Prepared to use force: Pakistan warns Houthi rebels over attacks on Saudi

Pakistan seems to be sucked into the crisis in the Middle East. After carefully worded statements and quiet balancing acts, Pakistan was forced to threaten Yemen’s Houthi rebels with the use of force. That came after the Iran-backed rebels imposed a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia and attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea. On Thursday, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that he had a phone conversation with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, condemning the “Houthi militia’s attacks” and reaffirming Pakistan’s “complete solidarity” with Riyadh. “I condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the Houthi militia’s attacks…