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A ‘time of need’ would be if the Saudis were actually under threat of military aggression, not when making a conscious decision to enter and exacerbate a civil war in a neighboring country.From a Saudi perspective, they would have felt let down and cheated by Pakistan for not being reliable at the time of their need (in Yemen). The Arabs have stood with Pakistan to keep its economy afloat without much to show for in return. Be it soft loans or oil on deferred payments, both UAE and Saudi have been generous with Pakistan. In return, Pakistan has been overtly friendly with Turkey and conspired to form an alternate power block against Arab interests.
It was a given that at some point the Arabs were going to run out of patience.
Pakistan warned the Saudis against getting into Yemen, having experienced both the fallout of the Afghan civil war, the insurgent war in FATA & the history of external parties entering civil wars has not been positive.