Al Jazeera has posted a correction on X after reporting that Pakistan had partially closed its airspace amid regional tensions.

“We previously reported that Pakistan had temporarily closed its airspace. That is incorrect. Pakistan says ‘no restrictions’ on airspace,” the network said in its post.

The clarification followed a statement issued by the Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA), which said the country’s airspace remains open for commercial operations and rejected reports of a partial shutdown.

 

In its statement, the PAA said NOTAM A0134/26 did not indicate a closure of national airspace and referred to the temporary unavailability of certain Air Traffic Service (ATS) routes during designated hours.

 

According to the authority, specific ATS routes within the Karachi and Lahore Flight Information Regions are unavailable every day from 9 am to 3 pm.

It also said alternative routes and airports remained operational and that scheduled commercial activity, including arrivals, departures and overflights, continued.

The PAA said misinterpretation of NOTAMs and unverified reports could lead to confusion and urged the public and media to rely on official sources.

A day earlier, reports had stated that certain routes in the Karachi and Lahore Flight Information Regions were suspended during specified hours, citing the regional situation.

The reports also claimed that air cargo operations were halted and that more than 500 flights departing from and arriving at airports across Pakistan were cancelled.

Flights from Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Peshawar, Quetta, Faisalabad and Multan operated by PIA, private carriers and foreign airlines to destinations including Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Sharjah, Dubai, Turkey, Iraq and Iran were reported cancelled.