Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Pakistan–Saudi Arabia relations" in English language version.
Saudi Arabia's closest Muslim and Non Arab ally, Pakistan
Besides Ahl-i-Hadith and sectarian groups, Saudis are using other, more benign transnational conduits, like TV channels, to exert their influence. In Pakistan, Paigham TV (broadcast in Urdu and Pashto) is a case in point. It was inaugurated in 2011 by Abdul Rahman Ibn Abdul Aziz as-Sudais, the imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca.
Although the kingdom, like other Persian Gulf countries, does not make the numbers public, experts say there are as many as 70,000 Pakistanis serving across the Saudi military services at any one time.