# As Munir’s military takes on a Gulf role, Pakistan’s parliament is left out

https://mins.news/en/item/91198

- Reuters, 2026-10-08 10:50 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/munirs-military-takes-gulf-role-pakistans-parliament-is-not-involved-2026-10-08/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ac775637858580001464b64

> In 2015, Pakistan’s parliament voted to keep the country out of a Saudi-led intervention in Yemen. Eleven years later, Islamabad agreed to send more forces to Saudi Arabia quickly without a parliamentary vote, underscoring the military’s hold on foreign policy under Field Marshal Asim Munir.

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