(MENAFN) On Tuesday, Minister of Defense Khurram Dastgir told the National Assembly that as many as 1, 671 Pakistani armed forces personnel have been deployed in Saudi Arabia followed by 629 in Qatar and 66 in United Arab Emirates (UAE), Pakistan Today reported.
912 personnel are deployed under Saudi Ministry of Defence while 759 are deployed under the Ministry of Interior of the kingdom, Dastgir said said that in his written reply to the assembly.
In the further breakdown of the statistics, the minister told the Lower House that 742 out of 912 personnel belong to the army, 108 are from the navy and 62 are from the air force. The total number of officials from armed forces, working under Saudi Ministry of Interior, is 653 from military, 56 from naval forces and 50 from the air force, NA was told.
The highest number of Pakistani military personnel is deployed, after Saudi Arabia, is in Qatar with the total of 629. 155 are from the army, 433 from navy and 107 are from the air force, the minister added.
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