article_snippet.sent: request that pits Prime Minister Sharif's Saudi .
article_snippet.sent: Since Saudi Arabia, the Gulf's main Sunni Muslim power, . asked Sunni-majority Pakistan to join a Saudi-led military .
article_snippet.sent: Prime Minister Sharif has said repeatedly Prime Minister Sharif will defend any threat to Saudi .
article_snippet.sent: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif owes the Saudis.
article_snippet.sent: Last year, the Saudis the Saudis gave Pakistan $1.5 billion.
article_snippet.sent: Saudi Arabia also sheltered Prime Minister Sharif after Prime Minister Sharif was overthrown in a . 1999 military coup.
article_snippet.sent: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will visit Pakistan last week.