*JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday formally sent a message to the Pakistani leadership that they wanted stability in Pakistan while Saudi King Abdullah again urged all stakeholders to abide by the agreement on the thorny issue of former President Pervez Musharraf.*
Saudi Royal Family sources say Interior Minister Rehman Malik’s meeting with the Saudi King, which lasted for more than 50 minutes, gave a clear message that confrontation between the two political parties and any step against President Musharraf could heat things up. Sources say that the Saudi King played the role of a guarantor at the time of Musharraf’s resignation that no action would be taken against the dictator when he is no more in power and that if some party or individual backs out from the agreement then Pak-Saudi relations will be badly affected. PML-N Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif is going to Saudi Arabia next week to hold meetings and will be forced to abide by the agreement, according to sources. Sources further said that the Saudi King wanted to diffuse tensions because he was informed that *Musharraf was thinking of making important disclosures to the media regarding Mian Nawaz Sharif and the current President Asif Ali Zardari in London in which there is talk of Saudi Arabia too.* Former military dictator Pervez Musharraf has also reportedly met Saudi Intelligence Chief King Mukaran who was an important player in the return of Mian Nawaz Sharif. Musharraf is said to have informed the Saudi intelligence chief of the campaign launched by Mian Nawaz Sharif against him and the cases lodged against him. Jeddah has become completely involved in the issue and on the other hand the PPP is not interested in putting Musharraf to trial and therefore the whole issue will be closed, said sources.—Online http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/13+saudi+arabia+to+save+the+day+for+musharraf-za-06
