Despite opposition from Parliament, Pakistan military being sent to Saudi Arabia

Despite the fact that the Parliament of Pakistan has unanimously opposed taking side in Saudi war against Yemen, Pakistan army troops are being sent to the southern borders of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in what appeared to fight alongside Saudis against Yemenis.

Quoting senior security sources, the Middle East Eye reported that Pakistani combat troops are being sent to protect Saudi Arabia’s southern borders from retaliatory attacks by Yemenis.
The Nation, a Pakistani daily also lifted the story reporting that the Pakistani brigade will only be deployed inside the southern borders of the kingdom. “It will not be used beyond Saudi borders,” an insider told the Gulf-based newspaper.
The move follows a visit by Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Bajwa to Saudi Arabia in December last year. The army chief had been on a three-day visit to the kingdom where he met Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz.
“Later, General Qamar Javed Bajwa met chief of general staff of Saudi Forces, General Abdul Rehman bin Saleh al-Bunyan, to discuss military to military relations, defence cooperation and regional security situation.
Both leaders agreed to boost military cooperation and collaboration.”
Two years ago the parliament rejected a request by the King Salman for Islamabad to join a “Sunni” coalition to fight the Houthis of Yemen. Lawmakers feared such a coalition would spark sectarian violence in Pakistan.
Relations are tense between Saudi Arabia and Yemen since Saudi-led military coalition imposed a deadly war for the last two years which has killed more than 10,000 people in Yemen, injured over 40,000.
Last year, Pakistan initially found itself in the crosshairs of Middle Eastern politics as Saudi Arabia named it as part of its newly formed military alliance of Muslim countries meant to combat terrorism, without first getting its consent.
However, after initial ambiguity, the government had confirmed its participation in the alliance, but said that the scope of its participation would be defined after Riyadh shared the details of the coalition it was assembling.