Pakistan is a South Asian country and western neighbour of India. It was created in 1947 after being partitioned from India during independence. It has longstanding border disputes with India and is currently reeling under economic and political issues.
I am absolutely appalled at the foolishness of this thing. I mean, foolishness of the Indians who even asked Pakistan for the permission. Why trust a government which has been so terribly miffed, and so recently, to such an extent? What if Pakistan had given the permission, and then attacked Mr Modi’s aircraft with missiles just as it was flying over Pakistani territory? It could have always said later that some rogue officer did it without permission and “we have suspended him”, or some other lame excuse like that. After all, such “accidents” are not unheard of. A few years ago the Russians blew a civilian aircraft out of the sky, and that when it wasn’t even flying over its territory. I vaguely remember it had something to do with Ukraine.