Pakistan denies airspace request for Modi's visit to Saudi Arabia
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Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday announced that Islamabad has denied New Delhi's request for use of airspace for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Indian government had sought Pakistan's permission to use the country's airspace on October 28 for the Indian premier who will be visiting Saudi Arabia to participate in an international business conference on October 29.
According to Radio Pakistan, the foreign minister in a statement said that the decision has been taken in "context of today's Black Day and in view of the continued gross human rights violations in occupied Jammu and Kashmir".
The minister said that the Indian High Commissioner was being informed of this decision in writing.
Prime Minister Imran Khan will leave for Saudi Arabia on October 28 to participate in the same conference being held in Riyadh.
The government in September had also denied India's request for Prime Minister Modi to use Pakistani airspace for his flight to Germany.
“Keeping in view the situation in occupied Kashmir and India’s attitude witnessed in the tyranny and oppression (suffered by Kashmiris) and violations of rights in the region, we have decided not to grant this request,” Foreign Minister Qureshi had said.
A source at the time had said that as per international law, Pakistan is bound to grant permission to the Indian premier. If it is rejected, India can appeal to the International Civil Aviation Organisation as a result of which Pakistan may be required to pay a hefty fine.
Pakistanis around the world and Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) are observing "Black Day" today to convey their rejection of India's illegal occupation of Kashmir on October 27, 1947.
Frustration, anger and fear have been growing in the region since August 5, when the Indian government stripped occupied Kashmir of its semi-autonomous status and imposed a curfew and a communications blackout. With a brief restoration in some call and text services for mobile phone services, the clampdown has now continued for over 80 days.
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Oct 27, 2019 03:11pm
Modi will still fly other ways, where there is a will there is a way.
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Oct 27, 2019 03:13pm
Saudi Prince MBS is awaiting to invest $100 billion in India, starting from oil refinery.
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Oct 27, 2019 03:14pm
I find it very childish.
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Oct 27, 2019 03:16pm
Why did India request it in the first place ?
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Oct 27, 2019 03:19pm
So by denying airspace to Modi, what is achieved, virtually nothing. Still Modi will fly thru other routes as Saudi Arabia is going to make huge investment in India.
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Oct 27, 2019 03:21pm
Modi was thinking of your own good. He thought let's give opportunity to Pakistan to earn some dollars.
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Oct 27, 2019 03:23pm
As per diplomatic norms countries are prohibited to deny usage of air space to heads of states. Pakistan has violated the rule and can face hefty fine
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Oct 27, 2019 03:23pm
Arabs are more friendly to India than ever under Modi, and no one can stop him from flying to KSA.
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Oct 27, 2019 03:25pm
Indian PM can fly across Arabian Sea to Saudi Arabia without ever having to cross Pakistan. Each time permission is sought by India, it is with the only intention of showing Pakistan in Bad Light as India knows Pakistan will reject it.
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Oct 27, 2019 03:28pm
A huge penalty for non cooperation air traffic rules is due now.
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Oct 27, 2019 03:28pm
Good decision !
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Oct 27, 2019 03:33pm
It is getting embarrassing for Indians now.
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Oct 27, 2019 03:38pm
@Indian, well said
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Oct 27, 2019 03:41pm
@Ahmad , So that Pakistan can deny permission and we can then use the denial for domestic politics.
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Oct 27, 2019 03:41pm
India waiting for hike in challan amount
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Oct 27, 2019 03:41pm
@Ahmad , - Do you even understand anything on using air space?
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Oct 27, 2019 03:42pm
@Ahmad , You will know soon.
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Oct 27, 2019 03:43pm
@Vivek Lahore, Reko Deq & now this. Not only is Imran Khan Govt failing Pakistani economy but he is squandering the exchequer's money in paying silly fines across the world.
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Oct 27, 2019 03:44pm
@Ahmad , Now you're thinking...... It's politics
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Oct 27, 2019 03:46pm
That will teach them?!
