Musharraf will not leave Pakistan, Saudi Arabia denies plans to grant Asylum
19 August, 2008 (10:43) | News | 
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RIYADH, Aug 19 (AFP)
Saudi Arabia has denied it has a plane waiting to take former president Pervez Musharraf to the kingdom, a press report said Tuesday, amid speculation Riyadh could offer him asylum. The Saudi ambassador to Pakistan, Ali Awad Esseiri, said media reports that that there was a Saudi plane in Islamabad ready to transport Musharraf were “baseless claims” and “media lies”, the Okaz newspaper reported. “Saudi Arabia has been and continues to look out for the security, stability and sovereignty of Pakistan and will not interfere in its internal affairs,” he was quoted as saying.
PML-Q leader Tariq Azeem told BBC Radio Tuesday former President Musharraf will not leave the country and if someone files cases against him, he will face the charges. He said Musharraf was advised by the PML-Q to face the allegations leveled against him by the ruling coalition in the impeachment draft. Musharraf however did not take the advise and tendered his resignation before tabling of the charge sheet in the assembly.
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