Nawaz Sharif not invited by King Salman to visit Saudi Arabia: PM's aide.

LAHORE -- Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Interfaith Harmony and Middle East Affairs Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi said on Sunday that Saudi Arabia did not offer former premier Nawaz Sharif to stay in the kingdom.

'Reliable sources have confirmed that Saudi King Shah Salman has not invited Nawaz Sharif to visit his country,' the PM's aide said while addressing a press conference in Lahore.

His statement comes amid speculations that Riyadh had offered Nawaz, who is in London since October 2019, to move to the kingdom if he faces any difficulty in the United Kingdom.

Ashrafi also clarified that Saudi Arab never intervened in internal issues of Pakistan and added that Pakistan's ties with all Arab Muslim...

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