A senior Pakistan Army general has said that his country was providing “whatever support is needed” to protect Saudi Arabia’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and holy sites, amid escalating attacks by Yemen’s Houthis on the Gulf country.
Chaudhry said in an interview with a digital Arabic-language newspaper, Independent Arabia , on Sunday (October 18, 2026), without disclosing the nature or extent of the assistance. Pakistan military’s spokesperson Lt. Gen.
Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said that Saudi Arabia’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and the security of the Two Holy Mosques are “paramount” and “non-negotiable” for Pakistan. “So whatever support is needed to do that is being provided and will be provided,” Lt.
Mr. Citing Article 51 of the UN Charter, he said the collective deterrence mechanism sent a clear message that any direct or indirect attack against one of the three countries would invite a collective response.
Chaudhry said Pakistan’s reaction to the Houthi attacks was one of “anger”, stressing that there could be no “ifs and buts” over the security of Saudi Arabia and the holy sites. On questions of whether Pakistan’s support to the Gulf Kingdom would remain strictly defensive if the attacks continued, he said all three members of the alliance were clear that it had “no offensive intent” and was “purely defensive”. “If that deterrence doesn’t work, then that deterrence has to be re-established by all means that are available to the three countries,” the military spokesperson said. He said the alliance was intended to ensure peace, stability and security in the region, adding that any actor threatening those objectives would come within the ambit of its collective deterrence mechanism.
