KNOWLEDGE SIR

Pakistan meddles by blocking 5 Indian flights to Afghanistan KNOWLEDGE SIR Pakistan for the fifth time in a month blocked Indian's flights to Afghanistan. The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) on five instances in December and January refused clearance for Indian cargo flights to fly through Pakistani airspace to the Afghanistan capital. The Indian Embassy in Pakistan has formally raised the issue with the Pakistan government. PCAA denied permission to cargo flights of Indian carrier SpiceJet thrice in the last week of December and on January 11 and 14. This is a violation of global civil aviation norms and direct meddling in the India-Afghanistan Air Corridor that the two countries opened in June 2017. The Ministry of External Affairs raised the matter with the Pakistani government through a note verbale, which is considered a formal, third-person letter from one country to another raising a request or conveying formal information. Pakistan has for decades ...