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Pakistan Advances Reko Diq Financing And Saudi Defence Pact As Flood Aid Draws Fire And PTA Chief Is Restored

New approvals and rulings highlight a government stretching limited capacity between disaster relief and major economic and security decisions under judicial oversight.

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Overview

  • Senator Sherry Rehman criticized slow delivery of assistance to flood-hit families and urged immediate cash support through the Benazir Income Support Programme.
  • Punjab authorities reported distributing 500 one‑month ration bags in Alipur with 4,500 more planned via NGOs, alongside 500 hygiene kits for women.
  • The Economic Coordination Committee approved final Reko Diq financing, including a $390 million bridge facility tied to a planned 1,350‑kilometre rail link for mineral transport.
  • The government announced a Pakistan–Saudi Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement stating an external armed attack on one would be treated as an attack on both, as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met stakeholders in London.
  • The Islamabad High Court suspended the decision removing the telecom regulator’s head and reinstated Major General (R) Hafeez ur Rehman as PTA chairman.