Report: Saudi Arabia Asked Pakistan for 30,000 Troops (MEMRI)
(Daily Alert, Mar. 4, 3014)

    Saudi Arabia has asked Pakistan to dispatch two divisions of its army (some 30,000 troops) to the kingdom as part of a bilateral defense agreement currently being formulated between the two countries, the Urdu-language daily Roznama Naya Akhbar reported on Feb. 8.