Pakistan’s Yemen moment

ON Oct 5, in an emergency meeting, the member states of the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement invoked the joint defence clause. Now, Islamabad and Ankara can actively move towards rapid force deployment to protect Saudi Arabia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. The Middle East is one of the most complex and conflict-prone regions. The decision to operationalise the collective defence clause in less than two months of signing the MJDA suggests that Islamabad might remain embroiled in several layers of Middle Eastern conflicts in future under these security commitments. This is a classic…