Pakistan weighs response after Houthi attack kills nationals

A big cargo ship called the Tihamah was sailing through a narrow waterway called the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Someone attacked the ship while it was at sea, and people on board were killed.

Some of the people who died were from Pakistan, and one report says a person from Indonesia also died.

A group called the Houthis is believed to have carried out the attack, but they have not said it was them.

Just a few days earlier, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye made a promise to help each other if any of them were attacked.

Because Pakistani people died, many adults are asking whether Pakistan will now join the fighting.

Pakistan's leader spoke out against the attack but did not blame Iran, which supports the Houthis.

Experts say Pakistan probably will not send soldiers to war right away, because the promise is mostly meant to scare off attackers.

This waterway is very important, because about 12 out of every 100 things traded in the world travel through it.

Pakistan is thinking carefully about what to do next.