Pakistan Airspace

Iran violated Pakistan's airspace and launched multiple missile strikes to target camps of two bases of the Baluchi militant group Jaish-al Adl.

Two children were killed and three others injured in an "illegal" airstrike by Iran, Pakistan's foreign ministry said Wednesday, adding it had summoned Tehran's top diplomat in Islamabad to protest the "unprovoked violation of its airspace".

IndiGo flight 6E-645 had to take a deviation over Atari into Pakistan airspace due to bad weather on Saturday, the airline said in a statement.

The Indian Air Force was closely monitoring a Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777 jetliner which crossed into the Indian airspace last week after it failed to land at Lahore airport because of heavy rain in the region.

Pakistan has rejected the Taliban's claims about Islamabad's airspace being used for the US strike that killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in July.

Afghan defence minister Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid accused Pakistan on Sunday of providing airspace for US drones to enter his country, characterising the incursions as a continuation of Washington's "invasion".

Two Pakistan passenger jets had a high altitude near-miss in Iranian airspace owing to human error by air traffic controllers, an airline official said on Tuesday.

The government has asked Pakistan to reconsider its decision to close airspace to a Srinagar-Sharjah direct flight, sources said Thursday, noting that the issue had been raised via diplomatic channels.

Pakistan on Wednesday denied further use of its airspace to a Srinagar-Sharjah direct flight - operated by re-branded low-cost airline Go First - that was inaugurated by Home Minister Amit Shah during his visit to Jammu and Kashmir last month.

The Pakistan government on Saturday rejected media reports about the possibility of signing an agreement with the US on the use of the country's airspace for operations against terrorists in Afghanistan.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plane en route to the United States flew over the Pakistan airspace on Wednesday after the neighbouring country gave permission for the aircraft, according to sources.

The BSF today foiled Pakistan's attempt to airdrop arms and ammunition by drones along the International Border when alert troops opened fire on two such flying objects on entering Indian airspace in Arnia sector in Jammu, a BSF spokesperson said.

India has allowed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's aircraft to use Indian Air Space, sources told ANI.

US aviation regulator FAA on Thursday warned America's airlines and their pilots that there is risk involved in operating flights in Pakistan airspace due to "extremist or militant activity", according to an official document.

Flights carrying national leaders are considered as "state aircraft" and are not subject to its provisions, the International Civil Aviation Organisation or ICAO said, in response to India's complaint against Pakistan for its refusal to let the Prime Minister's plane go through its airspace to Saudi Arabia.

Iran violated Pakistan's airspace and launched multiple missile strikes to target camps of two bases of the Baluchi militant group Jaish-al Adl.

Two children were killed and three others injured in an "illegal" airstrike by Iran, Pakistan's foreign ministry said Wednesday, adding it had summoned Tehran's top diplomat in Islamabad to protest the "unprovoked violation of its airspace".

IndiGo flight 6E-645 had to take a deviation over Atari into Pakistan airspace due to bad weather on Saturday, the airline said in a statement.

The Indian Air Force was closely monitoring a Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777 jetliner which crossed into the Indian airspace last week after it failed to land at Lahore airport because of heavy rain in the region.

Pakistan has rejected the Taliban's claims about Islamabad's airspace being used for the US strike that killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in July.

Afghan defence minister Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid accused Pakistan on Sunday of providing airspace for US drones to enter his country, characterising the incursions as a continuation of Washington's "invasion".

Two Pakistan passenger jets had a high altitude near-miss in Iranian airspace owing to human error by air traffic controllers, an airline official said on Tuesday.

The government has asked Pakistan to reconsider its decision to close airspace to a Srinagar-Sharjah direct flight, sources said Thursday, noting that the issue had been raised via diplomatic channels.

Pakistan on Wednesday denied further use of its airspace to a Srinagar-Sharjah direct flight - operated by re-branded low-cost airline Go First - that was inaugurated by Home Minister Amit Shah during his visit to Jammu and Kashmir last month.

The Pakistan government on Saturday rejected media reports about the possibility of signing an agreement with the US on the use of the country's airspace for operations against terrorists in Afghanistan.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plane en route to the United States flew over the Pakistan airspace on Wednesday after the neighbouring country gave permission for the aircraft, according to sources.

The BSF today foiled Pakistan's attempt to airdrop arms and ammunition by drones along the International Border when alert troops opened fire on two such flying objects on entering Indian airspace in Arnia sector in Jammu, a BSF spokesperson said.

India has allowed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's aircraft to use Indian Air Space, sources told ANI.

US aviation regulator FAA on Thursday warned America's airlines and their pilots that there is risk involved in operating flights in Pakistan airspace due to "extremist or militant activity", according to an official document.

Flights carrying national leaders are considered as "state aircraft" and are not subject to its provisions, the International Civil Aviation Organisation or ICAO said, in response to India's complaint against Pakistan for its refusal to let the Prime Minister's plane go through its airspace to Saudi Arabia.