Pakistan is considering a complete closure of airspace to India, a Pakistan minister tweeted on Tuesday, adding that the federal Cabinet is also planning to ban its neighbour from using its territory for trade with Afghanistan.
“PM is considering a complete closure of Air Space to India, a complete ban on the use of Pakistan Land routes for Indian trade to Afghanistan was also suggested in Cabinet meeting, legal formalities for these decisions are under consideration…!” Technology Minister Fawad Hussain Choudhry said in a tweet.
PM is considering a complete closure of Air Space to India, a complete ban on use of Pakistan Land routes for Indian trade to Afghanistan was also suggested in cabinet meeting,legal formalities for these decisions are under consideration… #Modi has started we ll finish!
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) August 27, 2019
In reference to Narendra Modi-led government’s decision to revoke Jammu and Kashmir’s special status under Article 370, the minister said, “Modi has started we’ll finish!”
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His tweet came amid the escalating tension between the two nations over Jammu and Kashmir. And also a day after Prime Minister Modi met US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Biarritz, France.
The two leaders in their meet agreed that Kashmir is an internal matter of India and that New Delhi and Islamabad can resolve their issues bilaterally.
Shortly after Modi-Trump meeting, Khan in a televised address to Pakistan said that his country will go to any extent for Kashmir and asserted that Islamabad wouldn’t be afraid of using its nuclear powers for Kashmir.
Earlier on February 26 this year, Pakistan had fully closed its airspace after the Indian Air Force conducted airstrikes on JeM camps in Balakot (PoK) in retaliation to the Pulwama attack on February 14.
Normal flight operations of Air India (AI) resumed over the Pakistani airspace last month almost five months after the Balakot airstrikes.
(With ANI inputs)