Will Haftar and Pakistan’s defence deal deepen Libya’s divide?

Will Haftar and Pakistan’s defence deal deepen Libya’s divide?

Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar's visit to Islamabad on 2 February, where he was received with formal military honours by Pakistan's army chief, came just weeks after the two sides finalised a defence agreement valued at more than $4 billion, one of Pakistan's largest-ever arms export deals. Haftar was accompanied on the visit by his son Saddam, widely seen as the leading contender to succeed the 82-year-old commander, and by Osama Saad Hammad, …