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Pakistan will not send ground troops for Saudi-led anti-terror alliance: Sartaj Aziz

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s senior aide Sartaj Aziz said on Tuesday that Pakistan will not send ground troops for the Saudi-led anti-terror alliance.

“Saudi Arabia has neither asked Pakistan for ground troops nor will Pakistan send any,” Aziz said, while speaking to media representatives.

“Sending our troops to any country is against our policy. Pakistan never sends its forces for any coalition apart from the United Nations,” the premier’s top aide added.

However, the adviser said that Pakistan will keep on sharing intelligence and send arms and ammunition to the Kingdom whenever required.

The statement comes following recent visits by Saudi defence minister and foreign minister to Islamabad to discuss Pakistan’s role in the coalition.

M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.