{"id":49345,"date":"2025-07-19T20:06:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T20:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=49345"},"modified":"2025-07-20T09:08:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T09:08:33","slug":"saddam-haftar-not-commander-of-whole-libyan-army-pakistan-has-no-diplomatic-relations-with-his-regime-how-he-can-be-welcomed-in-islamabad-by-tazeen-akhtar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/saddam-haftar-not-commander-of-whole-libyan-army-pakistan-has-no-diplomatic-relations-with-his-regime-how-he-can-be-welcomed-in-islamabad-by-tazeen-akhtar\/","title":{"rendered":"Saddam Haftar not Commander of Whole Libyan Army ! Pakistan has No Diplomatic Relations with his Regime – How he Can be Welcomed in Islamabad? by Tazeen Akhtar"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Tazeen Akhtar<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"The visiting so called Commander in Chief of Libyan Armed Forces, Saddam Khalifa Haftar is not the C-in-C of the armed forces of the UN recognized Gov of National Unity of Libya. He is representing the rival regime that is called Tobruk gov of Libya. Interestingly ! Gov of Pakistan has never recognized this regime as the legal representative of Libyan people nor Pakistan has any embassy there.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Neither the military and gov side have clarified anything about two groups of Libyan Army nor Ministery of Foreign Affairs has issued any thing in this regard. If it is about engaging both groups only to play a role in unity of Libyan rival groups, it should be shared by the concerned sides in Islamabad.<\/p>\n

Lieutenant General Saddam Khalifa Haftar, is son of Self Appointed Field Marshal General Khalifa Haftar, former general of Qazafi’s Army and presently leading so called Libyan National Army that is actually the rival militia to official Libyan Army. General Haftar continued rebellion against the legal and UN recognized Gov of National Accord in past years.<\/p>\n

Ambassador of Pakistan to Tripoli , Government of National Unity , The only Recognized gov , Maj Gen R Anjum Enayat with The Chief of Army Staff of Libya , Mohammed Al-Haddad<\/strong> \/ Haddad never visited Pakistan \/ Lt Gen Saddam Haftar visited couple of days ago , he is not the commander of overall national army of Libya \/ Situationer \/ Pakistan welcomed the commander of a regime that is not recognized internationally and Pakistan does not have diplomatic relations with that regime , established in Tobruk by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar \/ Pakistan Embassy in Tripoli has not shared anything about Saddam’s visit neither on its social media nor on its website \/ On both places – General Haddad is Army Chief of Libya.<\/p>\n

\"\"General Khalifa Haftar has six sons who are holding the positions of political and military power in the East regime. While many Libyans have little love for Khalifa Haftar, they acknowledge that the prospect of his sons taking over their father\u2019s networks could plunge the country into another round of instability. Over the past few years, different countries have been backing different son. Each son will try to be more feudal, protecting his interests and inflicting more corruption, death and destruction in Libya.<\/p>\n

This Regime is supported by Egypt, UAE, USA\u00a0 and in Nov 2021, this Saddam Haftar visited Israel as well to seek military help. Turkiye supports the Tripoli GNU. But Turkiye itself welcomed Saddam in April 2025 in Ankara. May be Turkiye is working on a consensus between both sides of Libya. There is an urgent need for unified political institutions and a unified government that can organizes long awaited parliamentary and presidential elections in the country.<\/p>\n

Pakistan Libya Agree on Defense Industrial Cooperation & Exchange of Technical Expertise<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n