Pakistan’s cabinet ratifies defence agreement with Kuwait
Pakistan’s government ratified a defence cooperation agreement with Kuwait on 4 November 2026, according to a prime minister’s office statement carried by local media. The agreement was signed on 11 June 2023.
The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad. Urdu-language ARY News and English-language newspapers report that Kuwait had already ratified the agreement on 19 July.
According to The News, the framework covers military manufacturing, electronic communications and research, among other areas. A joint military committee is to oversee implementation and cooperation programmes.
Ratification is an institutional step. The consulted reports do not establish a new military deployment or completion of all planned programmes at this date; their information rests on government communications.