AML chief Sheikh Rasheed talking to the media today. Photo: Geo News

ISLAMABAD: Even if the entire Arab world unites, Nawaz Sharif will not get an NRO, said Awami Muslim League leader Sheikh Rasheed on Monday. 

He was referring to unverified reports linking the former prime minister and his brother Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif's current visit to Saudi Arabia with an attempt to seek a 'deal' out of their present legal predicaments. 

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Talking to the media, the PPP leader said the PML-N chief did not go to Saudi Arabia on the Kingdom's invitation

Addressing the media outside the Supreme Court, the vocal opposition leader claimed the Sharifs are not being granted an audience with the Saudi royal family. 

"Both brothers are waiting to be summoned [by the Saudi royal leadership] since yesterday," he claimed.  

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The statement said that Nawaz has had long-standing relations with the country and there is no truth in these reports

Rasheed stated further that the time has come to resign [from the assemblies] and come out on the streets.

He informed further that Pakistan Peoples Party's leader and senior advocate Sardar Latif Khosa will represent him in the Hudaibiya and LNG cases. 

"He [Khosa] promised to represent me in the cases during the recent all parties conference (APC) in Lahore," said Rasheed, adding that the APC was a success in his opinion and he cannot say the same for others.