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Decoding defence deals

none@none.com (Khurram Abbas) · Dawn

Published 25 Oct 2026, 3:18 pm·1 h ago·1 min read

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SINCE September 2025, Pakistan has signed multilayered and multi-domain defence agreements with several Arab and Muslim states. It has signed a Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement (SMDA) with Saudi Arabia, the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement (MJDA) with Turkiye and Saudi Arabia, and a defence pact with Kuwait. Pakistan has recently signed another defence agreement — the Badr agreement . Pakistan, Turkiye, Qatar, and Indonesia are signatories to this pact. These defence deals have, in the past year, increased Pakistan’s strategic relevance in the Middle East. Interestingly, each accord…

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