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Pakistan Signs Arms Deal Worth Over $4 Billion With Libya
The $4 billion deal includes 16 JF-17 jets and 12 trainer aircraft, marking one of Pakistan’s largest arms exports over two-and-a-half years, officials said.
- Pakistan finalised a weapons deal worth more than $4 billion with Libya's eastern-based Libyan National Army last week after a Benghazi meeting between Field Marshal Asim Munir and Saddam Khalifa Haftar, with the LNA confirming a defence pact.
- Seeking export growth, Islamabad markets the Chinese co-developed JF-17 fighter as a lower-cost option and expands its defence industry footprint in North Africa amid regional competition.
- A Reuters copy listed the purchase of 16 JF-17 fighter jets and 12 Super Mushak trainer aircraft, with officials saying delivery of land, sea and air equipment spans 2-1/2 years.
- Under a UN arms embargo since 2011, three Pakistani officials said the deal did not breach it, but a December 2024 UN panel called the embargo "ineffective" amid Libya's instability.
- Because of sensitivity, unnamed Pakistani defence officials declined identification, noting Pakistan is not alone in deals with Libya and citing Islamabad's Air Force's May clashes; Munir said `Our recent war with India demonstrated our advanced capabilities to the world`.
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