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Pakistan considering complete closure of airspace to India
Updated On: 28 August, 2019 12:04 PM IST | Islamabad | mid-day online correspondent
The move came a day after Prime Minister Modi met US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 summit in the southwestern French city of Biarritz

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Islamabad: According to Technology Minister Fawad Hussain Choudhry, Pakistan is considering a complete closure of airspace to India. He also added on Tuesday that the federal Cabinet is also planning to ban its neighbour from using its territory for trade with Afghanistan. "PM is considering a complete closure of Air Space to India, a complete ban on the use of Pakistan Land routes for Indian trade to Afghanistan was also suggested in Cabinet meeting, legal formalities for these decisions are under consideration...!" the minister took to social media platform, Twitter and posted. Technology Minister captioned his Twitter post as, "#Modi has started we'll finish."
PM is considering a complete closure of Air Space to India, a complete ban on use of Pakistan Land routes for Indian trade to Afghanistan was also suggested in cabinet meeting,legal formalities for these decisions are under consideration... #Modi has started we ll finish!
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) August 27, 2019
The move came a day after Narendra Modi visited G7 summit in the southwestern French city of Biarritz and met US President Donald Trump on the sidelines. According to the reports, the two leaders agreed that Kashmir is an internal matter of India and that Islamabad and New Delhi can resolve their issues bilaterally. Shortly after Narendra Modi-Donald Trump meeting, on a televised address to Pakistan, Imran Khan stated that his country will go to any extent for Kashmir and asserted that Islamabad wouldn't hesitate of using its nuclear powers for Kashmir. The news agency, PTI reported that this is not the first time that Islamabad has banned New Delhi from using its airspace.


