Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s aircraft used Pakistan’s airspace for 40 minutes while traveling to Paris from New Delhi.
Narendra Modi’s aircraft “India 1” entered Pakistani territory from Sheikhupura, Hafizabad, Chakwal and Kohat and remained within the country’s borders for 46 minutes.
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Sources in the aviation ministry revealed that the Indian PM’s aircraft was granted permission due to the closure of Afghan airspace.
This is not the first time that Indian PM Narendra Modi’s plane used Pakistani airspace. Last year in August, Modi’s plane also utilized Pakistan’s airspace while traveling from Poland to Delhi.
The aircraft entered Pakistani territory at 11:00 PM and remained within the country’s borders for 46 minutes.
In March 2019, Pakistan lifted all airspace restrictions for civilian flights, reopening a vital transit corridor over its territory.
This decision came nearly five months after the airspace was closed due to a military standoff with India. The tensions arose following an attack on a security convoy in India’s illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), which claimed the lives of 44 paramilitary personnel.
In response to the Narendra Modi-led government’s move to revoke IIOJK’s semi-autonomous status in August 2019, Pakistan downgraded diplomatic ties and suspended bilateral trade with India.
