ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) on Friday called on the international community to take immediate action to stop attacks by Houthi militias on Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi-led military coalition has been battling the Iran-aligned militants for six years. The group has fired missiles and drones toward Saudi cities many times, most of which have been intercepted by authorities.
The call by the Pakistani religious body comes a day after Houthi forces fired a cross-border missile from Yemen at a Saudi Aramco facility in the Red Sea city of Jeddah.
"United Nations, Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the Security Council should take immediate action against the constant attacks on Saudi cities and people of Saudi Arabia by Houthi rebels," said Tahir Ashrafi, the PUC chairman who is also the Pakistani prime minister's special assistant on religious harmony and the Middle East.
"Security, stability and peace of Saudi Arabia is dear to every Muslim," he told Arab News.
Ashrafi added that the entire Muslim community has been united against the "perpetrators involved in attacks on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" and international organizations should "play a proactive role against the attackers."
A resolution adopted by the PUC and read at Pakistani mosques during congregational prayers on Friday called on the international community to come up with a strategy to deal with "all those who participate in terrorist activities."
The Pakistani government has many times called for an immediate stop to Houthi attacks on the kingdom.
Earlier this week, the Pakistani foreign office said the attacks "not only violate the territorial integrity of the kingdom but also threaten the lives of innocent people."