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Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan reiterated that his country wants to be a peace mediator to end the war in Yemen, confirming that Islamabad sought to unite Islamic countries.
“We are striving to work as a mediator to resolve the crisis in Yemen,” Khan said said, adding that “I would seek to unify the ranks of Muslim countries as well as play the role of “mediator” in resolving their disputes”.
In September, Yemen’s Supreme Political Council (SPC) welcomed the remarks of the Pakistani Prime Minister in this regard, affirming the readiness of Yemen to facility efforts the bring peace the war-torn country.
Saudi Arabia and a number of its regional allies launched a devastating military campaign against Yemen in March 2015, with the aim of bringing the government of Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi back to power and crushing the country’s popular Houthi Ansarullah movement.
The Legal Center for Rights and Developments in Yemen, in a statement released on October 15, announced that the ongoing Saudi-led military campaign against the impoverished and conflict-plagued Arab country has resulted in the death of 15,185 civilians, including 3,527 children and 2,277 women.
A total of 23,822 civilians, among them 3,526 children and 2,587 women, have also sustained injuries, and are currently suffering from the lack of medicine, medical supplies and poor treatment due to the crippling Saudi siege.
The center further noted that the Saudi military aggression has also caused the death of nearly 2,200 Yemenis from cholera.
It highlighted that aerial assaults being conducted by the Saudi-led alliance have resulted in the destruction of 15 airports and 14 ports, and damaged 2,559 roads and bridges in addition to 781 water storage facilities, 191 power stations and 426 telecommunications towers.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
