Overview
- The federal cabinet formally ratified the Pakistan–Kuwait Defence Cooperation Agreement on Wednesday, completing bilateral approval after Kuwait ratified the pact in July 2023.
- The pact covers military manufacturing, electronic communications, scientific research, military media, and cultural and sports exchanges and establishes a joint military committee to oversee implementation.
- The agreement will run for five years and will renew automatically unless either country terminates it, and it binds both sides to protect classified information and to resolve disputes through diplomatic channels.
- In the same cabinet meeting the government transferred day‑to‑day administrative powers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the provincial governor during the emergency with a required monthly report to the federal government and approved a Rs160 billion KP development package that prioritises security.
- The cabinet also approved new currency designs and the introduction of a Rs10 coin to replace the banknote, and the next steps to watch are joint committee meetings, budget and basing decisions for cooperation projects, and the federal review of how governor‑led administration affects services in KP.