No stipulation in Makkah pact bars 'direct involvement' of members in case of threat to a country: Asif

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Thursday that no stipulation of the Makkah Defence Alliance barred the member states from getting “directly involved” in case of a threat to one of the members. He said this during ARY News programme ‘ Khabar Muhammad Malick Ke Saath ’ after he was asked about the possibility of Pakistan sending ground troops to Yemen amid an escalating conflict between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia under the alliance, which comprises Islamabad, Riyadh and Ankara. “To defend one of the member countries, the remaining two would get involved as if they are defending…