Pakistan has prolonged restrictions on Indian aircraft, keeping its airspace closed to them for an extended period amid ongoing bilateral tensions.
The Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) announced on Wednesday that the airspace closure for all Indian civil and military-registered aircraft has been extended until March 23.
The decision was communicated through a fresh notice to airmen (Notam) issued the same day.
According to a 2022 document by the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA), Pakistan’s airspace is divided into two flight information regions (FIRs): Karachi and Lahore. The latest Notam covers both the Karachi (OPKR) and Lahore (OPLR) FIRs.
Reciprocal airspace restrictions have been in place since late April 2025, when tensions surged following an attack in Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir that left 26 people dead.
New Delhi accused Islamabad of supporting the assault, an allegation Pakistan rejected while calling for an independent investigation.
The standoff escalated further in early May, when the two nuclear-armed neighbors engaged in their most intense military confrontation in decades. Pakistani officials claimed their forces shot down seven Indian jets during the hostilities.
