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  "id": 16208295,
  "title": "Pakistan, Saudi Arabia have completed ratification of Makkah defence pact: FO",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/pakistan-saudi-arabia-have-completed-ratification-of-makkah-defence-16208295",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T16:43:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2039288/pakistan-saudi-arabia-have-completed-ratification-of-makkah-defence-pact-fo"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have completed the ratification processes for the Makkah defence pact while Turkiye was in the process of doing so, Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan said on Friday. Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement in August, under which an armed attack on one member is considered an attack on all. The pact has gained…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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