ISLAMABAD: Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director-General Lt-Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has said Pakistan\u2019s presence in Saudi Arabia is part of a longstanding defence relationship, with an emerging trilateral arrangement involving Turkey aimed at deterring potential aggression against the kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also stressed that Islamabad remains committed to a negotiated and peaceful resolution of the ongoing conflict between the United States and Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an interview with CNN, Lt-Gen Chaudhry said that Pakistani forces were already deployed in Saudi Arabia in multiple capacities and across different domains, describing their presence as part of longstanding diplomatic, political and military ties between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAn attack on one will be considered an attack on all,\u201d Chaudhry said, explaining the principle underpinning the collective deterrence arrangement under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said the three countries possessed important military, diplomatic and other capabilities that could make potential adversaries reconsider hostile actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnyone who is having some funny ideas against any other will hopefully think twice, thrice or multiple times before doing that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat stops something happening, something terrible happening. So that is how this collective deterrence works. The collective security works,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lt-Gen Chaudhry said the arrangement was not intended to categorise countries as enemies or friends but to ensure the defence of Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe objective is that this is not to start labelling enemies, enemies, enemies, friends, friends, friends. The objective is the defence of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, their values and infrastructure. So that will be done,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When asked by CNN Senior International Correspondent Ivan Watson about the number of Pakistani troops deployed in Saudi Arabia under the alliance\u2019s defence commitments, he declined to disclose the exact figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asked whether Pakistan was continuing to mediate between Washington and Tehran as their conflict destabilised the region and disrupted energy prices and markets, Lt-Gen Chaudhry said that Islamabad remained committed to a negotiated settlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPakistan is committed to a negotiated and a peaceful outcome of this conflict,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said that Islamabad had been working, was continuing to work and would continue to do whatever was possible and necessary to narrow differences between the warring parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe have been done and we are doing and we will continue to do whatever possible and whatever necessary so that the differences, the gaps narrows down and there is a negotiated peaceful outcome of this conflict,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The military spokesperson said Pakistan wanted to prevent the conflict from spreading or escalating further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd we want that this conflict should not expand horizontally or vertically,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asked whether Pakistan could continue to act as a neutral mediator given Iran\u2019s previous attacks on Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries, as well as Houthi attacks on the kingdom, the military spokesperson said Islamabad\u2019s approach demonstrated its commitment to acting as an honest broker, arguing that neutrality in mediation stemmed from honesty rather than avoiding criticism of the parties involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI think Pakistan, what has been doing has been exhibiting that we have been a very honest broker. So the neutrality or everything stems from honesty,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said Islamabad had been clear about its position towards its partners and friends, citing its responses to attacks involving Iran, Israel and the United States, as well as Iranian attacks on Arab and Gulf countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOnce the Iranians were attacked by the Israelis and the conflict initiated and they were attacked by the United States and Israelis, Pakistan openly came and condemned that,\u201d Chaudhry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOnce the Iranians attacked the Arab countries, the Gulf countries, Pakistan openly came and condemned that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The military spokesperson said Pakistan had not hesitated to express its position because regional peace and stability were directly linked to its interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSo we are very honest about it. We don\u2019t mince our words. Why? Because we have a stake in regional peace and stability,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chaudhry warned that an expansion of the conflict would benefit no one, reiterating Islamabad\u2019s position that differences between the parties should be resolved through negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n PAK SOUCH MEDIA GROUP<\/p>\n\n\n\n Daily Pak Souch Newspaper Sukkur \u2013 Daily Pak Special Newspaper Karachi \u2013 Daily Pak Today Newspaper Karachi – Daily Pak Jazbo Newspaper Sukkur<\/p>\n\n\n\n Head Office : Ayub Gate Shaikh Muhalla Near Rabbania Masjid Sukkur<\/p>\n\n\n\n Karachi Office : Office No. 1901-B, 19th Floor Saima Trade Tower (B) Block I.I Chandigarh Road Near Jung Press, Shaheen Complex & National Museum of Pakistan Karachi Sindh Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contact : 03009319022<\/p>\n\n\n\n Website 1 : https:\/\/paksouch.com\/<\/a> ISLAMABAD: Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director-General Lt-Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has said Pakistan\u2019s presence in Saudi Arabia is part of a longstanding defence relationship, with..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-84.png",800,947,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-84-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-84-253x300.png",253,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-84-768x909.png",768,909,true],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-84.png",800,947,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-84.png",800,947,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-84.png",800,947,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"Pakistan<\/a>","tag_info":"Pakistan","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17410,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17408\/revisions\/17410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Pakistan\u2019s military presence in Saudi Arabia<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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