launching strikes on Israel tomorrow morning. What this agreement does is formalize a framework that makes Saudi Arabia and Pakistan’s security tied together. That alone is historic. Historically KSA Joint statements are drafted with utmost care, and every word is chosen deliberately. This is a big deal, no one cant deny that.
General Tariq Khan was right on one thing. PAF can’t operate in the Gulf without US awareness. But that doesn’t make the pact irrelevant. It means the alliance is primarily above deterrence.
The true nature of this mutual defence pact will become clearer in the coming months. Whether it involves troop deployments, joint defence production, or even nuclear alignment, these are questions that cannot be answered just days after the agreement. Until then, dismissing it as a meaningless deal would be nothing short of foolhardy.
Unfortunately, many posters here have no idea about the geo-strategic and historically context of this deal and their comments are reactionary at best.
the vicious kind
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Don’t worry too much about this, brother. This has been happening since May. Any post that even remotely relates to Pakistan is immediately swarmed by Indian trolls and naysayers. We have gotten used to it. Dont react to them, they goal is to derail each thread.
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In the time of Musharraf, ISPR took full charge and hold back there touts ...they literally opening the doors for IAEA.
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Hakikat ve Hikmet
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The BD Muslims have learnt it in the hardest way possible. Hence, they've rejected the political parties, politicians, ideologies, media, intellectuals, entertainers etc. which are Bharat's team A, B, C etc. to impose a Hindu rule over them. No wonder they've gone back to their roots: TNT, 1906, 1940, 1946, 1947 etc....
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_Arabia_
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Am I the only one thinking that China is definitely onboard in regards to this agreement without making it public by default of KSA being the biggest economic partner of China in the Muslim world and a long-time strategic partner (even militarily) since the 1980's and likewise Pakistan being the closest Muslim nation to China militarily and a key partner vis a vis India.
The rhetoric from some here that the "US" is onboard, what choice do they have or what say do they really have (?) at the end of the day? If they take some kind of harsh measures against either KSA or Pakistan, they will effectively push most of the region away from them and they will gradually lose their clout/influence.
Not a coincidence that the Zionists are being given more "responsibility" and have become emboldened when the US is pivoting away from the Middle East and focusing on China and also focusing on Ukraine/Russia.
The attack on the Hamas delegation in Doha not only FAILED with their objectives (killing the Hamas negotiators, none of them died), it made it clear for every leadership in the region, those not hostile to the US included, that they cannot be trusted and that Israel will always be the main focus, not that I doubt that any leadership was not aware of this but the blatant way the US/West has enabled Israel to wreck havoc across much of the region, cannot have went unnoticed.
We are witnessing genuine geopolitical chess at play and unprecedented changes.
The rhetoric from some here that the "US" is onboard, what choice do they have or what say do they really have (?) at the end of the day? If they take some kind of harsh measures against either KSA or Pakistan, they will effectively push most of the region away from them and they will gradually lose their clout/influence.
Not a coincidence that the Zionists are being given more "responsibility" and have become emboldened when the US is pivoting away from the Middle East and focusing on China and also focusing on Ukraine/Russia.
The attack on the Hamas delegation in Doha not only FAILED with their objectives (killing the Hamas negotiators, none of them died), it made it clear for every leadership in the region, those not hostile to the US included, that they cannot be trusted and that Israel will always be the main focus, not that I doubt that any leadership was not aware of this but the blatant way the US/West has enabled Israel to wreck havoc across much of the region, cannot have went unnoticed.
We are witnessing genuine geopolitical chess at play and unprecedented changes.
I sincerely hope that Bangladesh has put plans into work in case the Indians try anything stupid in the future. Align yourself with Pakistan and China even closer and the rest of the Muslim world.
r3alist
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My feeling is that China is generally very pragmatic and flexible with alliances of those around them, as long as they do not affect its core interest. It's a truism to say but they do consider The long game and as long as they are not in the line of fire its generally never an issue.
Therefore is it a prime mover in this? No I don't think so
Is it happy for a trusted ally like Pakistan to gain more influence and involvement within the middle East? Sure why not
they are actually more than happy for Pakistan to have a periodic project with the Americans that does not harm their interests. You see their pragmatism means that they understand Pakistan diversifying is in Pakistan's interest and therefore indirectly no bad thing for China.
I am not yet sure whether this is actually in aggregate benefit to China.
I think it will take a long time for Arab States to seriously diversify into China and if USA redirect resources it will be aimed at china, I am not sure yet, America in China seem to be going towards a G2 type of equation
Pak-Warrior
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That''s exactly what am saying what you have written.
People here have given it a hype and making a totally false impression as if Pakistan is going to do something against Israel. Just now saw a cartoonish journalist in a few posts above saying that Pakistan will erase Israel this and that lol. You have said exactly right that its strategic signaling at the moment.
People are living in a fool's paradise who think Pakistan can bypass United States and attack its most critical ally Israel when US is already sitting in middle east with all its full military might and infrastructure. Its impossible to do any action without US knowledge or approval.
This agreement is strategic signaling for now. and BTW, Israel wasn't going to attack KSA anyways. Now, both countries can benefit from it in defense production areas. Saudi can invest money in Pak's military complex. There can be joint ventures etc.
r3alist
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It's exactly that, strategic signaling as well as some balancing, which also suits American interests
It suits America because there might be a faction of Americans who are somewhat worried Israel will go even more rogue thus creating more pain for America, this kind of nuclear umbrella is the ultimate deterrent for Israel, maybe it's a way to coeece Israel
And on the other side the Indians are further reminded how irrelevant they are and how Pakistan can never be as irrelevant as they want them to be
Furthermore Saudi dollars have always been used as an alternate American payment, I mean if America doesn't invest now in Pakistan they literally risk losing any military influence, the f16 is a peripheral issue
So the right people are winning at the right level, nothing too material
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