Saudi Arabia and nuclear-armed Pakistan, which shares a border with Iran, signed a security pact in September last year
2-MIN READ2-MINBloombergPublished: 2:54pm, 11 Mar 2026Pakistan will come to the aid of Saudi Arabia whenever needed, according to the spokesman for Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, as Iran retaliates against US-Israeli strikes by hitting Gulf nations.Saudi Arabia and nuclear-armed Pakistan, which shares a border with Iran, signed a defence pact in September last year, elevating their long-standing security partnership, which is being tested by the Middle East crisis.There was “no question we might, we will” come to Saudi Arabia’s aid “no matter what and no matter when”, Mosharraf Zaidi said on Wednesday.
“Both countries, even before the defence agreement, have always operated on the principle of being there for the other,” he said.
