It is Independent. But State Bank is not going to let the Government default on local debt. Of course it can issue bonds to cover some of the printed money.
This was a mechanical fault which forced it to come down in TTP a controlled territory (from memory).
SSW reduced the pilots and provided security until it could be extricated.
i looked up the Company he joined.
https://naqcode.com/
Its....an interesting website. Just a small profile and a recruitment link. Plus its location, right down the road from NUST If I didn't know any better I would have thought it was a contractor.
Frankly an SSN is more likely.
Its far closer to our current technical abilities. PAEC could build the reactor and KSEW can build the boilers and propulsion machinery.
It will be loud as hell, but won't require us to master exotic engine types.