Inter-Services Public Relations director Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said on the 7th Pakistan’s military is already conducting defence cooperation in Saudi Arabia across multiple capabilities and domains. He said the 'Mecca Alliance' was not created out of thin air but is built on long-standing diplomatic, political, military and people-to-people ties among Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Pakistan forces have been stationed in Saudi Arabia for decades.

As of Oct 4, media reported India’s coal-fired power plant inventories were near a five-year low: about 69 plants, representing over 40% of national coal-fired capacity, had coal stocks sufficient for four days or less. Unseasonably high October temperatures and patchy rainfall have kept cooling, irrigation and industrial electricity demand elevated. Coal deliveries are being disrupted by heavy rains that have halted some mines and by persistent rail-transport bottlenecks, forcing plants to draw down on-site inventories. The low stockpiles raise the risk of widespread outages.

Saudi-led coalition says Houthi missile threat originates in Sanaa and the Saada and Amran provinces under Houthi control.