US officials have reportedly been approached by advisers to the Pakistani Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir with an offer to construct and operate a port on the Arabian Sea.

The plan, apparently seen by the Financial Times , envisages investors from the United States building and operating a port in the town of Pasni in Gwadar district, Balochistan province to enable access to critical minerals in the region. Pasni is on the border with Afghanistan and Iran.

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