ISLAMABAD, Dec 2 (APP): Pakistan on Tuesday said that India continued to block its humanitarian assistance to Sri Lanka, where floods and landslides had badly hit several districts, causing the loss of lives and properties.
“The special aircraft carrying Pakistan’s humanitarian assistance to Sri Lanka continues to face delay for over 60 hours now awaiting flight clearance from India,” the Foreign Office spokesperson said in a statement.
He said that the partial flight clearance issued by India last night, after 48 hours, was operationally impractical: time-bound for just a few hours and without validity for the return flight.
He said that the delay by India was severely hindering this urgent relief Mission for the brotherly people of Sri Lanka.