Details of Nawaz meeting with Saudi King Abdullah

Monday, October 5, 2009 at 12:06 am

Lahore, Pakistan: Details of Mian Nawaz Sharif meeting with Saudi King Abdullah revealed, Not just the recently shown security concerns, but a deal struck with former president Gen (Retd) Pervez Musharraf, amid guarantees by Saudi Arabia’s King Shah Abdullah, prevents the chief of his own faction of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz Sharif from contesting polls.
Details of Nawaz meeting with Saudi King Abdullah
Online news agency on Sunday revealed details of the meeting between PML-N chief and Saudi king. It said that Mian Nawaz Sharif cannot contest polls under an accord with the Saudi king and his staying out of polls is part of a deal.

The news agency claimed Nawaz Sharif during his visit to Saudi Arabia in the holy month Ramazan met with Saudi king Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz the latter asked the former to honour the agreement made between Saudi government and former president Pervez Musharraf.

The report said that during the above meeting Nawaz Sharif was reminded that he cannot contest elections for 10 years under the agreement.
Pakistan Muslim League-N has denied the allegation that Nawaz decided not to contest by-election under a deal with Saudi king.

Talking to ARY NEWS on Sunday, The PML-N Information Secretary Siddique Al-Farooq rejected any secret deal with the former dictator, saying “It’s all propaganda and baseless story released by the news agency…Were the newsmen present in the meeting with King Abdullah or the Saudi government has released details of this meeting?”

He said PML-N would continue demanding the trial of Musharraff under the high treason act of Article 6 of the Constitution, demanding that the federal government should place its representation to file the case against the former president.

Also, talking to a local news TV on Sunday, spokesman of PML-N Senator Pervez Rasheed said there is no substance in the report carried by the news agency.

Senator Pervez Rasheed categorically ruled out the report.

The Punjab Government had filed a petition in Lahore High Court (LHC) to stop by-polls in constitutions of NA-55 and NA-123 on the basis of security reasons while LHC returned petition to halt by-election in NA-123 with objection.

The provincial government in its petition contended that the Chief Election Commission (CEC) did not consult with the Punjab Government regarding holding of by-polls as it was needed with Law Enforcement Agencies due to prevailing law and order situation in the country.

The petition said that the country is facing terrorism incidents and under these circumstance, by-elections not possible in NA-123 and NA-55.