: Pakistan’s military has reportedly proposed allowing the United States to build and operate a new port along the Arabian Sea, aiming to provide Washington with a strategic foothold in the region and strengthen bilateral ties, according to a British media report published Saturday.

‘The Financial Times’ claims to have seen the plan put forward by advisers to Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir, who have approached US administration officials with an offer that will involve American investors developing the seaside fishing town of Pasni as a terminal for access to Pakistan’s critical minerals.

Pasni is around 160km from Iran and 112km from the Pakistani city of Gwadar, which has a China-backed port.

The newspaper report points out that the initiative is not official policy but indicates how

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