This is a developing story, and much of what you’re seeing online is noise. Leaks, half-truths, and speculative hot takes are not strategy. States move quietly. Announcements come later.
What is clear: serious military-diplomacy is underway, stretching from South & East Asia to MENA, led jointly by Pakistan’s civilian and military leadership. Libya is not a sideshow. It is the board.
Ground Reality, Not Conference Rooms
Libya is not governed by UN press releases.
Libya is governed by territory, arms, oil, and command structures.
Engaging Khalifa Haftar is not defiance of the international system—it is recognition of reality. Pakistan’s doctrine has always been clear:
Talk to power centers, not paper factions.
Stability before politics. Institutions over militias.
By that metric, this engagement is not controversial. It is strategic realism.
The Visit That Changed the Equation
Pakistan’s Chief of Defence Forces & Army Chief, Asim Munir, led a tri-services delegation to Libya, receiving the highest level of state and military protocol. Officers from all three services were present. This was not symbolic. It was operational.
Behind closed doors, Pakistan didn’t posture.
It closed.
