Defence - August 25, 2026
MAKKAH JOINT DEFENCE AGREEMENT (MJDP) / PART-II
Security - August 22, 2026
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Security Situation & Assessment – Expanding
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MAKKAH JOINT DEFENCE AGREEMENT (MJDP) / PART-II
Tariq Lodhi
- In the earlier part, we saw how the MJDP was formed and how it drew a generally favourable response — not only from the USA but from Iran and other regional countries as well — who viewed the development as a step towards stability.
- In the earlier part, we saw how the MJDP was formed and how it drew a generally favourable response — not only from the USA but from Iran and other regional countries as well — who viewed the development as a step towards stability.
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From Rent-Seeking to Productive Demand: Rethinking Pakistan’s
Azhar Rashid Khan, PSP Introduction Pakistan's recurring economic crises are usually diagnosed the same way: too little
MAKKAH JOINT DEFENCE AGREEMENT (MJDP) / PART-II
CHALLENGES FROM THE EAST Tariq Lodhi Recap In the earlier part, we saw how the MJDP was
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Security Situation & Assessment –
Kashif Bangash OVERALL SECURITY ENVIRONMENT. The security environment across Khyber KP remains highly fragile, fluid and unpredictable,
SECURITY AT A GLANCE
1–15 August 2026 DomesticBALOCHISTAN1. Security forces killed seven alleged BLA terrorists, including a suicide bomber, during an
CounterTerrorism
Naveed Elahi
On Friday, 7 August 2026, the leaders of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey signed a trilateral mutual-defence agreement in Islam’s holiest city Makkah, that binds three of the Muslim world’s heaviest strategic actors into a single security compact. Known as the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement (MJDA), the pact commits each state to treat an armed attack on any one of the three as an attack on all — a collective-defence formula deliberately echoing NATO’s Article 5. It was signed by Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and, with Pakistan’s army chief,.
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From Rent-Seeking to Productive Demand: Rethinking Pakistan’s
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MAKKAH JOINT DEFENCE AGREEMENT (MJDP) / PART-II
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Security Situation & Assessment –
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From Rent-Seeking to Productive Demand: Rethinking
Azhar Rashid Khan, PSP Introduction Pakistan's recurring economic crises are usually diagnosed the same way: too little
MAKKAH JOINT DEFENCE AGREEMENT (MJDP) /
CHALLENGES FROM THE EAST Tariq Lodhi Recap In the earlier part, we saw how the MJDP was
From Rent-Seeking to Productive Demand: Rethinking
Azhar Rashid Khan, PSP Introduction Pakistan's recurring economic crises are usually diagnosed the same way: too little
MAKKAH JOINT DEFENCE AGREEMENT (MJDP) /
CHALLENGES FROM THE EAST Tariq Lodhi Recap In the earlier part, we saw how the MJDP was
From Rent-Seeking to Productive Demand: Rethinking
Azhar Rashid Khan, PSP Introduction Pakistan's recurring economic crises are usually diagnosed the same way: too little
MAKKAH JOINT DEFENCE AGREEMENT (MJDP) /
CHALLENGES FROM THE EAST Tariq Lodhi Recap In the earlier part, we saw how the MJDP was
From Rent-Seeking to Productive Demand: Rethinking
Azhar Rashid Khan, PSP Introduction Pakistan's recurring economic crises are usually diagnosed the same way: too little
MAKKAH JOINT DEFENCE AGREEMENT (MJDP) /
CHALLENGES FROM THE EAST Tariq Lodhi Recap In the earlier part, we saw how the MJDP was