Pakistan votes to say out of Yemen conflict as aid arrives
Pakistani lawmakers on Friday unanimously voted to stay out of the Saudi-led coalition targeting Shiite rebels in Yemen in a blow to the alliance behind the campaign, while planes with badly needed medical aid landed in Yemen's embattled capital, Sanaa -- the first such deliveries since the airstrikes started over two weeks ago.
After days of debating, Pakistan's legislature adopted a resolution stating that "Pakistan should maintain neutrality in the Yemen conflict so as to be able to play a proactive diplomatic role to end the crisis."The resolution also called on the warring parties in Yemen to resolve the conflict through peaceful dialogue. The kingdom did not immediately comment on the Islamabad decision.
