RIYADH (The Thursday Times) — Riyadh mein Saudi Aramco ki aik intezami imarat ko itwar ko girte hue tukron se nuqsan pahuncha, jise Saudi Arab ne hamle ki koshish qarar diya. Usi subah mamlikat ke fazai difa ne chaar missile mar giraye jin ke baare mein us ka kehna tha ke Yemen ke Houthiyon ne darul hukoomat aur junoob ki janib daghe the.
Wazarat-e-tawanai ke aik sarkari zariye ne kaha ke imarat “hamle ki koshish ka nishana bani” aur tukron se mamooli nuqsan hua, koi zakhmi ya jaan bahaq nahin hua. Zariye ke mutabiq mutaliqa hukkam ne foran karrawai ki aur zaroori iqdamat kiye.
Subah kya hua: maqami waqt ke mutabiq subah 9 baj kar 5 minute par Yemen mein Saudi qayadat wale ittehad ke tarjuman Major General Turki al-Maliki ne kaha ke fazai difa ne “dehshatgard Houthi militia” ki janib se Riyadh ki taraf daghe gaye do ballistic missile rok kar tabah kar diye. Bees minute baad unhon ne kaha ke Riyadh aur junoobi ilaqon ki janib daghe gaye do cruise missile bhi rok kar tabah kar diye gaye. Aramco ki imarat se mutaliq wazarat-e-tawanai ka bayan subah 11 baj kar 45 minute par aaya.
Ainee shahideen ne bataya ke nishana banne wali imarat darul hukoomat ke shimal mein sheeshe ke towers par mushtamil King Abdullah Financial District mein Aramco ka tower thi aur use nuqsan pahuncha. Wazarat ne yeh nahin bataya ke imarat kahan thi ya use kis cheez ne nishana banaya. Hamlon ke dauran Saudi Civil Defence ne Riyadh mein ibtidai intebahi alert jari kiya aur baad mein kaha ke khatra tal gaya hai.
Phailti muhim: Houthi haaliya hafton mein baar baar Saudi Arab ko nishana banate rahe hain. Yemen ki Ras Isa bandargah par ittehad ke hamlon ke baad, jab Houthiyon ne barah-e-raast Aramco ko dhamki di, ittehad ne junoob ki janib daghe gaye missile roke, aur fazai difa ne Makkah ke ilaqe ki taraf bheja gaya drone mar giraya. Aramco ne is maheene kaha tha ke hamlon aur kam paidawar ke bawajood us ka munafa barha hai.
Pakistan, jis ne guzishta saal Saudi Arab ke saath bahami difa ka muahida kiya tha, aqwam-e-muttahida mein mamlikat par Houthi hamlon ki mazammat kar chuka hai.
