A Pact for What Was Already Done

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have signed a defense pact. The defense relationship is sixty years old.

A protocol signed in December 1982 between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia is still in force. It has never been suspended, never been reviewed in open session, and never been explained in full to any parliament. Under its terms, Pakistani troops are stationed in the Kingdom performing what the Inter-Services Public Relations directorate calls “training and ad…