As Donald Trump draws closer to Pakistan, Islamabad is seeking to leverage its vast mineral wealth as a diplomatic bargaining chip in Washington, a CNN-News18 assessment reveals. According to top security and intelligence sources, the recent display of “rare earth precious metals and stones” by Pakistan’s Field Marshal Asim Munir at the White House was not a polite gift exchange but a calculated attempt to barter resources for influence.

The meeting took place in the Oval Office last week, where Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Munir led Pakistan’s delegation. President Trump greeted them warmly and called Shehbaz Sharif and Asim Munir “great leader, great guy,” language that Pakistani officials are already using to claim a breakthrough. Intelligence officers, however, de

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