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Oct 27, 2019 03:49pm
What about airline flights?
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Oct 27, 2019 04:00pm
the least pakistan can do
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Oct 27, 2019 04:03pm
@Ahmad , Modi is just making Pakistan feel good.
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Oct 27, 2019 04:20pm
Not a big deal, just make him pay $20 and let fly over.
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Oct 27, 2019 04:24pm
@Kailash, .... Saudis are after Gas, they know very well that Oil has no future. They are happy to find a sheepish buyer like India.
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Oct 27, 2019 04:29pm
Strange request on 27 Oct. What were our Indian friends thinking?
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Oct 27, 2019 04:33pm
By denying this what Pakistan wants to show to the world.
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Oct 27, 2019 04:36pm
@Dr.Khan, No remedy.
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Oct 27, 2019 04:40pm
@Amrit, no problem let him fly longer route.. We pakistanis don't care u see
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Oct 27, 2019 04:43pm
@Amrit, good words!!
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Oct 27, 2019 04:44pm
No means NO.Period.
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Oct 27, 2019 04:46pm
@Subhash Changarath, : Absolutely not.
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Oct 27, 2019 04:47pm
@Amrit, Yes, a long way around Pakistani airspace, good luck with scenic route.
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Oct 27, 2019 05:07pm
@Ahmad , to make you pay a hefty fine for not honouring international legal obligation. This is called deplomacy.
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Oct 27, 2019 05:23pm
@Vishu, at least it is Childish but not brutal
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Oct 27, 2019 05:25pm
Well done, keep it up and hang on tough.
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Oct 27, 2019 05:31pm
The true leaders will find ways to mend relations. Further relation will help both India & Pakistan.
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Oct 27, 2019 05:38pm
Not Good decision !
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Oct 27, 2019 05:41pm
Good thank you
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Oct 27, 2019 05:48pm
@rafiq, i agree, but what is the remedy?
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Oct 27, 2019 05:54pm
Pakistan being Pakistan! Next they will demand india to open dialogue with it and complain when the request is ignored.
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Oct 27, 2019 06:01pm
Modi will not fly over Pakistan even if they permit, permission is sought just to see Pakistan’s reaction.
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Oct 27, 2019 06:05pm
@Amrit, Ok then why request permission from Pakistan?
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Oct 27, 2019 06:12pm
That is the best they can do.
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Oct 27, 2019 06:20pm
@Ahmad , that's the question.
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Oct 27, 2019 06:21pm
India also denied Nawaz Sharif to fly to Nepal for Saarc semit by using its airspace.
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Oct 27, 2019 06:30pm
@Amrit,
He:s most welcome to fly any other route he likes. He does not have Pakistan's permission to fly over Pakistan.
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Oct 27, 2019 06:32pm
Brilliant foreign policy strategy.
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Oct 27, 2019 06:42pm
Good. We don't need him to pollute our airspace with his perverted mindset.
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Oct 27, 2019 07:00pm
@Vivek Lahore, Yes. This is probably the 4th such denial.
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Oct 27, 2019 07:19pm
Again falling in trap without exercising due diligence. Every move from Modi is part of a well thought out plan.
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Oct 27, 2019 07:33pm
@Ahmad , correct India shouldn't have requested
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Oct 27, 2019 07:45pm
Not much India looses, only few bucks.
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Oct 27, 2019 07:47pm
@Vishu, Yes I agree why India bothered to request.
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Oct 27, 2019 07:49pm
@Ahmad , India is eco-friendly country and try to minimize gas usage, so that gas can be used somewhere else. Entire world is ready to fight Global worming, except few countries that they won't understand fundamentals.
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Oct 27, 2019 07:56pm
The chai wala or jharoo wala is only good in dirty work. One day or another time will change and this modi and his supporters will get the back end of karma
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Oct 27, 2019 08:08pm
What is our end game here? How long will it continue? Modi seems to be still visiting foreign countries.
