Pakistan

Policy expert Alex Mishra tells TML, ‘The Saudi Arabia–Pakistan mutual defense agreement is poised to fundamentally redefine US foreign policy’

Local residents said that Pakistani fighter jets had bombed four houses. Two security officials, however, denied this, saying there had been explosions in a munitions dump in a militant hideout.

Israel should avoid misinterpreting the pact as a hostile alignment aimed directly at it.

The resolution accused Tehran of failing to abide by a 2015 deal with world powers that aimed to prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon.

On Thursday, India's foreign ministry said it was aware that the pact had been under consideration and that it would study the implications for New Delhi.

Riyadh is hinting that it will have a de facto nuclear shield under the agreement, while analysts say that Israel, widely understood to be the only nuclear state in the Middle East, will be watching.

By formalizing its alliance with Pakistan, Saudi Arabia is signaling to Iran, Israel, and the United States that it has alternative anchors of deterrence

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a sweeping mutual defense pact, pledging joint response to aggression as Gulf states rethink security ties after Israel’s strike on Qatar.

Security and Defense Analyst Adeeb Uz Zaman Safvi says the breach is "a threat against national sovereignty."

Already restricted political and media freedoms in Pakistan have tightened in recent years, particularly after the military broke with then-Prime Minister Imran Khan in 2022.

Shabana Mahmood, the UK's new Home Secretary, faces scrutiny over her past votes on Gaza and links to pro-Palestinian activism as tensions rise.