Saudi Arabia backstops Pakistan with $3 billion as UAE debt looms

they're a military dictatorship, have you seen the army chief of staff's medals? that's gotta be like 50% of pakistans budget alone! /s

General got a new gulf stream 600 and his GF governor of Punjab got a gulf stream 500. They have foreign crews paid for and ready to flee Pakistan when they get overthrown. Till then grift continues.

Looks like Saudi Arabia is renting an army as a service. The rich Middle East countries military suck, so they prefer to hire mercenaries or have other armies do the dirty work

That is aboragation of how the military is funded, they own most of the companies and have alot of ways to siphon money from the federal government.

Basically, if you’re not a soldier, any position in command comes with benefits, houses, cars, servants, land etc etc. this model applies to public government too. You can now imagine how corrupt things are there. I honestly don’t know how it functions. They constantly just beg for loans, fill their pockets, beg for loans and the cycle repeats and repeats

Pakistan’s military leadership is essentially a dictatorship .

FD I'm Indian. That being said, from the outside whatever I can see, it feels like the military-bureaucratic nexus has hoarded all the wealth for themselves, and fire off the needy countryfolk's shoulders when they perpetually beg for money. Not to say that certain autocratic regimes are always out to rent a militia. Like any competent military, once they were hired to guard a football game. Isn't that something? [https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/pakistan-soldiers-qatar-world-cup](https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/pakistan-soldiers-qatar-world-cup)

The houthis enslave other muslims and keep yemen as a failed state

Oh, please, miss me with the religious BS. Why is this sh\*t being upvoted??

Pakistan has avoided Yemen with a 10ft pole. In 2015 the Saudi's asked if Pakistan wanted to be part of their coalition in Yemen and the Pakistanis refused since it did not make any sense for the Pakistanis to risk relations with the Iranians.

Nah Saudis actually rented ~30 Pakistani fighter planes w/ pilots and their accompanying ground crews

Thats impossible tbh. China and America both love where Pakistan are today. I believe the Americans can do a more of a successful operation in Pakistan (despite them being a nuclear state) to ensure they get a fully functioning democracy but they won't. Geopolitics is weird, and we India are surrounded by threats from every neighbour around us. In the end they will remain a failed nuclear state.

Ironically Denuclearization and balkanization in Punjab, Balochistan, Sindh and KPK are only two things that save people of Pakistan. Else military continues its corruption n tyranny on civilians under protection of nuclear umbrella knowing there will be zero consequences.

More absurd would be israel and pakistan on the same side

Most of world understands that loans are meant to be returned. Its about time Pakistan stops being thankless and spreads anti UAE propoganda for asking their money back