Turkey is reportedly seeking to join Saudi Arabia and Pakistan in a NATO-style military alliance, potentially creating a new security alignment that could affect regional balances.

As Pakistan looks to break its long-standing reliance on Western financial institutions, including the International Monetary Fund, a global lender, defense exports are emerging as a strategic alternative.

Pakistan has recorded a decline in militant attacks and related fatalities since closing its border with Afghanistan in October.

Pakistan has signed one of its largest defense export agreements, involving the supply of military equipment to Libya.

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Defense confers the King Abdulaziz Medal on Pakistan’s Chief of Defense Forces and Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir.

A Pakistani court sentences former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to 17 years in prison.

Afghan and Pakistani forces exchange intense gunfire along their shared border, sharply heightening tensions between the neighboring countries.