Pakistan Pledges Full Support for Saudi Arabia Amid Houthi Attacks

Pakistan has pledged to defend Saudi Arabia against any aggression, as tensions rise following intensified attacks by Yemen’s Houthi group on the kingdom.

Lieutenant-General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, Director-General of Pakistan’s military media wing, said Islamabad stands with Riyadh both diplomatically and militarily.

Speaking to Saudi newspaper Arab News, Chaudhry said Pakistan would go “to any extent” to defend Saudi Arabia if required.

He disclosed that Pakistani forces are already deployed in Saudi Arabia to help protect the kingdom and the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina.

“We are there to protect them, and we will go to any extent further as required by the Saudi leadership and the people of Saudi Arabia,” he said.

However, Chaudhry did not confirm whether Saudi Arabia had requested additional Pakistani troops or direct military involvement against the Houthis.

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed a Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement in September 2025, under which an armed attack against either country is regarded as an attack against both.

Pakistan later deployed fighter and support aircraft to Saudi Arabia in April after the kingdom came under attack from Iran and its allies.

The latest pledge comes as Saudi Arabia faces increased attacks by the Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen. Saudi authorities recently said they intercepted a drone heading towards Mecca, although Houthi leader Abdel-Malik al-Houthi denied that the group had targeted the holy city.

Pakistan has continued to maintain diplomatic channels with Iran while supporting efforts to achieve a negotiated and peaceful resolution to the wider Middle East crisis.

Meanwhile, the Houthis have vowed to continue attacking Saudi targets. The group claimed that Saudi-led forces had carried out dozens of air strikes in Yemen and threatened further attacks against Saudi military bases and other strategic targets.

The developments are putting recent defence agreements involving Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye under increasing pressure, although the full operational details of the agreements have not been publicly disclosed.