Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia? Pakistan's role under lens; pact without an impact
Pakistan's commitment to a mutual defense pact with Saudi Arabia is being questioned as the country remains silent amid Houthi missile and drone attacks on the kingdom. Despite a high-profile agreement signed in August, there has been no formal invocation of the collective security clause.
Why it matters
The lack of response highlights potential geopolitical instability and the fragility of defense alliances in the Middle East.
As Houthi missiles and drones continue to pound southern Saudi Arabia, a glaring question has emerged from the crisis: where is Pakistan? More than a month after Islamabad signed a landmark mutual defence pact with Riyadh, its much-publicised commitment to the kingdom's security appears to exist only on paper.On August 7, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement (MJDA), a pact explicitly stating that an armed attack on any one of the three nations would be treated as an attack on all.
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