Pak airspace to remain closed today

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All international and domestic flights operations across stand suspended on Thursday, said the country's (CAA).

Quoting Pakistan's aviation agency, ARY News also reported that the flight operations would remain shut until further notice.

"NOTAM is still in place & airspace over #remains closed. Apology for an earlier tweet that indicated the partial opening of our airspace for commercial aviation. Any further information will be shared accordingly," the CAA tweeted early on Thursday.

Airlines like issued a statement on Wednesday wherein it asserted that due to the ongoing situation on the India-border, its flights to the airports in Faisalabad, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan, and, Sialkot stand temporarily suspended.

On Wednesday, flight operations across eight airports in - Amritsar, Pathankot, Srinagar, Jammu, Shimla, Dharamshala, and - were shut briefly. Operations later resumed in all the airports.

Meanwhile, has temporarily suspended its to India, after Pakistan's decision to shut its airspace.

These measures come in the wake of an Wing being captured by the on Wednesday when the violated the Indian air space.

Fighter jets from the repulsed the morning raid launched by Pakistani fighter jets which prevented damage on Indian troop positions or infrastructure.

has since sought the immediate and safe return of the personnel, strongly underlining that "no harm comes to the Indian defence personnel in its custody."

On Tuesday, launched an anti-terror strike against a (JeM) terror training camp in Pakistan's Balakot, in which a large number of terrorists have been killed by the Indian Air Force, according to

The air strike was carried out in the aftermath of the February 14 terrorist attack on a CRPF convoy in and Kashmir's district, which claimed the lives of over 40 CRPF personnel.

Pakistan-based JeM staked responsibility for the attacks, which have been widely condemned by the international community. There has been mounting global pressure against Pakistan to stop providing support and a safe haven to terrorists ever since.

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First Published: Thu, February 28 2019. 04:20 IST