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Pakistan Accuses India of Blocking Sri Lanka Aid Delivery
India's refusal delayed Pakistan's delivery of 45 rescue workers and 100 tonnes of aid to cyclone-stricken Sri Lanka, forcing an eight-day sea route alternative.
- This past week Pakistan's relief mission to Sri Lanka was delayed after New Delhi denied permission for Pakistan's aircraft to use its airspace.
- Pakistan recalled past denials by New Delhi during humanitarian aid to Nepal, and former ambassador Asif Durrani called the decision an example of `petty behaviour`.
- A 45-member Urban Search and Rescue team was ready to deploy via C-130 aircraft with NDMA and PAF support, while 100 tonnes of relief goods on commercial cargo flights have stalled.
- With air routes blocked, Pakistan has rerouted supplies by sea, a route that will take approximately eight days to reach Sri Lanka, where cyclone Ditwah killed over 355 and affected more than half a million in the hilly central region.
- Rescue teams are scrambling to clear roads and deliver aid while many areas remain flooded, and weather authorities reported the storm is moving northwards and weakening.
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India News: Pakistan accused India of delaying its humanitarian aid to Sri Lanka, claiming airspace permission was withheld. India refuted these allegations, stat
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Pakistan accuses India of blocking Sri Lanka aid delivery
Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reported that its humanitarian assistance mission to Sri Lanka has been delayed for more than 60 hours due to India withholding full flight clearance. A special aircraft carrying Pakistan’s aid to Sri Lanka has been awaiting clearance to enter Indian airspace. The ministry said that the partial clearance granted by India late Sunday, after a 48-hour wait, was operationally impractical, being limited to …
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Leaning Left1Leaning Right4Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution66% Right
Bias Distribution
- 66% of the sources lean Right
66% Right
L 17%
C 17%
R 66%
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