Pakistan denies Indian president's request to use its airspace for overflight

[Protest_again]

Lol! You have no problem with Pakistan, that's a new one. What about all those terrorism charges on us, supporting militancy, fake currency etc?

Let me clarify we have no problems travelling over Pakistan for whatever reasons?

 

[PakGuns]

It is symbolic until Pakistan extends the airspace ban to domestic and international flights landing and flying out of India.

Pakistan really needs to up the ante if it wants this to be meaningful. All flights going in and out of India need to be banned. That includes international flights. That is how far I would take this.

I think it should be for indian airliners only...and for those country's airlines who refuse to acknowledge indian terrorism in Kashmir... By banning local airliners foreign airliners will gain ground and result will be well exhausted out of funds terrorist airlines..... and that should be the whole purpose

 

[IceCold]

Let me clarify we have no problems travelling over Pakistan for whatever reasons?

Well if you put it that way, well you lot are no longer welcome in our airspace.

 

[maximuswarrior]

I think it should be for indian airliners only...and for those country's airlines who refuse to acknowledge indian terrorism in Kashmir... By banning local airliners foreign airliners will gain ground and result will be well exhausted out of funds terrorist airlines..... and that should be the whole purpose

There are a lot of countries, mainly Western, who don't refuse Indian terrorism in occupied Kashmir.

 

[Foxtrot Delta]

India has a president?

 

[Rakesh]

India has a president?

Yes and he wants to fly. Can you help ?

 

[Areesh]

Wait..I'm trying Modi. Hmmm.. he is not picking my calls.

Not surprised

He doesn't pick calls of his wife either

 

[Trango Towers]

Pakistan has decided to refuse a request by India to allow its president to use Pakistani airspace for his flight to Iceland, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi announced on Saturday.

The decision was approved by Prime Minister Imran Khan in view of India's continuing oppression of the people in occupied Kashmir, the minister told state broadcaster PTV.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1504050/p...ts-request-to-use-its-airspace-for-overflight

I would have said yes.

When he approached the border I would have said no

Now that's cricket

 

[SingHee]

Pakistan denies Indian president's request to use its airspace for overflight

Dawn.com | Naveed Siddiqui Updated September 07, 2019
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Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi says the decision was taken in view of India's actions in occupied Kashmir. — AP/File


Pakistan has decided to refuse a request by India to allow its president to use Pakistani airspace for his flight to Iceland, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi announced on Saturday.

The decision to deny Indian President Ram Nath Kovind the use of Pakistani airspace was approved by Prime Minister Imran Khan in view of India's continuing oppression of the people in occupied Kashmir, the minister told state broadcaster PTV.

Qureshi said New Delhi's "barbarism" in Kashmir was a serious issue which he would take up with the United Nations Human Rights Council.

See: India throttling media in occupied Kashmir, says report
He noted that 34 days have elapsed since Indian authorities imposed a crippling curfew in occupied Kashmir before revoking the region's special autonomy.

The minister said Pakistan has shown "restraint" in reaction to India's moves in Kashmir but that New Delhi is refusing to budge from its stubbornness and denying basic facilities to the residents of occupied Kashmir.

"In view of this, we have decided to not allow the Indian president to use our airspace" for his flight to Iceland, he told PTV.

The decision comes at a time of high tension between Pakistan and India following the Indian government's decision to unilaterally revoke Article 370 of its constitution, which granted special autonomy to occupied Kashmir. A communications blackout and heavy restrictions on movement imposed by the Indian authorities from the eve of this development have been in place for over a month now.

Following India's decision to repeal Article 370, Pakistan downgraded diplomatic relations with New Delhi and suspended all bilateral trade. The Indian ambassador was asked to leave and train and bus services with India were also suspended.

The government has also been considering closing the entire Pakistani airspace to Indian flights.

Federal Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan had told a press conference earlier this week that the government had so far not taken any decision to close the eastern airspace to commercial flights from India; however “we have reserved the right to do so and it would be utilised at an appropriate time”.

In February, Pakistan had closed its airspace to Indian traffic after aerial dogfights following the Pulwama attack ratcheted up tensions between Islamabad and New Delhi. It reopened its skies for all civilian traffic in July, ending months of restrictions affecting major international routes.

 

[AZ1]

Good step Complete air closure of indian airline will be after 12Sept or 27 Sept my guess.

 

[Path-Finder]

huun yaad aaya je peer saab?

 

[war&peace]

huun yaad aaya je peer saab?

ye PM ka faisla hai awam ke dabao par... iss zameer froosh ka koi kamal nhi hai..iss ne haram khori nahin chhori.

 

[PakGuns]

There are a lot of countries, mainly Western, who don't refuse Indian terrorism in occupied Kashmir.

we should allow them... its just simple let the world know what 's happening in Kashmir... news will start breaking of xyz airlines being banned and more people will know the reason why...that's simple strategic thinking for raising the Kashmir issue on international level.... Pakistani leadership just needs to game up a bit...

 

[rak_987]

Why not ban airspace to india completely? Why such gimmicks? When Modi used Pak airspace to travel to G7, the cabinet and PM did'nt know about it. This is just to avoid embarrassment again, only way is to block airspace to all flights originating from india.

 

[Deltadart]

Why not ban airspace to india completely? Why such gimmicks? When Modi used Pak airspace to travel to G7, the cabinet and PM did'nt know about it. This is just to avoid embarrassment again, only way is to block airspace to all flights originating from india.

Now I'm suppose to believe that the enemy will slip the butcher of gujrat through Pakistan airspace and we didn't know anything about it? So if we follow that logic than why didn't they repeat their earlier accomplishment and send this creature through our airspace? But I guess that is not the complete story.
But if the above is true than In any self respecting country there would be an investigation into such a breach of security, and heads would roll and somebody would be held responsible, but not in Pakistan. I guess treason comes naturally to some in the ruling elite/ establishment. Keep making the fools out of the masses.