Saudi Arabia concerned about Musharraf, why not, the man is one of their men who are the life of the area from them, He is Hosni Mubarak of Pakistan or Hamid Karzai, or Fouad Siniora, or Mahmoud Abbas.
Despite he is non-Arab, but in some sense he is part of the so called axis of moderate Arabs, he is the dictator with the big army, and the oppressor of the Islamists, and present to implement the wishes of the Americans, the alternative are the Islamists which is not acceptable even moderates like Nawaz Sharif, who timed his return to Pakistan with the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs Richard Boucher visit to Pakistan for “strategic dialogue” with Musharaf and just two days before Negroponte visit.
But it seems the Americans were not prepared for this twist of events, as the Pakistani Times tell us in details.
Therefore an intermediate was assigned by the Americans through Saudi Arabia to persuade former Pakistani Prime Minister Sharif to stay in exile. or else, and the else here is: Saudi support to Pakistan will stop if he returns.
Does this related to Lebanon?
Years ago, multimillionaire Hariri the father found an excellent and powerful business partner Pakistani president Nawaz Sharif, both men started many projects and joint-venture companies investing in Pakistan and Lebanon, and both men interested in construction projects.
This will give you an idea why Saad Hariri is giving Pakistan internal affairs higher priority than Lebanon, and answering the Pakistani Blogger who asks:
Who is Hariri to Interfere in Our Problems?