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| Muqrin, Hariri urge Nawaz to honour agreement |
| 2007-09-09 |
| A Saudi prince said on Saturday that Nawaz Sharif would be welcome to return to Saudi Arabia, as the Saudi government and an influential Lebanese politician urged the former prime minister to honour his agreement to remain in exile for 10 years. Saudi intelligence chief Prince Muqrin bin Abdul Aziz and Lebanese politician Saad Hariri arrived separately in Islamabad on Saturday morning, the former with a message from Saudi King Abdullah and the latter after a meeting with Nawaz Sharif in London. After meeting President General Pervez Musharraf for two-and-a-half hours, Prince Muqrin and Hariri addressed an unprecedented joint press conference at Army House, telling journalists that Nawaz was bound under the agreement not to return to Pakistan before ten years in exile. “We sincerely hope that Nawaz Sharif honours this agreement,” Prince Muqrin said. He indicated that Sharif would be welcomed back to Saudi Arabia. “Saudi Arabia is for all our brothers and sisters from all over the Muslim world,” he said. “We are hopeful that the signatory will adhere to that agreement and stick to it. The Custodian of the two Holy Mosques helped Mr Sharif and his family to get out of imprisonment under such an agreement ... which was aimed at ensuring the stability of Pakistan,” the prince said. |
| Posted by:Fred |