PM Shehbaz addresses federal cabinet on Makkah defence pact

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addressed Pakistan's federal cabinet on the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, signed in Makkah on Friday by him, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Dawn reports that Sharif recalled Pakistan and Saudi Arabia's existing mutual defence agreement from September twenty twenty-five, and noted Pakistan's defence arrangements with Turkey stretch back decades.

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