Published on, Sept. 28 -- September 28, 2025 1:45 PM

ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has firmly denied claims that Pakistan is selling nuclear weapons to Saudi Arabia under the recently signed strategic defence agreement, emphasizing that "we are responsible people."

The landmark Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement, signed on September 17 by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Riyadh, strengthens a decades-old security partnership between the two nations. The pact commits both countries to treat any attack on either as an act of aggression against both.

Following the announcement, some international media speculated that Pakistan's nuclear arsenal might be included in the agreement, spark...