ISLAMABAD: Pakistan stands firmly with Saudi Arabia in safeguarding its sovereignty, defense and regional security under the Makkah defense agreement, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday, as he met Makkah Alliance for Defense Secretary-General Lt. Gen. (retired) Nauman Mahmood. The statement comes amid attacks by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis on Saudi civilian and oil infrastructure that have killed more than a dozen people and injured scores of others, raising concerns about the wide
