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Defence

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World

Turkey offers to meet Saudi defence needs: the Mecca pact Pakistan signed is being tested

Hakan Fidan says Ankara can fill Saudi military gaps. Pakistan is the third signatory to the three-week-old alliance, and its secretary-general.

20 Sept 2026

Pakistan

DG ISPR says Pakistan is already in Saudi Arabia: what the Makkah pact commits us to

Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry would not say how many troops are there, only that Pakistan is. The agreement behind the statement was signed on 7 August and binds three countries.

18 Sept 2026

Pakistan

Nauman Mahmood to run the Makkah defence pact secretariat from Riyadh

23 Sept 2026