Overview

• Advisers to army chief Asim Munir approached U.S. officials with a plan for American investors to build and operate a port terminal at Pasni on the Arabian Sea.
• The blueprint focuses on access to Pakistan’s critical minerals and calls for development finance to build a rail link to western mining regions.
• The document explicitly rules out use of the site for U.S. military purposes and frames the port as a civilian economic project.
• The proposal was circulated before Munir’s late‑September White House meeting with President Donald Trump during broader investment discussions.
• Reuters and other outlets say they could not immediately verify the FT report, and U.S. and Pakistani officials have not responded to requests for comment.