Ans: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia:
1. The mutual relations between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are based on the
solid basis of brotherhood because the holy places of the Müslims are
located in Saudi Arabia where thousands of Pakistanis visit to perform Haj.
The foreign policies of both countries emphasize about the unity of the
Muslim world. Before the birth of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia supported the
Pakistan Movement and recognized it immediately.
2. Pakistan extended technical cooperation to Saudi Arabia and provided the
valuable services to it for defence and modernization of its army. Shah
Faisal constructed Faisal Mosque and International Islamic University in
Islamabad with huge money.
3. Saudi Arabia helped Pakistan in Indo-Pak wars of 1965 and 1971.
financially, and supported its stance.
5. Saudi Arabia stood with Pakistan on the Kashmir issue. Shah Faisal fully
cooperated with Pakistan for holding the Second Islamic Conference in 1974.
Saudi Arabia supported Pakistan’s stand on the Afghanistan issue, Pakistan
not only supported Saudi Arabia’s stand but also helped it in 1991 in the
Middle East crisis, For the protection of holy places, Pakistan sent its troops
to Saudi Arabia.
6. A Pak-Saudi Economic Commission was set up in 1998 in Riyadh, which
executed work in 155 fields in Pakistan and provided financial aid for their
completion.
7. The Prime Minister of Pakistan visited Saudi Arabia in 2018. In this visit,
including oil supply to Pakistan on deferred payments from Saudi Arabia,
many agreements were signed between the two countries. Saudi Arabia is
very close to Pakistan nowadays and both depend upon each others. Saudi
Arabia and Pakistan’s friendship is deepening day by day.