Six lies

Sir: The six lies are as follows:
Lie 1: Saudis are our brothers (as if Yemenis are not).
Fact: If brotherhood is based on being Muslim, then all or no Muslim country should be our brother. How come we have agreed to kill one group of our brothers by taking money from the other?
Lie 2: Yemenis are attacking Saudi Arabia.
Fact: It is Saudi Arabia and its allies that are attacking Yemen without any provocation and not the other way round.
Lie 3: Muslims’ holy sites have been threatened.
Fact: There is no danger to any holy Muslim site. There is danger only to the ruling family of Saudi Arabia.
Lie 4: It is in Pakistan’s national interest to support Saudi Arabia.
Fact: Pakistan’s national interest will be irreversibly compromised by becoming an ally of the Saudi-led coalition. The coalition is violating the UN Charter by engaging in an unprovoked and illegal act of aggression against a small country.
Lie 5: Saudi Arabia is a great friend of Pakistan and its people.
Fact: Saudi Arabia has funded militant groups and has fought its proxy wars in Pakistan for many decades. Yemen has done no such thing.
Lie 6: Pakistan’s international prestige and status will go up because of its involvement in the Saudi sponsored war.
Fact: Pakistan will only be looked down as an insane country that is willing to rent out its army when its own house is on fire.
NAEEM SADIQ
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