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Oct 27, 2019 08:25pm
Why Modi keeps asking for permission?
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Oct 27, 2019 08:27pm
Looks like India is building a case!
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Oct 27, 2019 08:30pm
@Vishu, Childish request, childish answer. After IOK, how dare Modi ask for flyover.
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Oct 27, 2019 08:31pm
Well done FM. Also please update us on the successes of PM's UN visit.
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Oct 27, 2019 08:36pm
Sorry Pakistan.We understand your frustration.
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Oct 27, 2019 08:37pm
After this don't ask again.
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Oct 27, 2019 08:57pm
@saksci, Needling Pakistan in their time of despair was Modi's way of doing his little bit for Pakistan. I'm sure Pakistan felt happy about it.
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Oct 27, 2019 08:58pm
A good decision.
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Oct 27, 2019 09:03pm
We can be friends again. Long Live Friendship between India and Pakistan.
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Oct 27, 2019 09:11pm
It is amazing how we fall into India's trap every time.
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Oct 27, 2019 09:15pm
One more negative point earned by Pakistan.
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Oct 27, 2019 09:25pm
Small people in small office with small thinking.
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Oct 27, 2019 09:30pm
@Pundit, your thinking shows you are not a pundit. Oil is still king and it will for centuries to come
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Oct 27, 2019 09:32pm
Modi's trap.how that time will tell
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Oct 27, 2019 09:40pm
Good decision !
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Oct 27, 2019 09:54pm
No clear diplomatic strategy to deal with India. Inexperienced government.
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Oct 27, 2019 09:59pm
What part of the 'NO' do you not understand. Now clear off.
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Oct 27, 2019 10:03pm
The Airspace for Indian Flights should be closed completely. Why just modi?
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Oct 27, 2019 10:06pm
@Ahmad , -- Read the news first before you ask this question.
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Oct 27, 2019 10:18pm
Very poor decision.... Won't help Kashmiris or peace in the region.
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Oct 27, 2019 10:20pm
@Flag, do you have money to pay the fines that are going to result?
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Oct 27, 2019 10:24pm
@Ahmad , Good question.. When Pakistan has to pay huge fine then you will get the answer.
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Oct 27, 2019 10:45pm
@Amrit, Kashmiris will still fight without article 370. Where there is a will, there is a way.
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Oct 27, 2019 10:47pm
@Vishu, Childish was the request for the overflight for Modi after, his killing so many of our civilians across the LoC.
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Oct 27, 2019 10:48pm
I really don't know why Modi is asking to fly over Pakistan. He knows that the answer is no. He has a very sinister plan.
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Oct 27, 2019 10:49pm
@Arjun, Should have saved his face by not seeking peanut savings in flying expenses over longer routes.
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Oct 27, 2019 10:51pm
@Vivek Lahore, we do not have full diplomatic relations with India after expelling the Indian High Commissioner over India's brutalities in Indian Occupied Kashmir.
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Oct 27, 2019 10:53pm
@Indian, it is the habit of India to invite disappointments.
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Oct 27, 2019 10:54pm
@Love, There is no price for love against hate.
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Oct 27, 2019 11:00pm
Pakistan should take a decision without irreversible actions. Initially Pakistan took a decision to never allow Indian aviation to use it's airspace and the decision was reverted when it realised that this decision is huge loss for Pakistan. Pakistan told that they will cancel all trade relations with India and reverted back decision on life savings drugs.
Think before taking any decision.
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Oct 27, 2019 11:18pm
@Ahmad , we should stop indus water treaty completely.
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Oct 27, 2019 11:50pm
@Amrit, then he should have done that in the first place.
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Oct 28, 2019 12:42am
@Vishu, you must be from the terrorist RSS group
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Oct 28, 2019 12:58am
Big change comes by take taking small steps, Pakistan must deny access to all Indian government flights.
