{"id":2159,"date":"2026-10-05T10:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T05:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2159"},"modified":"2026-10-05T10:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T05:05:08","slug":"dar-arrives-in-madinah-ahead-of-makkah-defence-pact-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2159","title":{"rendered":"Dar arrives in Madinah ahead of Makkah defence pact meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in the holy city of Madinah on Monday ahead of a meeting in Riyadh being held under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the Foreign Office spokesperson, Dar visited the Roza-e-Rasool (peace be upon him) and offered prayers for Pakistan\u2019s peace and prosperity, the well-being of its people and the Muslim Ummah. He also prayed for regional peace and stability.<\/p>\n<p>Dar later departed Madinah for Riyadh, where he will attend a meeting of the defence committee under the Makkah defence agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Defence Minister Khawaja Asif and Field Marshal Asim Munir will also participate in the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Turkish foreign ministry said that a committee of the Makkah defence pact between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey will hold talks in \u200cRiyadh on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes as the fighting between Yemeni government forces and the Houthi militia escalates.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/head-yemens-presidential-council-announces-military-operations-retake-territory-2026-10-04\/\">The leader of Yemen\u2019s Saudi-backed government<\/a> \u200bannounced on Sunday the beginning of \u2060a major military operation against the Iran-backed \u200bHouthis earlier on Sunday, aimed at seizing \u200bthe territory under their control.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Iran had suggested engaging Yemen\u2019s \u200bHouthis politically after attacks by the \u200bgroup, an idea that the Makkah defence pact \u200ccommittee \u2060would discuss at a meeting in Riyadh this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe meeting will address recent developments in the region and the stage \u200breached in \u200bthe Alliance\u2019s \u2060institutionalisation efforts,\u201d the Turkish statement said.<\/p>\n<p>It said Turkish Foreign Minister \u200bHakan Fidan, Defence Minister Yasar Guler \u200band \u2060chief of the General Staff General Selcuk Bayraktaroglu would attend the meeting of the \u2060pact\u2019s \u200bstrategic political and defence \u200bcommittee, along with officials from Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in the holy city of Madinah on Monday ahead of a meeting in Riyadh being held under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement. According to the Foreign Office spokesperson, Dar visited the Roza-e-Rasool (peace be upon him) and offered prayers for Pakistan\u2019s peace and prosperity, the well-being of its people and the Muslim Ummah. He also prayed for regional peace and stability. Dar later departed Madinah for Riyadh, where he will attend a meeting of the defence committee under the Makkah defence&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}