*ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan is considering a “complete closure”of airspace to India, Federal Minister Fawad Chaudhry said Tuesday.*
“A complete ban on the use of Pakistan’s land routes for Indian trade toAfghanistan was suggested in the cabinet meeting,” the minister for scienceand technology said in a tweet.
Pakistan had closed its airspace for India after Indian fighter jetsviolated the airspace on February 26.
linkCh Fawad Hussain✔@fawadchaudhrylinklink
PM is considering a complete closure of Air Space to India, a complete banon use of Pakistan Land routes for Indian trade to Afghanistan was alsosuggested in cabinet meeting,legal formalities for these decisions areunder consideration… #Modi linkhas started we ll finish!12.6K link6:27 PM – Aug 27, 2019linkTwitter Ads info and privacy link
8,204 people are talking about thislink
On February 27, Pakistani jets had downed two Indian planes over Kashmirand arrested Indian wing commander Abhinandan Varthaman. The wing commanderwas released after a few days as a gesture of peace.
Pakistan had opened its airspace for Indian flights in July. Indianairlines suffered a loss of millions due to the temporary closure.
Read Top Stories
The latest tensions between the two countries started August 5 after Indiaended the autonomous status of Indian-held Kashmir.
In his address to the nation on August 26, Prime Minister Imran Khan hadtermed the BJP government’s move to revoke Kashmir’s special status as a“historical blunder.”
The premier had said that Pakistan had received information that India wasplanning to stage a “false flag operation” in Kashmir to justify a possibleattack on Pakistan.
“Our army had prepared itself after we received the information,” PM Khansaid.
He urged the world to intervene to ease tensions between the two countries,saying that India and Pakistan both have nuclear weapons.
“No country will win this [war],” he added.