*LAHORE: *
Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Interfaith Harmony and Middle EastAffairs Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi said on Sunday that Saudi Arabia didnot offer former premier Nawaz Sharif to stay in the kingdom.
“Reliable sources have confirmed that Saudi King Shah Salman has notinvited Nawaz Sharif to visit his country,” the PM’s aide said whileaddressing a press conference in Lahore.
His statement comes amid speculations that Riyadh had offered Nawaz, who isin London since October 2019, to move to the kingdom if he faces anydifficulty in the United Kingdom.
Ashrafi also clarified that Saudi Arablink neverintervened in internal issues of Pakistan and added that Pakistanlink ties with all Arab Muslim countrieswould be improved with the cooperation in different areas.
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The PTI government has announced that it will not renew Nawaz’s passportlink,which is set to expire on February 16, in an apparent attempt to compel theconvicted PML-N supreme leader to return home.
Nawaz, serving a seven-year prison term after his conviction in December2018, was given a rare permission in October 2019 to get medical treatmentabroad in view of a debilitating health condition.