ISLAMABAD: Senate Opposition Leader Allama Raja Nasir Abbas on Sunday urged the government to keep Pakistan out of the conflict in Yemen and instead pursue a mediatory role, warning that violating the unanimous parliamentary resolution of 2015 would damage national interests.

Addressing the Shuhada-i-Muqawamat and Tajdeed-i-Ahd Conference organised by the Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen (MWM), the party chief reminded attendees that parliament had unanimously decided in 2015 that Pakistan would not become part of the Yemen conflict or send its troops there.

“On whose authority is Pakistan being made a party to this conflict?” he asked, calling on the government to pull the country out of what he described as a dangerous situation.

Condemning attacks on Yemen, the opposition leader said the Yemeni people were being punished for supporting Pale­s­tinians and raising their voice against Israeli aggression. Ignoring the will of parliament on the matter, he said, would undermine the country’s national interests, sovereignty and public aspirations.

MWM chief says abandoning 2015 parliamentary resolution may harm national interests; uarges govt to opt for mediation instead

“Yemen has offered Pakistan a mediatory role. I have written to the prime minister, drawing his attention to the sensitivity of the matter,” he said, claiming that he also had asked the foreign minister about how the country could become a party to the conflict while playing the role of a mediator.

He urged the government to focus on a ceasefire, negotiations and regional peace instead of involving the country in a war against another Muslim state, noting that Yemen had expressed solidarity with Gaza and challenged Israeli interests.

The opposition leader also condemned US and Israeli aggression against Iran, saying the attacks and assassination of Iran’s supreme leader were apparently aimed at intimidating the Iranian nation and forcing it to surrender within hours.

However, he said, the strategy failed as Iran demonstrated courage, wisdom and resilience.

The opposition leader said plans by the US and Israel to redraw the regional map, divide countries and eliminate resistance movements posed a serious threat to regional peace.

He maintained the conflict was linked to the future of the entire region, the Palestinian issue and the collective interests of the Muslim world.

He described the government’s excessive praise of US President Donald Trump and efforts to secure his goodwill, including proposals for a Nobel Peace Prize nomination, as contrary to national dignity.

Turning to domestic affairs, Mr Abbas said that Pakistan belongs to its people and was not the property of any individual, elite group or political mafia.

The state must protect the fundamental rights of all citizens, including people in Balochistan, Sindh, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir, he said.

Expressing concern over political freedoms, he argued the use of state force could not resolve public grievances.

He called for an opportunity for former prime minister Imran Khan to play a role in promoting national reconciliation, describing him as a major political asset who enjoyed the confidence of a substantial section of the population.

The conference was also addressed by MWM Vice Chairman Allama Syed Ahmed Iqbal Rizvi, Chief Organiser Syed Nasir Abbas and Central Secretary for Political Affairs Syed Asad Abbas Naqvi.

The speakers paid tribute to those killed in resistance movements, reaffir­med solidarity with Palestine and Yemen, and called for national sovereignty, unity and supremacy of the Constitution.

Published in Dawn, November 9th, 2026