Saudi Arabia does not support former prime minister Nawaz SharifÂ’s plans to return to Pakistan and wants him to stick to the agreement he signed not to get involved in PakistanÂ’s politics for ten years, Geo news quoted a spokesman of the Saudi government as saying.According to the channel, the spokesman rejected reports in Pakistani newspapers last Saturday saying the Saudi government supported SharifÂ’s return to Pakistan. The spokesman said that Sharif and his family were offered asylum in Saudi Arabia on humanitarian grounds after General Pervez Musharraf dismissed his government in a military coup in October 1999.
The spokesman said Gen Musharraf and the Pakistani government accepted the offer because of the cordial and brotherly relations between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. He said Mr Sharif should stick to the agreement, signed in 2000 before his exile to Saudi Arabia, that he would not return to Pakistan or participate in the countryÂ’s politics for ten years.