Pakistan under pressure to send troops to Saudi Arabia
Javed Rana
Press TV, Islamabad
These are top civil and military officials engaged in serious discussion. Particular focus of meeting is unexpected condemnation by the UAE of a non-binding resolution by country's Parliament to stay neutral in Yemen crisis-- something Abu Dubai interpreted as Islamabad's preference of Tehran over Saudi-led 10 member coalition.
Diplomatic sources have revealed that Pakistan is under tremendous pressure from the Arab countries [UAE and Saudi Arabia] to help them with air, navel and particularly ground forces. Therefore, Islamabad is actively considering to deploy thousands of troops in Saudi Arabia to counter of what Riyadh claims threats from Ansarullah fighters in Yemen.
Saleh Bin Abdul Aziz , Saudi Arabia's Minister for religious affairs has been in Pakistan for many days to seek traditional support from religious parties.An estimated four million Pakistanis are the workforce in the Middle East particularly in Saudi Arabia and UAE. Pakistan receives most of its remittances from the Middle East. Islamabad meets half of its oil needs from Saudi Arabia - many times on deferred payment or occasionally on concession or free of cost.
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