'Sharif' (minus Nawaz) in White House Down movie

While watching White House Down, I came across this dialogue by President of America (played by Jamie Foxx). Here goes the dialogue...

Now, we've begun historic talks with the republic of Iran newly elected president, AI-Sharif

Did u noticed? There is SHARIF in the movie. Now, funny as I thought, I extracted three conclusions out of it (smelling rat when there is not rat)

 1) Nawaz SHARIF is very popular person

2) They knew long ago that SHARIF (Nawaz) will be the next King of the Jungle (Pakistan)

3) Obama started talks with Iran recently. How come Script Writer knew about it long ago? :)

What's your take??