Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday (October 3, 2025) claimed that many countries have shown interest in entering a defence pact with Islamabad and suggested that if more nations join the Saudi-Pakistan mutual defence agreement , then "this will become a NATO-like alliance."

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Addressing the parliament on the issue of the recent Gaza peace plan announced by U.S. President Donald Trump , Mr. Dar also talked about the "Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement" officially signed with Saudi Arabia on September 18.

He said that several countries, both Arab and non-Arab Islamic nations, had shown interest in joining the defence agreement agreed between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

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