June 25, 2002	Tuesday	Rabi-us-Sani 13, 1423

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NEW DELHI, June 24: New Delhi said on Monday it was awaiting an official response from Islamabad to its decision to lift a ban on overflights of its territory by Pakistani airliners.

“I don’t believe there has been any official communication,” foreign ministry spokesperson Nirupama Rao said at a briefing for newsmen.

“Our offer stands. We are yet to see any response from Pakistan,” she added.

Asked at a press briefing in Islamabad if Pakistan was considering restarting flights over India, foreign ministry spokesman Aziz Ahmed Khan said: “Yes, we are examining. All these things are under examination, yes.”

India lifted the overflight ban on June 10. The ban was imposed after a suicide attack on the Indian parliament in December.—AFP