ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday said that it condemns firing of ballistic missiles towards Saudi Arabia’s Makkah province by Houthi militants in Yemen. Islamabad commended the vigilant Saudi defence forces for intercepting the projectiles, according to a statement issued by the Foreign Office. On Tuesday, Saudi-owned media accused Yemeni rebels of targeting Islam’s holiest city Makkah after Riyadh and its allies said they had intercepted two missiles over the kingdom. The exiled Yemeni government, which is based in Saudi Arabia, echoed the claim but the Houthi rebels denied any such attack. The Imam-i-Kaaba stressed that the hostilities were carried out by a body with no faith in the holy month of Ramzan.

Source: Pakistan Today May 21, 2019 17:26 UTC