Lahore, February 27
Flight operations were suspended across major airports in Pakistan’s Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces on Wednesday in the wake of the escalating tensions between Pakistan and India, according to a media report.
The move comes amid escalation of tensions between India and Pakistan after IAF carried out strikes on terror bases in Pakistan.
According to Lahore airport manager, flight operations at Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad, Sialkot and Islamabad airports had been suspended, the Geo News reported.
All incoming and outgoing local and international flights had been suspended until further orders, he was quoted as saying.
“A flight from Guanghzou, China, has been sent back,” the manager further said.
The channel quoting its sources said a passenger aeroplane was stopped from taking off from Bacha Khan International Airport in Peshawar on the orders of the Civil Aviation Authority.
India has also shut down airports in Srinagar, Jammu, Leh and Amritsar, on Wednesday for civilian air traffic shortly after an IAF jet crashed in Kashmir’s Budgam district, officials said.
The flare-up in the cross-LoC shelling, which was initiated by Pakistani troops in the early hours of Wednesday, has also resulted in security forces and other establishments being put on a heightened alert. PTI
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