Pakistan protests over airspace intrusion by India

The note conveyed Pakistan’s concerns about the incident and sought an explanation from India, they said.

India has rubbished the Pakistani claim and said there has not been any violation of its airspace.

Zardari had on Sunday sought to play down the incident by describing it as a ‘technical incursion’. Zardari said such incidents occurred when fighter jets made turns while flying at heights of up to 50,000 feet.

“There are two versions about the incursions. My version is the correct version,” Zardari had told a news conference with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

“Incursions do happen,” he said adding that the planes were flying at about 40,000 feet to 50,000 feet when they executed a turn that ‘slightly entered Pakistan soil.’

Pakistan Air Force spokesman Air Commodore Humayun Viqar Zephyr too described the purported incident as a ‘technical incursion of a minor nature made by mistake’. He told TV channels the PAF was not on red alert and was performing its duties according to routine.