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Oct 28, 2019 01:11am
@Amrit, yes that's correct , the long way around.
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Oct 28, 2019 01:13am
Why is India asking so many times? Please be mindful of people in Kashmir you are killing.
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Oct 28, 2019 01:17am
@Manish, in your dreams. Not under Imran Khans leadership. Gone are the days of Nawaz and Zardari where our leaders were acting like goats and sheep. Imran Khan is a Lion.
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Oct 28, 2019 01:18am
Bad move as friendship between our two countries is the only way forward. Another missed opportunity to mend the fences.
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Oct 28, 2019 01:43am
Why Modi requests for using air space of Pakistan while he knows what he did in Kashmir?
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Oct 28, 2019 02:12am
@Vivek Lahore, Pakistan terminated all flyovers after Balakot. Which fines did we get then? Worry less and make a stand.
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Oct 28, 2019 02:55am
Does Modi have any self respect?
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Oct 28, 2019 03:04am
Pakistsn still cant see why India keeps asking for permission .
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Oct 28, 2019 03:27am
@Ahmad ,
If Pakistan allows then it is fine, otherwise Pakistan will keep paying fine for not allowing. It is a win-win situation for India.
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Oct 28, 2019 04:32am
@Indian, you don't understand diplomacy then.
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Oct 28, 2019 05:29am
Modi is determined in his hatred of Muslims especially Pakistanis
This ban is the right move considering Modi's credentials as a fascist and a war monger
Kudos to govt on this move
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Oct 28, 2019 05:35am
Indian Modi Govt. is so ruthless and cruel that yet it haven't felt shame for the brutalities carried out by it in Kashmir.
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Oct 28, 2019 06:30am
@saksci, It is just fun.
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Oct 28, 2019 06:44am
No more air pollution.
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Oct 28, 2019 07:06am
Indians are proving point to world.. so next time they can do things like violating , water treaty,..
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Oct 28, 2019 07:28am
@Vishu, the question is why India keeps asking. And there is other reasons as well - imagine if Modi plane crashes due to technical reasons inside Pakistan, that will lead to a nuclear war. Better to fly outside Pakistan airspace.
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Oct 28, 2019 07:36am
@Vivek Lahore, PM Is NOT Head of State -
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Oct 28, 2019 11:45am
Modi ji can fly over Pakistan by paying air space fee of US$ 20/- which can be paid by Indian government in advance.
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Oct 28, 2019 12:22pm
Only Indian airlines should be banned fro using Pakistan airspace.
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Oct 28, 2019 03:47pm
@Just Saying, Only time will tell.
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Oct 28, 2019 04:16pm
Will this childish move stop Modi from carrying atrocities on Kashmiris?
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Oct 28, 2019 04:34pm
Doesn't matter much to Modi. India is smart to keep asking for airspace for VIP flights, knowing well that Pakistan will deny. This will make a case in India's favor and no way it will help Pakistan in the international arena. Denying airspace will not hurt India at all.
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Oct 28, 2019 05:33pm
@Cautious, We can close the Indian airspace for all Pakistani flights. You'll enjoy getting to far east and Australia.
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Oct 28, 2019 06:12pm
It highlights what little options Pakistan has.
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Oct 28, 2019 06:49pm
I really don't understand who make policies in Pakistan. Now ready for a heafty fine and penalties.
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Oct 28, 2019 07:22pm
@Amrit, This is a long way and hope he is not flying Boeing 737Max
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Oct 28, 2019 08:10pm
He is only asking for permission to fly over.
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Oct 28, 2019 08:12pm
@Amrit, then stop requesting use of our airspace, it is embarrassing to say no everytime.
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Oct 28, 2019 08:22pm
Pakistani airspace is Losing $3000 per flight for not allowing any Indian flights.
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Oct 28, 2019 11:49pm
@Vivek Lahore, good luck with that
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