Pakistan summons India’s diplomat over alleged violation of airspace by ‘Indian-origin projectile’

The Indian diplomat was told about the alleged violation of its airspace by an Indian-origin “super-sonic flying object” which entered into Pakistan on March 9.

Pakistan has summoned India’s Charge d’Affaires here and conveyed its strong protest over the alleged unprovoked violation of its airspace by an “Indian-origin super-sonic flying object” and sought a thorough and transparent investigation of the incident.

The Indian diplomat was on Thursday night told about the alleged violation of its airspace by an Indian-origin “super-sonic flying object” which entered into Pakistan from ‘Suratgarh’ in India at 6.43 p.m. (local time) on March 9, the Foreign Office said in a statement issued after midnight.

The object later fell on the ground near Mian Channu city in Pakistan's Punjab province at around 6.50 p.m. on the same day, causing damage to the civilian property.

“The Indian diplomat was conveyed that the imprudent launch of the flying object not only caused damage to civilian property but also put at risk human lives on ground,” the Foreign Office (FO) said.

Besides, the flight path of the flying object endangered several domestic/international flights within the Pakistani airspace and could have resulted in a serious aviation accident as well as civilian casualties, it said.

There was no immediate reaction from the Indian side.

“The Indian Cd’A was told to convey to the Government of India Pakistan’s strong condemnation of this blatant violation of Pakistani airspace in contravention of the established international norms and aviation safety protocols,” the FO said.