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LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is likely to leave for Saudi Arabia on Monday (today) for an unscheduled visit to the kingdom.
The government officials are neither conforming nor denying the visit report.
A leader of the ruling PML-N told Dawn that Mr Sharif would seek more financial support from Riyadh for Islamabad besides discussing certain regional issues with the Saudi royal family. He would not say for how may days the prime minister would be staying in the Gulf state.
However, political observers say the visit is very important in the wake of ongoing civilian-military tussle over retired Gen Pervez Musharraf's trial in the high treason case as the former army chief shifted to Karachi from Islamabad on Sunday.
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Apr 21, 2014 10:20pm
So our internal , external affairs are decided in Riad ! It is a matter of time when tin-pot military dictator, Musharraf will be on his way to Dubai. Sharif will claim, he did it on the 'request' from a brotherly, Muslim country.
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Apr 21, 2014 10:29pm
Was n't he in China couple of weeks ago or somewhere ? Not having by his own choice, a foreign minister, Mian N Sharif needs an excuse to get out of the country. So what is the next deal planned with Saudi Royals ? Parliament can't question him because he never attends the parliament.
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Apr 22, 2014 12:46am
What a shame!
Nahi tera nasheman qasre ...
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Apr 22, 2014 02:31am
Pakistani PM is again in the Gulf with a shaking begging bowl " Katchkool" to ask these Arabs for help, while poor Houbara Bustard paid the pricewith their lives. Why are these low class people are allowed to hunt an endangered species, with permits, who and why were these people guven permits to begin with ? It is our PM and his octupus tanticles that they allow the low lives to hunt.
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