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@enkidureborn معاہدہ پسند نہ آئے تو اسے جعلی کہنا آسان ہے، مگر ریاستی فیصلوں کو افراد کی خواہش قرار دینے سے حقیقت نہیں بدلتی۔ پاکستان کے دفاعی مفادات کسی ایک جماعت کی جاگیر نہیں، اور ہر قومی پیش رفت کو متنازع بنانا خود سیاسی دیوالیہ پن کی علامت ہے۔

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@ARYSabirShakir PTI ہر معاملے کو سیاسی پوائنٹ اسکورنگ کے لیے استعمال کرتے کرتے وہاں پہنچ گئی ہے جہاں اس کا بیانیہ بار بار پاکستان مخالف حلقوں کے لیے خام مال بن جاتا ہے۔ اختلافِ رائے جمہوری حق ہے، مگر قومی مفاد کو نقصان پہنچانا سیاست نہیں۔

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@FrontalForce Another NOTAM? 😂 India really said: Karachi, please notice us😭

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Most significant formal security realignment among major Muslim states in years.
Whether it stays paper deterrence or becomes operational depends on how the Iran war evolves.
Collective defence is back. The map is being redrawn.
#MeccaPact

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India-Israel keep tightening defence, tech & intel ties amid the same regional war.
Pakistan now sits in a formal collective-defence framework with two major Muslim powers.
Two parallel security architectures forming in the same theatre.

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Same root cause: states no longer fully trust old deterrence assumptions or external rescue.
One axis runs through Mecca (Pak-Türkiye-Saudi).
Another through New Delhi-Jerusalem.
Both are responses to the same volatile West Asia.

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Wider chessboard #NetanyahuModi call.
Netanyahu phoned Modi. They reviewed the India-Israel Special Strategic Partnership and discussed West Asia.
Both publicly reaffirmed the relationship’s strength.

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Pakistan angle: Asim Munir was present.
Gives Islamabad strategic depth + economic cushion while its own neighbourhood stays tense.
Türkiye adds defence-industrial capacity and NATO experience.

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Analysis: Two hedges at work.
1. Iranian retaliation spreading further
2. Doubts over speed/reliability of external security guarantees
Saudi gets military depth. Pakistan & Türkiye get Saudi financial & political weight.

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Mecca Pact – Pakistan, Türkiye, Saudi Attack on One = Attack on All”
7 Aug 2026, Mecca: MBS, Erdoğan & Shehbaz Sharif signed the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement.
Any armed attack on one = attack on all three. Also deepens full defence cooperation.
#MeccaPact #Türkiye #SaudiArabia

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Officials say: purely defensive, not aimed at any country, not sectarian, open to others.
No nuclear ambitions or arms race claimed. These three will not face escalation alone.

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The pact lands amid the US Israel war with Iran. Iranian missiles and proxies have hit Saudi territory and disrupted shipping in the #Hormuz and Red Sea. Riyadh has already been drawing closer to Islamabad and Ankara.This trilateral upgrade formalises collective deterrence.

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Power combination:
Saudi oil wealth + holy sites
#Türkiye = #NATO’s 2nd largest army + defence industry
#Pakistan = only nuclear Muslim state + battle-tested forces
Complementary strengths locked in

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@Irves_Watch India’s reaction says enough😂 When the regional equation shifts, you don’t need a dramatic response sometimes all you can do is watch, analyse and adjust. Pakistan Saudi Turkiye cooperation has clearly caught New Delhi’s attention

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@ShazadAkbar This isn’t ISPR hiding the truth it’s basic strategic communication. A defence pact ≠ nuclear pact, and cooperation ≠ Islamic NATO. Read the actual commitments instead of manufacturing implications to fit a preferred narrative.

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@AusAirForce @IAF_MCC Rafales flying at night and the PR machine flying even higher 😂. It’s a multinational training exercise, not an Indian conquest of the skies. Maybe let the jets finish the exercise before declaring victory.
#PitchBlack26 #Rafale #StrongerTogether #AusAirForce

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@netanyahu Partnering with a regime facing war crime investigations is moral regression. What an absolute low for India to trade its anti-colonial legacy for complicity in civilian bloodshed. True statecraft is anchored in international law, not partnerships forged on suffering.

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@DesiEsco7 Protesting a major political killing isn't proof against a whole religion. It's hypocritical to lecture others when your own country is notorious for state-backed mob lynchings, hate crimes, and anti-minority violence. Clean up your own house before pointing fingers🤡

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@MikeLimaBravo12 @DesiEsco7 Pakistan has already taken major steps under international standards to tackle terrorism and reform its legal system. Dealing with internal security is a sovereign matter for Pakistan, and pointing fingers doesn't change the rule against foreign interference.

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@FrontalForce Building a trilateral defense pact with Saudi Arabia and Turkey isn't a sign of weakness. it's establishing regional leadership and collective deterrence. Only someone who doesn't understand geopolitics would mistake major diplomatic leverage for inability to manage😂