Pakistan, Nov. 9 -- U S Democrat Senator Christopher Van Hollen, who has set his sights on the 2028 contest for the American presidential office, was born in Karachi.

According to his biography on Maryland Manual Online - a website run by the Maryland state government - he was born in the port city in 1959.

Van Hollen himself spoke of his "special connection" with Pakistan in a clip released on the country's Independence Day last year.

"I am proud to join you in celebrating Pakistan's 79th Independence Day. I am fortunate to have a special connection with Pakistan, having been born in Karachi as the son of an American foreign service officer.

"Throughout my life, I have experienced first-hand the generosity, the goodness and the deter...