New Delhi: Pakistan’s latest attempt to woo United States President Donald J. Trump is through its critical minerals deposits and a potential $1.2 billion port in Pasni, located in its mineral-rich Balochistan province.

Pasni, a fishing port next to the Arabian Sea, about 100-odd kilometre from the port of Gwadar and about 200 kilometre from the Pakistan-Iran border has been proposed as a potential commercial port giving the US access to a number of critical minerals from Balochistan including copper and antimony, both of which are vital to producing batteries and missiles reported The Financial Times.

Pasni’s strategic location and closeness to the Chinese-built port in Gwadar are the latest means by which Islamabad is seeking to curry favour with the current Trump adminis

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