The foundational hypocrisy of this mediation tracks directly back to a massive four-billion-dollar weapons deal finalized in Benghazi in December 2025. In a blunt display of realpolitik, Pakistan’s Army Chief Asim Munir met with Saddam Haftar to seal one of Islamabad’s largest-ever military exports, an order encompassing sixteen JF-17 fighter jets, basic trainers, and long-term technical training. That this massive transaction moved forward in blatant defiance of the long-standing United Nations arms embargo highlights the hollow nature of international law when cash and weapons change hands. For Pakistan to now claim the mantle of an objective, neutral arbiter is structurally absurd. A state cannot act as a primary arms supplier to one faction in a civil war while simultaneously presenting itself to the other side as an unbiased peace broker. This double game has predictably triggered profound skepticism and open hostility across........

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