Riyadh: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye held an emergency meeting of the Strategic Political and Defence Committee of the Makkah Alliance for Defence on October 5. The meeting endorsed retired Lieutenant General Nauman Mahmood as the alliance’s first Secretary-General for a three-year term. The three countries condemned attacks targeting Makkah, Madinah and Saudi Arabia and agreed to move toward practical implementation of their collective defence commitments, including measures for rapid deployment of agreed military capabilities.
