ISLAMABAD – 1671 army personnel are deployed in Saudi Arabia, Minister forDefence Khurram Dastgir Khan said in National Assembly his written reply.

He said that 912 personnel had been deployed under Saudi Ministry ofDefence while 759 had been under the Ministry of Interior of the kingdom.

Of the 912 personnel, 742 belong to the army, eight from Navy and 62 fromthe air force. The Pakistani forces serving under the Saudi Ministry ofInterior comprised of 653 from military, 56 from navy and 50 from the airforce.

Other than Saudi Arabia , the Pakistani forces are serving in seven othercountries as well, the reply said.

After Saudi Arabia, the second largest number of Pakistanis armed forces’personnel is deployed in Qatar.

There is one army person in Australia, 15 in Bahrain, four in Brunei andsix in Jordan.

As many as 63 are serving in Oman, 629 in Qatar, and 66 are deployed in theUnited Arab Emirates.

These personnel are on deputation under various memoranda of understandingand agreements with the respective countries. The defence ministerclarified that no financial cost was borne by Pakistan on account of thedeputations.

He said that presently, a total of 6,118 Pakistani troops had been deployedon the United Nation missions.