Crucial Decision: Pak-KSA Alliance

As I predicted earlier, Saudi Arabia will spend tens of millions on politicians to get in favor with the Pakistan military for a pact to support the KSA-Israel-Gulf States alliance against Iran.

Senator Babar raises objections over army deployment in Saudi Arabia

Senator Farhatullah Babar raised objections over the army’s deployment to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), terming the development as “tantamount to bypassing the parliament”.

Drawing the attention of the House to the matter, Senator Babar called the deployment to Saudi an issue of public importance. He said he had also given an adjournment notice to discuss the issue.

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Earlier on Thursday, the army announced that it was deploying troops in Saudi Arabia under an existing bilateral security pact. The army made it clear that its contingent in KSA will take part in training and advice mission. “In continuation of ongoing Pak-KSA bilateral security cooperation, a Pakistan Army contingent is being sent to KSA on training and advice mission,” the Inter-Services Public Relations had announced after a meeting between Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Bajwa and Saudi Ambassador Nawaf Saeed Al-Maliki at the General Headquarters.

Pakistan Civil and Military Leadership Stands with Saudi Arabia

Pakistan is sending a “contingent of troops” to Saudi Arabia, the military announced late on February 15. The news was announced after a meeting between Army Chief General Qamar Jawed Bajwa and Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf bin Saeed Al-Maliki, on Thursday at General Headquarters (GHQ), Rawalpindi. Matters of mutual interest including regional security and bilateral issues were discussed during the meeting.

Soon after the meeting Pakistan army mouthpiece Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) issued a statement, saying “In continuation of ongoing Pak-KSA bilateral security cooperation, Pakistan Army contingent is being sent to KSA on training and advise mission. These or troops already there will not be employed outside KSA”. Pak Army maintains bilateral security cooperation with many other GCC / regional countries, statement added.

« click for more info Saudi Ambassador Nawaf Saeed Al-Maliki met with Chief of Army Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa at Pakistan Army headquarters in Rawalpindi. (ISPR)

Pakistan civil and military leadership clearly stands with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as Pakistan on first week of February condemned a foiled Houthi missile attack targeting a Saudi city and warned that repeated attacks by the Yemeni militia posed a threat to the holy places and the security of the kingdom.