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- Modi’s plane enters Pakistan at 10:15am and leaves at 11:01am.
- Aircraft carrying Modi flies above Chitral, Islamabad and Lahore.
- Indian PM makes use of Pakistani airspace on his return from Poland.
Archrivals Pakistan and India have witnessed no change of their strained diplomatic ties for years, however Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi not too long ago used Pakistani airspace, aviation sources instructed Geo News on Saturday.
Sources affiliated with the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCCA) revealed that an plane carrying Modi handed by means of Pakistani airspace on its method again to New Delhi from Poland.
The plane entered the Pakistani airspace at 10:15am and left at 11:01am after spending 46 minutes within the Pakistani airspace. The sources stated the Indian premier’s airplane entered Pakistani airspace by way of Chitral and handed by means of air management areas of Islamabad and Lahore earlier than getting into India’s Amritsar.
Modi visited the Polish capital Warsaw en path to Kyiv, to satisfy the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
In March 2019, Pakistan lifted all airspace restrictions for civilian flights, reopening a key transit air hall over its territory virtually 5 months after closing it within the wake of a army standoff with India triggered by ab assault on safety convoy that killed 44 paramilitary police in India Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
Subsequently, Pakistan downgraded its diplomatic ties and suspended bilateral commerce with India after the Modi-led authorities abrogated the semi-autonomous standing of the IIOJK in August 2019.
