Pakistan is quietly redrawing the map of its alliances, and this time, it’s not just about Beijing. From offering the United States access to a billion-dollar deep-water port at Pasni, barely 100 kilometres from China’s Gwadar, to granting Turkey 1,000 acres of land in Karachi for a new industrial hub, Islamabad is signalling a dramatic foreign policy reset. The goal: economic survival, political legitimacy, and renewed leverage in a region defined by shifting powers.
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A Quiet Offer with Loud Implications
According to reports, Pakistan has proposed allowing the U.S. to build and operate a “civilian” port at Pasni, valued at over $1.2 billion. Advisers to Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, reportedly presented the idea to Washington following a September 2025 meeting between Mu
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