{"id":23808,"date":"2026-09-16T13:26:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T08:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=23808"},"modified":"2026-09-16T13:26:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T08:26:46","slug":"pm-shehbaz-strongly-condemns-attempted-drone-attack-on-makkah-expresses-full-solidarity-with-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=23808","title":{"rendered":"PM Shehbaz strongly condemns attempted drone attack on Makkah, expresses full solidarity with Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has strongly condemned an attempted drone attack on Makkah, calling it \u201cunforgivable\u201d and saying the entire Pakistani nation stands shoulder to shoulder with Saudi Arabia in protecting the Two Holy Mosques.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement posted on social media, the prime minister said he condemned in the strongest terms what he described as a cowardly and heinous attempted drone attack targeting the sacred site of Masjid al-Haram in Makkah.<\/p>\n<p>Shehbaz said the people of Pakistan were deeply saddened and gravely concerned over the provocative and distressing act.<\/p>\n<p>He said words were insufficient to express the grief, anguish and anxiety caused by what he described as a reprehensible and unforgivable action.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister also praised the Saudi armed forces for their vigilance, courage and professionalism, saying they acted swiftly to counter the threat.<\/p>\n<p>Shehbaz again appealed to all parties to exercise maximum restraint and step back from the brink of further escalation.<\/p>\n<p>He said the region had already paid a heavy price for conflict and stressed that dialogue and diplomacy remained the only viable path towards lasting peace.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister said Pakistan stood firmly alongside Saudi Arabia in defending the kingdom&#8217;s sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as safeguarding the security and sanctity of the Two Holy Mosques.<\/p>\n<p>He added that protecting the holy sites was a responsibility held extremely close to the heart of every Pakistani.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has strongly condemned an attempted drone attack on Makkah, calling it \u201cunforgivable\u201d and saying the entire Pakistani nation stands shoulder to shoulder with Saudi Arabia in protecting the Two Holy Mosques. In a statement posted on social media, the prime minister said he condemned in the strongest terms what he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23809,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,36],"tags":[10110,3249,5555,62,434,1634],"class_list":["post-23808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-pakistan","tag-drone-attack","tag-makkah","tag-masjid-al-haram","tag-pakistan","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-shehbaz-sharif"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23808"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23810,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23808\/revisions\/23810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}