He's talking from his own experience living all his life in Terroristan.
Pakistan is a malnourished economy that has an external trade (merchandise) of a glorious 80 billion USD. The entire country has a primary energy demand of 70 Mtoe.
And you know about their industry; stitching underwear and fashioning stuff out of scrap is called "manufacturing" there.
View: https://youtu.be/-huJG5ZE980?si=0P-q0TIB5ajELX_y
Obviously such a country don't need many ports; their only two major seaports are located in Karachi.
And like every other Pakistani, this guy does think we are sem2sem; so it's apparent why he thinks we don't need port infrastructure upgrades.