Pakistan, May 19 -- Recent Western media reporting regarding the deployment of Pakistani troops and fighter jets to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is "selective in framing" and "misrepresentative of the true essence of long-standing bilateral defence cooperation" between the two brotherly countries, according to security sources.

According to these sources, Pakistan-Saudi Arabia defence cooperation is not episodic or reactionary, but part of a structured and enduring partnership framework that has evolved over several decades. They stress that attempts to link routine deployments and joint arrangements to shifting regional tensions present an incomplete and "distorted narrative."

The sources say that the Pakistan-Saudi relationship i...