After Pakistan denied India’s request to allow PM Modi’s flight to use its airspace for his visit to Saudi Arabia, New Delhi had taken the matter to the world body.
Sources in the government regretted Islamabad's stand saying that such overflight clearances for VVIP special flights were granted routinely by 'any normal country'.
Once the SpiceJet pilots identified themselves as a commercial airliner, the PAF fighters allowed it to continue its flight and escorted it till the flight entered Afghan airspace.
The MEA regretted the decision of the Government of Pakistan to deny overflight clearance for the VVIP special flight for a second time in two weeks, which is otherwise granted routinely by any normal country.
Amid heightened tensions between the two countries over the abrogation of Article 370, Pakistan had earlier this month denied President Ram Nath Kovind the permission to use its airspace to travel to Iceland.
According to Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, the decision to deny President Kovind permission to use the country's airspace was approved by Prime Minister Imran Khan.
His comments come days after Pakistan's Science and Technology Minister Fawad Khan said that the country is considering closing its airspace for traffic from India.
Pakistan had opened its airspace for all civilian traffic on July 16 removing the ban on Indian flights that were not allowed to use a majority of its airspace since the Balakot airstrikes in February.
Pakistan opened its airspace for all civilian traffic on July 16 removing the ban on Indian flights that were not allowed to use a majority of its airspace since the Balakot airstrikes in February.
The closing of Pakistan airspace came after Islamabad on Wednesday expelled Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria and suspended trade with India over the revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.
