Pakistan pauses $1.5 billion Sudan arms deal after Saudi objection: Report

Pakistan has suspended the proposed $1.5 billion agreement to supply weapons and fighter jets to Sudan after Saudi Arabia asked Islamabad to terminate the arrangement and said it would no longer finance the purchase, according to two Pakistani security sources and a diplomatic source. The development comes as Sudan remains gripped by a conflict between the national army and the Rapid Support Forces. Saudi Arabia has signaled that Pakistan should terminate the deal after it dropped the idea of financing it, one of the security sources said.

Reuters reported in January 2026 that the $1.5 billion defence deal to supply weapons and fighter jets to Sudan was in its final stages and had been brokered by Saudi Arabia, though Riyadh's role in financing the agreement had not been disclosed at the time.