Pakistan blocks airspace for Russian flight carrying Bangladesh’s nuclear fuel, cites technical issue
Dhaka: Pakistan has described its refusal to allow airspace for the transportation of nuclear fuel meant for Bangladesh's Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant as a technical and procedural issue. The clarification came after reports that a cargo flight carrying uranium fuel for the plant was unable to reach Bangladesh as scheduled after it did not receive permission to use Pakistani airspace. The Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka said the country processes requests for diplomatic flights and overflight clearances within a standardised timeframe and in accordance with established regulatory guidelines and civil aviation protocols. Pakistan calls airspace issue technical and procedural In…