‘Watershed’: How Saudi - Pakistan defence pact reshapes region’s geopolitics The deal reflects the Gulf’s anxieties as US credibility wanes after Israel’s attack on Doha. But it affects ... Saudi Arabia and nuclear- armed Pakistan have signed a mutual defense pact that defines any attack on either nation as an attack on both — a key accord in the wake of Israel's strike on Qatar ... Saudi Arabia and nuclear- armed Pakistan signed a formal mutual defense pact on Wednesday, in a move that significantly strengthens a decades-long security partnership amid heightened regional ... Saudi Arabia has signed a defence pact with nuclear- armed Pakistan , vowing that any attack on either nation will be considered an attack on both. Analysts have called the pact nothing but posturing. What does it mean for India?