Pakistan deploys around 8,000 troops and a squadron of fighter jets to Saudi Arabia under a mutual defense pact, as tensions with Iran remain high. Multiple outlets report that the deployment includes an air-defense system and aircraft support intended to strengthen Saudi defenses. The move is framed by the sources as a response to regional security concerns linked to Iran–Saudi hostility, including references to attacks on Saudi targets during an earlier period of heightened conflict in March. One report says the force could expand further under the same defense arrangement, describing the possibility of sending up to 80,000 troops, though the immediate deployment cited across sources is about 8,000 personnel. Another outlet links the timing to ongoing diplomatic activity involving Iran and to strain around a fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran, but the core reporting is consistent: Pakistan is positioning military assets in Saudi Arabia to honor the defense agreement and to support the kingdom amid ongoing instability.