ISLAMABAD, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Emergency was declared at Pakistan's airbases Sunday after Pakistan claimed that India violated Pakistan air spaces twice by sending its fire jets, according to local press reports.
The official APP news agency quoted Public Relations
Director of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Air Commodore Humyun Viqar as saying
that fighter aircraft of the Indian air force violated Pakistan's air space at
the eastern border city of Lahore and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir separately.
"The Indian Air craft entered into Pakistan's Air
space from two to four nautical miles at two different sectors and were swiftly
responded by the efficient Pakistan Air Defense system forcing them to return to
their own territory," Viqar said.
He said that the Indian aircraft's violations took
place at 11:30 (0630 GMT) and 13:05 (0805 GMT) Saturday.
The PAF spokesman said that the Pakistan Air Force
was vigilant and guarding the country's air space efficiently.
"It may be a technical violation, as aircraft fly at
high altitude possible that it may be a mistake," Viqar said.
"We are ready to deal with any misadventure, we are
monitoring the situation, we are on alert," the PAF spokesman said.
Meanwhile, Pakistani Information Minister Sherry
Rehman said that Indians had told Pakistan that it was an inadvertent incursion.
She said that Pakistan did not want to prolong the matter.
The incident comes at a time when tension is running
high between the two South Asian neighbors after the Mumbai attacks, which
killed around 180 people and injured over 300.
Pakistani TV channels reported that the Indian planes
were fully equipped with warheads.
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardrai was informed
about the violations, according to local media reports.
They said that Pakistan would formally lodge protest
against the air space violations.
NEW DELHI,
Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Indian air force officials Sunday morning denied reports
that its fighter jets had violated Pakistan's air space and said they had
received no complaint from the Pakistani side, the Indo-Asian News Service
reported.
Responding to Pakistani allegations that Indian fighter
jets had violated their airspace late Saturday night by entering two places -
Pakistani Kashmir and Lahore sectors - and were forced to turn back, a senior
Indian Air Force (IAF) official in the Western Air Command said: "There is no
truth in the allegations, it is all rubbish." Full story
ISLAMABAD, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has been put on
alert for "aggression", local television quoted a spokesman on Wednesday.
The PAF remained focused on the Indian situation and Pakistan
was all the time ready for the security and safety of its airspace, the private
Geo TV quoted the PAF spokesman Humayun Waqar Zephyr as saying. Full story
ISLAMABAD, Dec. 8
(Xinhua) -- Pakistani security forces have arrested operational commander of a
banned group, blamed by India for Mumbai attacks, local press reports said
Monday.
India has blamed "Lashkar-e-Taiba" for attacks in its
commercial center, which killed nearly 180 people and injured over 300. Full story
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- The United States calls on
the Pakistani government to offer continued cooperation with the international
community in order to thwart possible terror attacks, said the White House on
Monday.
"I think there is no doubt that Pakistan has taken
some positive steps," spokeswoman Dana Perino said at the daily press briefing,
after a senior commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba was reportedly arrested by Pakistani
troops on Sunday. Full story
BEIJING, Dec. 3 --
India demanded Pakistan hand over 20 of its most wanted fugitives as a sign of
good faith, while both sides Tuesday tried to cool tensions over the Mumbai
attacks before a visit by Washington's top diplomat.
India's foreign minister said military action was not
being considered and his Pakistani counterpart offered a joint probe to find the
militants responsible for a three-day rampage that killed 183 in India's
financial capital. Full story
ISLAMABAD,
Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said Pakistan was in no
way responsible for Mumbai attacks, the News Network International (NNI) news
agency reported on Wednesday.
In an interview with Cable News Network (CNN), Zardari
also said there was no evidence that a suspect in custody was a Pakistani
national as Indian officials claimed, according to the NNI. Full story
ISLAMABAD, Nov. 30
(Xinhua) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has summoned a
national security conference to be held on Dec. 2 to review the situation
arising out of the attacks in the Indian commercial city of Mumbai, according to
an official here on Sunday.
Gilani has invited some political leaders to attend the
conference to discuss the strategy to deal with the situation, a spokesman for
the prime minister said. Full story
NEW DELHI, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- The terrorist attacks in
India's financial capital Mumbai starting Wednesday night have shocked the world
with their brazenness and brutality. The attacks have added to a mounting sense
of insecurity in the city and people are still struggling to come to terms with
the fallout from the three-day rampage. Full story
MUMBAI, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- India's longest terror
nightmare that lasted for almost 59 hours ended Saturday as commandos from the
National Security Guard (NSG), the Indian Army and the Indian Navy eliminated
three militants who had taken over the iconic Taj Mahal hotel.
"Finally, we have been able to win the battle and do the
job (assigned to us)," NSG head J.K. Dutt told reporters.Full story
NEW DELHI, Nov. 29
(Xinhua) -- At least 13 foreigners were killed and 22 injured in the Mumbai
terror attacks since it happened Wednesday night, officials said Saturday.
The earlier data released by India's Home Ministry on
Friday said that eight foreign nationals were dead. The deceased included three
German nationals, two Americans and one each from Japan, Canada and Australia.
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