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title: "Decoding defence deals"
description: "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. Pa..."
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# Decoding defence deals

**Dawn** · opinion · 25 Oct 2026, 6:20 AM PKT

> 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. Pa...

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