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Pakistan Rejects Saudi Arabia’s Request to Strike the Houthis
Pakistan had a defence agreement with Saudi Arabia under which an attack on Saudi Arabia would be considered an attack on Pakistan, and Pakistan would firmly defend it. However, when the Houthis attacked Saudi Arabia and Riyadh asked Pakistan to strike the Houthis, Pakistan refused.
This has raised questions about whether the defence agreement between the two countries is merely about financial and debt arrangements, rather than confronting a third enemy.
Now the question arises: Will Saudi Arabia insist on getting back the loans it has provided to Pakistan sooner?
And if it does, who will Pakistan borrow money from next?
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Reuters reported that the Houthis took control of the Yemeni port city of Mokha on Thursday and advanced toward the Hanish Islands in the Red Sea.
Yemeni government military sources said the development has increased the Houthis’ influence over the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
The Houthis’ Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center said that shipping in the Red Sea is safe for all cargo carriers except vessels belonging to Saudi Arabia.
A large number of troops at the Khalid bin Walid military camp in Yemen, backed by Saudi Arabia, have reportedly surrendered their weapons and defected to the Houthis.
Desecration of a Mujahid’s Body
These brutal acts by Pakistan’s military against the lifeless body of a mujahid demonstrate, according to the statement, that the Pakistani forces are deeply fearful and believe their collapse is approaching.
It further alleges that Afghanistan’s forces have committed similar acts and calls for divine punishment against them.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has announced that Canada has contributed C$1.35 million to the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund.
OCHA expressed its gratitude to the Government of Canada for the contribution.
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund, the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, met with Sadın Ayldız, Türkiye’s Ambassador to Afghanistan, in Kabul. The two sides discussed expanding economic, trade, and transit relations between the two countries, as well as addressing the challenges faced by Afghan refugees in Türkiye.
The Deputy Prime Minister praised the investments made by Turkish companies in Afghanistan and called on other Turkish investors to explore investment opportunities in the country.
Meanwhile, the Turkish ambassador said that Türkiye would continue its cooperation in facilitating and expanding relations between Afghanistan and the international community. He also expressed his country’s readiness to further strengthen cooperation with Afghanistan in transportation, transit, healthcare, education, and other economic sectors.
He further assured that Türkiye is prepared to provide greater facilitation for Afghans in obtaining visas.
Nadia Baloch, the sister of Dr. Mahrang Baloch and a lawyer, has called on the international community, human rights activists, lawyers, and political and social activists to urgently pay attention to the deteriorating situation in Balochistan.
She said the right to hold peaceful protests has been restricted, political activists are being arrested, and protesters are being forcibly disappeared. She added that women have also been detained and transferred to undisclosed locations.
Sajjad Haider Khan, spokesperson for Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that Afghanistan is not an enemy country of Pakistan and that Afghan students who possess valid legal documents and visas can continue their studies in Pakistan.
Speaking at his first weekly press briefing on Thursday, he said that no decision had so far been made to deport all Afghan students back to Afghanistan.
However, some Afghan students have said that they were also instructed to return to Afghanistan despite holding valid visas.
Meanwhile, the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC), in its notices, has called on all “Afghans” currently studying in Pakistan to return to Afghanistan in light of the prevailing political situation.
The notices do not clearly state whether students holding valid visas are exempt from the decision.
At the same time, Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs continues to insist that Afghan students with valid legal documents are permitted to continue their studies in the country.
Former Pakistani police officer Akram Naeem Broka stated:
Up to 408 people were reportedly killed in what has been described as a brutal attack by Pakistan on the Omid Camp, a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul.
He further stated that dozens of civilians were killed in artillery attacks by Pakistani forces on villages near the border, while more than 100,000 people were reportedly displaced from their homes.
Pakistan’s opposition leader in the Senate, Senator Allama Raja Nasir Abbas, has condemned the decision to expel Afghan medical students from the country and described the notification issued by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) as “politically motivated.”
Raja Nasir Abbas has called on the PMDC and the Pakistani government to immediately withdraw the notification. He said that forcibly expelling Afghan students would damage Pakistan’s international reputation.
He stressed that the decision would also deprive Afghan students in their final year of medical studies of the opportunity to complete their education, despite their right to finish their academic programs.
He described the move as contrary to international law and called for Afghan medical students to be allowed to continue their studies.
ANP leader Aimal Wali Khan says he will respond in the Senate of Pakistan to Maryam Nawaz’s remarks. He said that this opportunity is free for him, and he does not want to let it go to waste.
Maryam Nawaz recently said, while speaking about security in Punjab, that Punjab faces greater security threats from neighboring provinces than from neighboring countries.
Alireza Bikdeli, Iran’s Chargé d’Affaires in Kabul, met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to discuss the latest developments in Iran-Afghanistan relations, bilateral cooperation, and ways to expand engagement between the two countries.
Iranian media reported that Bikdeli also provided a report on the activities and plans of the Iranian Embassy in Kabul and briefed the foreign minister on issues of mutual interest in the consular, economic, and cultural sectors.
Pakistan has conveyed a warning from Saudi Arabia to Iran, urging Tehran to restrain its Houthi allies in Yemen following an increase in their attacks on Saudi Arabia.
According to Reuters, Saudi, Pakistani, and Iranian sources said the move was part of coordinated efforts to prevent further escalation of the crisis.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, the Houthis reportedly targeted an airbase in Khamis Mushait and oil facilities in nearby cities in Saudi Arabia, injuring 73 people. The attack was described as one of the largest assaults on Saudi Arabia since the beginning of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.
بریکنگ نیوز: بدخشان میں جنبش پاسدارانِ میهن نامی گروہ گرفتار
اطلاعات کے مطابق بدخشان میں ’’جنبش پاسدارانِ میهن‘‘ نامی گروہ کے تمام ارکان کو انٹیلی جنس فورسز نے گرفتار کر لیا ہے۔ اس گروہ نے 16 روز قبل ایک ویڈیو جاری کرکے اپنے وجود کا اعلان کیا تھا۔
رپورٹ کے مطابق گروہ کے ارکان کو متعدد ہلکے اور بھاری ہتھیاروں سمیت گرفتار کیا گیا، جس کے بعد ان کی سرگرمیوں کا خاتمہ کر دیا گیا.
🚨 Breaking
A group calling itself “Junbish Pasdaran-e Mihan” has been arrested in Badakhshan.
According to the report, the group, which announced its existence 16 days ago by releasing a video, was arrested in its entirety by intelligence forces. The members were reportedly found in possession of a number of light and heavy weapons, and their activities were brought to an end.
The report claims that the group was affiliated with General Jalal Yaftali and sought to gain prominence and secure benefits from the country’s adversaries through such activities.
It is worth noting that intelligence forces had previously arrested another newly formed group in Faryab approximately 20 days after it announced its existence.