PM considering complete closure of airspace to India: Fawad Chaudhry

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Imran Khan was considering closing the airspace for India.

According to a tweet by Fawad, Prime Minister Khan was mulling the decisions after the options had been suggested to him in a meeting of the federal cabinet.

He said that a complete ban on Pakistan’s trade route from India to Afghanistan was also under discussion.

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

“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!” he tweeted.

Tensions have risen between India and Pakistan after the former unilaterally decided to annex India illegally by scrapping Article 370 of the Indian constitution. Islamabad reacted sharply to the news–it downgraded diplomatic ties with India and suspended trade with New Delhi.

On Monday, Prime Minister Imran Khan urged the nation to come out every Friday on to the streets for half an hour to show solidarity with the people of Kashmir.

“We want to give the message to the people of Kashmir that we are with you. To the world, we want to show the atrocities that Indians are committing there,” he said.