Pakistan, Oct. 6 -- The recent story published in the Financial Times regarding the Pasni port offer to the US by the government of Pakistan is full of contradictions. A senior security official has also issued a formal clarification denying that Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir has any official advisers, and no such idea has been floated or discussed at any level with US officials. The article presents an inconsistency in the following accounts. First, while it explicitly states the plan is not official policy, it implicitly suggests there have been official discussions and that the plan is closely aligned with the COAS's agenda.

Secondly, the conversations with private entities like the Mota Engil Group are exploratory and should not be c...