Times of Islamabad

Pakistan to close it s airspace for Indian flights: Sources

Pakistan to close it s airspace for Indian flights: Sources

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan to close it’s airspace for Indian flights, Sourceshave revealed.

Pakistan could close off its airspace for flights going to India amidrising tensions between the two countries because of the Kashmir issue.

According to sources, Modi government’s constitutional robbery on occupiedKashmir has caused new problems on the eastern border. Pakistan isanticipating February-like aerial aggression from the Indian side; thus, anairspace closure is deemed necessary.——————————

Spokesperson of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Mashood Tajwar hassaid that opening the airspace for India didn’t help the airline. He saysthat operating flights for India is not economically suited due to a lowinflux of passengers.

Pakistan lifted the ban on flights headed to and coming from India inmid-July, after five months of closure. Both sides had closed off theirairspace following a military standoff in February.