What does the recent mutual defence pact between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan mean for regional stability?
The so called regional stability provided by the Saudi-Pakistan mutual defence pact went up in smoke in less than six months. Pakistan needed Saudi because it is a leader in Islamic world and has petro dollars which is desperately needed in cash strapped Pakistan. Pakistan also needed an Islamic-NATO after May 2025 week long military clash ‘Operation Sindoor’ with India. Many experts guessed that Saudi-Pakistan defence pact may ultimately led to other Muslim countries like Turkiye joining the mutual support defence group. Saudi made mutual defence pact with Pakistan after the week long Iran-Israel missile war where Israel attacked Qatar based Hamas terr0r organisation operatives. Saudi hoped alliance with nuclear Pakistan will give them security. Now in March 2026, Pakistan and Afghanistan are engaged in military attacks against each other while Iran fired missiles at Saudi oil installations and refineries. Incidentally all four countries are Islamic and Saudi-Pakistan defence pact had...