RIYADH (The Thursday Times) — Yemen ke Houthis ne Mangal ko kaha ke unhon ne Riyadh mein Saudi Arabia ki wazarat-e-difa ko ballistic missile se nishana banaya hai. Yeh elan saltanat ki sab se bari tel refinery Ras Tanura par hamle ke elan ke chand ghante baad aaya, jabke Pakistan ke wazir-e-difa ne azm kiya ke Islamabad Saudi Arabia ka "poori quwwat se" difa karega.
Saudi qiyadat mein qayam itehad ne kaha ke us ke fazai difa ne dar-ul-hukumat ki taraf daghe gaye do ballistic missile rok kar tabah kar diye. Itehad ke tarjuman Turki al-Malki ne yeh missile daghne wale giroh ko "dehshatgard Houthi milishia" qarar diya. Riyadh mein AFP ke numaindon ne dhamakon ki aawazein sunne ki ittela di. Saudi ahalkaron ne seedhe hit ke Houthi elan par koi jawab nahin diya, aur jaani nuqsan ya tabahi ke bare mein koi khabar nahin aayi.
Houthi fauji tarjuman Yahya Saree ne kaha ke giroh ne Abha International Airport ko drone se bhi nishana banaya, aur Najran airport par fauji transport tayyaron aur Khamis Mushait mein King Khalid Air Base par ballistic missile daghe. Un ka kehna tha ke giroh ne Bab al-Mandeb Strait ke qareeb Saudi hamayat yafta forces ki pesh qadmi paspa kar di. In mein se kisi bhi elan ki azad zarai se tasdeeq nahin ho saki.
Ras Tanura mein aag
Mangal ko pehle, Saree ne kaha ke ballistic missile se Ras Tanura mein aag lag gayi thi, jo Khaleej ke saahil par saltanat ki sab se bari refinery hai. Ras Tanura aur Red Sea par Yanbu Saudi Arabia ki taqreeban tamam tel ki baramadat sambhalte hain. Saudi ahalkaron ne hamle ki tasdeeq nahin ki, lekin Bloomberg News ne aik waqif shakhs ka hawala dete hue bataya ke terminal par Saudi Aramco ki tasisat ke qareeb lagi aag par subah sawere qaboo pa liya gaya tha. Itehad ne raat bhar mein kaha tha ke us ne Mashriqi Soobe ki taraf daghe gaye teen ballistic missile rok liye.
Houthi, jo 2014 se Sanaa par qabiz hain aur jin par Irani himayat hasil karne ka ilzam hai, ne garmiyon se Saudi airports, tel ki tasisat aur fauji maqamat par hamle tez kar diye hain, jis se Iran par US-Israeli jang ke wasee daire mein aik aur mahaz khul gaya hai. Itehad ne kaha ke us ne Yemen ke andar Houthi missile launchers, saman rakhne wali surangon aur aik missile depot ko nishana banaya.
"Poori quwwat se"
Islamabad mein Wazir-e-Difa Khawaja Asif ne Geo News se baat karte hue kaha ke Saudi Arabia ka difa Pakistan ke liye utna hi ahem hai jitna apni sarzameen ka difa. "Hum Saudi Arabia ka difa poori quwwat se karenge," unhon ne kaha, aur Riyadh ke airport ko bar bar nishana banaye jane aur Haramain Sharifain par hamle ki koshishon ko "bohat afsosnak" qarar diya.
Asif ne kaha ke Pakistan, Saudi Arabia aur Türkiye ne tehreeri wada kiya hai ke apne muahide ke daire mein aane wale kisi bhi khatre ka mil kar jawab denge. "Ab jab teen mulk shamil hain, muahide ke teht bhi, toh hum kisi bhi bairooni jarhiyat ke khilaf aik doosre ki sarzameen ka difa karenge," unhon ne kaha. Woh yeh baat us waqt kar rahe thay jab Field Marshal Asim Munir Tehran mein Saudi aur Turk ahalkaron ke saath Iran ki qiyadat se muzakrat ke liye shareek hue, jin mein chaaron mulk baat cheet jari rakhne par muttafiq hue. Asif ne kaha ke kuch pesh raft hui hai aur US ki mumkina karrawai par "yaqeenan" baat hui, lekin nateeje ke bare mein un ka rawaiya "thora sa ehtiyat par mabni" raha.
Ankara ki tauseeq ki janib pesh qadmi
Ankara mein Turk parliament ki khariji umoor ki committee ne Makkah Joint Defence Agreement ki tauseeq ka bill manzoor kar liya, jis par 7 August ko Sadr Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman aur Wazir-e-Azam Shehbaz Sharif ne dastakhat kiye thay. Naib Wazir-e-Kharja Levent Gümrükçü ne qanoon sazon ko bataya ke Saudi Arabia aur Pakistan pehle hi apni tauseeq mukammal kar chuke hain. Bill ke liye abhi poore aiwan ke vote ki zaroorat hai.
Gümrükçü ne kaha ke yeh muahida mehz difai hai, kisi mulk ko nishana nahin banata aur un ilaqai mumalik ke liye khula hai jo bain-ul-aqwami qanoon ka ehtiram karte hain. Unhon ne kaha ke is mein ijtimai rokthaam, mushtarka tarbiyat aur mashqein, difai sanat mein mushtarka paidawar aur dehshatgardi ke khilaf iqdamat shamil hain. Committee ke chairman Fuat Oktay ne in qayas araiyon ko mustarad kar diya ke yeh NATO ka mutabadil hai. "Bilkul nahin," unhon ne sahafiyon se baat karte hue kaha. Hukmran jamaat ke aik rukn-e-parliament ne pichhle hafte kaha ke muahide ki tauseeq ke baad Ankara Saudi Arabia mein fauji ahalkar tainaat karne ka alag mandate talab karega.
