India had lodged a complaint with the ICAO against Pakistan for its refusal to give overflying access to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flight heading o Saudi Arabia.
Earlier in September, Pakistan refused to let Modi use its airspace for his travel to the USA.
Pakistan has denied permission for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flight to use its airspace during his visit to the United States later this week.
Responding to a query on denial of overflight clearance to a VVIP special flight by Pakistan, Raveesh Kumar, spokesperson for Ministry of External Affair, said, "We regret the decision of the government of Pakistan to deny overflight clearance for the VVIP special flight which is otherwise granted routinely by any other country. We call upon Pakistan to recognize the futility of such unilateral actions".
Qureshi's statement came after Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry took to the twitter on Tuesday and announced that the government was considering complete closure of airspace to India and complete ban on use of Pakistan land routes for Indian trade to Afghanistan.
Pakistan is considering a complete closure of airspace to India, Technology Minister Fawad Hussain Choudhry said on Tuesday
The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) suffered a loss of Rs 8.5 billion because of airspace restrictions since February, according to Pakistani media reports.
The new study, led by scientists at the University of Sheffield's Institute for Sustainable Food in the UK, used genetic manipulation techniques to reveal that the more stomata a leaf has, the more airspace it forms.
In a statement, the US Central Command categorically termed it "false". "The Balad Air Base operations continue as normal. There are no plans, at this time, to evacuate any personnel from Balad," it said.
Pakistan extended its airspace ban along its eastern border with India for the third time till June 28, according to a notice issued by the country's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
External Affairs Ministry spokesman Raveesh Kumar said here the VVIP aircraft will fly via Oman, Iran and the Central Asian countries on way to Bishkek.
In the wake of escalating tension following an airstrike by Indian Air Force in Balakot last February, Pakistan had restricted its airspace for airlines to and from India.
"The Pakistani government will decide whether to lift or not its airspace ban for the Indian flights on May 15," Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) spokesperson Mujtaba Baig told PTI on Sunday.
According to ITBP, two Chinese choppers resembling MI-17 were found near Ladakh border area.
The military said the UAV had crashed and China's border troops have conducted identification and verification of the drone.
Russian Defence ministry said that it had to scramble the Su-27 to the area over the Baltic Sea on Tuesday morning after Russian radars spotted an aircraft flying along the border
Days after India carried out surgical strikes in PoK, Pakistan has put restrictions on commercial airliners using its airspace.
Jodhpur: DRDO Director General, S Christopher, on Monday stressed on the need for having network centric airspace surveillance saying conventional military systems in isolation were likely to be less effective.He said that an early warning
Moscow: Moscow on Thursday dismissed a Dutch claim that a Russian transport plane had violated the airspace of Estonia and Lithuania.The Netherlands said earlier on the day that a Russian four-engine plane has strayed into
Washington: US Capitol Police say the Capitol and surrounding office buildings were briefly evacuated after a small airplane entered restricted airspace over Washington. The evacuation was ordered about 1.30pm on Saturday. A Capitol Police spokeswoman
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