ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Pakistan has rejected a New York Times report claiming that Pakistan Air Force (PAF) fighter jets were used in strikes against the Houthis by Saudi Arabia.
In a post on X, the Fact Checker account of the Ministry of Information described the post as “fake and fabricated”.
The ministry urged “international media organisations to avoid speculative reporting with regard to theย employment of Pakistan’s Military Forces under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement.”
“Details of any employment, if necessary, will be given by concerned authorities,” it wrote.
๐ ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ค | ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐
โช๏ธ NYT above referred story attributing employment of PAF aircraft against Houthis is fake and fabricated. International Media houses are again asked to avoid speculative reporting with regards to employment of Pakistan’s Military Forces under Makkah Joint Defence Agreement.
โช๏ธ Details of any employment, if necessary will be given by concerned authorities.
๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐
โ Fact Checker MoIB (@FactCheckerMoIB) October 8, 2026
On Tuesday, the information minister also dismissed the report published by Reuters claiming the deployment of 30,000 to 40,000 Pakistani troops in Saudi Arabia as โspeculativeโ.
“It has also been underscored that the operational details of the actualisation of the collective deterrence are a matter of operational confidentiality and may not be made subject of media speculation,” the statement reads.
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