Pak-Saudi Defense Pact: A New Regional Power | Habib Akram # Vlog 112

Vlog 112 | 22 September 2025

In this vlog, Habib Akram analyzes the historic Pakistan-Saudi Arabia defense pact signed on September 17, 2025. This pact grants both countries mutual access to each other’s defense resources and arsenals, making an attack on one considered an attack on both.

🔹 Pakistan’s defense budget for 2025-26 is $9 billion, while Saudi Arabia allocated $78 billion, giving a combined $87 billion defense expenditure — the world’s fifth-largest defense budget, bigger than India’s and the UK’s.
🔹 Pakistan has the sixth-largest army in the world with over 645,000 active soldiers, compared to Saudi Arabia’s 75,000.
🔹 Saudi Arabia’s equipment is modern, while Pakistan’s strength lies in manpower, reserves, and paramilitary forces.
🔹 In the navy, Pakistan holds an edge with submarines and Chinese-built frigates, while Saudi Arabia dominates in advanced armored vehicles.
🔹 In the air force, Saudi Arabia fields Eurofighter Typhoons and F-15s, while Pakistan relies on F-16s, JF-17s, and Mirage aircraft, with both nations rapidly developing drone warfare capabilities.
🔹 Pakistan recently established a new Army Rocket Force Command (August 2025), which significantly enhances joint defense under the pact.

Together, Pakistan’s battlefield experience and Saudi Arabia’s financial resources create a formidable regional military power.

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