Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar has arrived in Islamabad at the head of a high-profile Libyan National Army (LNA) delegation that includes his deputy commander and son, Saddam Haftar, and representatives of Libya’s eastern-based government. The visit, conducted with little public fanfare, signals a deepening military-security relationship between the LNA and Pakistan at a moment of shifting geopolitical alignments.
The trip follows Saddam Haftar’s earlier visit to Islamabad and a reciprocal visit by Pakistan’s military leadership to Benghazi in mid-December 2025, where Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, was formally received by Haftar. During that visit, Munir co-chaired meetings with Saddam Haftar and praised the LNA’s consolidation of authority and its role in rebuilding Libya’s eastern military structures.
