Pakistan has finally admitted openly to join hands with the Saudis to overcome Houthi's operation in Yemen.  I don't think Pakistan is doing it willingly, but has no choice to get involved into this counter operation in Yemen.  One ought not to forget that the Pakistani economy is being floated with the petro dollars coming from the Saudis.  I am sure Saudis must have told the Pakistani government to either join them or say good-bye to the financial assistance from the exchequer of Saudi Arabia.  However, as this writer envisions it, Pakistan will be a loser irrespective of what decision it makes.  Pakistan has thousands of miles of border with Iran which is a Shia dominated country and also supporting the Hourthis in Yemen. So, joining hands with the Saudis against the Houthis means working against their next door neighbor Iran.  Pakistan is already suffering from the sectarian - Suni & Shia - issues, and their involvement in Yemen will further add fuel to the fire.  Unfortunately, Pakistan has no choice in the matter.  Either they save their economy or avoid sectarian scuffles in the country.  Either way, they are the losers, and God forbid if there is any problem at the Indo-Pak border, then this problem can escalate to an unmanageable extent.  Pakistani defense forces are sprad very thin right now.  They are currently involved in attacking the Talibans, now new involvement in Yemen and with the skirmishes at the Indo-Pak border, this writer sees lot of downward trend in Pakistan.