Pakistan considering full airspace closure with India, ban on land routes for Indo-Afghan trade: Minister

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is once again mulling a complete ban on the use of the country’s airspace by Indian flights, a senior minister said on Tuesday, weeks after the Indian government revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s special status.

Minister of Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said the decisions to close the airspace with India and to ban the use of Pakistan’s land routes for India’s trade with Afghanistan were taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan.