{"id":189356,"date":"2025-12-02T21:45:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=189356"},"modified":"2025-12-02T21:45:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:45:45","slug":"india-blocking-aid-for-cyclone-hit-sri-lanka-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/12\/02\/india-blocking-aid-for-cyclone-hit-sri-lanka-pakistan.html","title":{"rendered":"India blocking aid for cyclone-hit Sri Lanka: Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Islamabad: Pakistan’s Foreign Office has said that India is obstructing the delivery of humanitarian aid to Sri Lanka, which is reeling from the aftermath of a powerful cyclone that has claimed more than 400 lives and caused severe flooding and landslides.<\/p>\n

According to Kashmir Media Service, in a statement issued on X, the Foreign Office said: \u201cIndia continues to block humanitarian assistance from Pakistan to Sri Lanka. The special aircraft carrying Pakistan\u2019s humanitarian assistance to Sri Lanka continues to face a delay of over 60 hours now awaiting flight clearance from India.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe partial flight clearance issued by India last night, after 48 hours, was operationally impractical: time-bound for just a few hours and without validity for the return flight, severely hindering this urgent relief mission for the brotherly people of Sri Lanka.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is also worth noting that since tensions between the two countries escalated following the Pahalgam attack in April, India and Pakistan have closed their airspace to each other\u2019s aircraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Islamabad: Pakistan’s Foreign Office has said that India is obstructing the delivery of humanitarian aid to Sri Lanka, which is reeling from the aftermath of a powerful cyclone that has claimed more than 400 lives and caused severe flooding and landslides. According to Kashmir Media Service, in a statement issued on X, the Foreign Office …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":189059,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t