Pakistan appoints former army general Nauman Mahmood as first head of Mecca alliance
- The Mecca defence pact was signed on August 7Pakistan on Wednesday appointed a former Pakistan Army officer as the first secretary-general of the country's trilateral Mecca pact with Türkiye and Saudi Arabia.
- Lieutenant general Nauman Mahmood (retired) will head the alliance’s general secretariat, which is being established in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- “The government of Pakistan is pleased to announce the appointment of Lt Gen Nauman Mahmood, Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military), (retired), as the first secretary general pursuant to the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement,” Pakistan’s Foreign Office said in a stat
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- The Mecca defence pact was signed on August 7Pakistan on Wednesday appointed a former Pakistan Army officer as the first secretary-general of the country's trilateral Mecca pact with Türkiye and Saudi Arabia.
- Lieutenant general Nauman Mahmood (retired) will head the alliance’s general secretariat, which is being established in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- “The government of Pakistan is pleased to announce the appointment of Lt Gen Nauman Mahmood, Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military), (retired), as the first secretary general pursuant to the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement,” Pakistan’s Foreign Office said in a stat
Sources: Times of India