A new security pact between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey is reshaping the Middle East's strategic map, bringing together three of the Muslim world's most influential powers under a collective defence framework. Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign defence pact Read More »Analysts emphasise that the pact is not an isolated development, but rather the culmination of deepening trilateral cooperation. For a government battling persistent inflation and fiscal distress, strategic defence policy is now increasingly inseparable from financial necessity. Saudi Arabia, home to Islam’s holiest sites, provides vast capital, energy market dominance and regional diplomatic weight. For Pakistan, closer ties with Saudi Arabia and Turkey could provide a strategic counterweight to India.