In early August 2009, shortly before the election, he withdrew his candidacy, and requested his supporters vote for Sayed Jalal Karim.
From Pakistan he made his way to Saudi Arabia, where he studied engineering, physics and Arabic at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.
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