I agree, with the kind of relationship you share...
Knowing how things goes there, wonder how did Sherif took such a call without consulting the COAS?? But i guess this issue was handled very badly by NS and his govt..... Media played its role in increasing the confusion.....
That seems very unlikely...... If i could judge the support rahil get (from PDF members of course), He has lot of respect among Pakistanis especially when you compare him with 2 previous generals...... I seriously doubt....But you are right NS would come out as a guy who really wanted to support arabs....
But having said that, Arab's care a damn about internal politics, and they only care for support when they need......One cannot discount the amount of arab influence in Pakistan economy.....