India, Nov. 13 -- Pakistan has called for the "immediate and unconditional" cessation of Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia as the UN Security Council renewed targeted sanctions under its Yemen sanctions regime for another year.

The Security Council unanimously adopted the resolution on Thursday.

According to a report in Dawn, Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Syed Haider Shah, while explaining his country's vote in favour of the resolution, said that Islamabad "condemns in the strongest terms" the continued Houthi attacks against Saudi Arabia.

The Iran-backed Houthis have intensified attacks on Saudi Arabia in recent weeks, claiming strikes on oil infrastructure and military facilities, while Saudi air defences hav...