Journalist tweets: Saudi minister says Pakistanis are our slaves

NEW DELHI: It seems Pakistan is badly trapped in the current Arab conflict. It has been treading a careful path since Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries snapped diplomatic ties with Qatar after accusing the oil-rich country of supporting terrorist groups.

"Are you with us or with Qatar?" Saudi King Salman raised this question during a meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Saudi is not willing to let Pakistan sit on the fence over the Saudi-Qatar logjam. A Pakistani journalist's recent tweet also indicated that all may not be well between Saudi and Pakistan.

Tanveer Arain, a political and security analyst and columnist with the Dawn newspaper, tweeted from his verified account a screenshot of a news report which cited a letter by Saudi defence minister in which the minister says "Pakistani are our slaves".

Pakistani are our slaves : Saudi Defence Minister. pic.twitter.com/a2fdko8aoN

— Tanveer Arain (@tanvirarain) June 10, 2017

When someone doubted the veracity of the report, Arain tweeted the photo of the letter.

What about this letter ? Use a decent language to differ the things. pic.twitter.com/SMixy4uFX7

— Tanveer Arain (@tanvirarain) June 10, 2017

While the veracity of the letter could not be confirmed, it is already clear Saudi is not exactly pleased with Pakistan.