Thread by @_AhmedQuraishi

#Iran-backed #Houthi militia is now involved in at least two attacks resulting in injuries+death of #Pakistan citizens in #KSA+#UAE. In May 2021, Houthis targeted #Jeddah within hours of the arrival of PM #ImranKhan+First Lady [see:

https://twitter.com/_AhmedQuraishi/status/1390877643130744833?t=MHEYvdEt_sVepK-cXEJnsg&s=19

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https://twitter.com/RealPahore/status/1482062780404572167

Apart from killing a #Pakistan citizen, the #Houthi attack on @AdnocGroup facility targets an energy partner of six largest Pakistani oil & gas companies [See

https://twitter.com/_AhmedQuraishi/status/1432654335238942722?t=Crt2TbLgZa9FfyYnUfYy1w&s=19

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[ADNOC statement

https://twitter.com/AdnocGroup/status/1483097202218180610?t=sQ7i2XJvCyKKMct2bg0wrw&s=19

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#Pakistan has so far avoided directly criticizing #Iran-backed proxies in the region in order to avoid altercations with #Tehran and its feared #IRGC/QF paramilitaries. But now #Houthis increasingly pose a direct threat to Pak interests in the #Gulf. /3

https://twitter.com/_AhmedQuraishi/status/1483046622707728386?t=gcXwgL6U1XteNupwTUxLJg&s=19

#Pakistan condemned the #Houthi militia that controls #Yemen capital by name a week ago when it hijacked a #UAE vessel, and vowed "solidarity" with #AbuDhabi. /4

#Pakistan calls the #Houthi attack on #UAE "a heinous terrorist attack" and says it poses "a grave threat to regional peace and security."

"🇵🇰 stands in solidarity with the brotherly people and government of the 🇦🇪 in the face of this wanton act of terrorism." /5

Islamabad's latest condemnations of #Houthi attacks resulting in #Pakistan casualties in #KSA+#UAE and the potential impact on 🇵🇰 economic interests in the #Gulf indicate the distance that Pak policy has traveled since the militia emerged in 2015 /6

https://twitter.com/farjad99/status/1483174755243110407?t=Vtdx4pIA6g9rXlrIk1ePGg&s=19

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