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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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Pakistan strikes $4 billion deal to sell weapons to Libyan force, officials say

Pakistan has reached a deal worth over $4 billion to sell military equipment to the Libyan National Army, four Pakistani officials said, despite a U.N. arms embargo on the fractured North African country.

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themalteseherald.com broke the news in on Monday, December 22, 2025.
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