India, Oct. 6 -- For years, Pakistan maintained an extraordinary military relationship with Saudi Arabia while carefully avoiding one commitment, ie, boots on the ground in Yemen. When Riyadh intervened against the Houthis in 2015, Pakistan's Parliament called for neutrality. Islamabad continued training and deploying personnel to Saudi Arabia and made clear that it would defend the Kingdom against threats to its territory, but it would not become a combatant in Yemen. The recently signed Makkah Joint Defence Agreement may have changed that equation. Signed by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye on August 7, 2026, the agreement provides that an armed attack against one member is to be regarded as an attack against all. Islamabad has descri...