*ISLAMABAD: **Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi revealsreasons for rejecting Indian government request for allowing President ofIndia to use Pakistani airspace.*
*Pakistan has refused the request made by New Dehli to use its airspace forthe plane of Indian President Ram Nath Kovind, stated Foreign Minister ShahMehmood Qureshi on Saturday.*
Islamabad took the decision to reject India’s permission owing to NewDehli’s consistent human rights violation in occupied Kashmir where thecurfew has entered 34th day today.
India had requested Pakistan to fly over its airspace for the Indianpresident who is scheduled to visit Iceland.
The foreign minister said Prime Minister Imran Khan had approved of thedecision to reject the request.
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Earlier in June, demonstrating a sheer mulish behavior, Indian PrimeMinister Narendra Modi had refused the overflight of his aircraft fromPakistani airspace, despite receiving the permission from Islamabad.
*The Hindu* reported that India had forwarded the request to Pakistaniofficials to let Modi’s overflight to Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan during June13-14 to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit.
Islamabad had approved in principle the Indian government’s request in thisregard. Nevertheless, Modi opted to fly via Oman-Iran route instead ofPakistani airspace.
