C-130 in Delhi augurs well for Indo-Pak relations

Islamabad: Putting aside decades of distrust, Pakistan and India chose consideration against the backdrop of the recent Samjhota Express disaster ‘by allowing a Pakistan Air Force pilot to fly a C-130 inside the Indian borders.’
Traditionally, the two nuclear neighbors have ventured into each other’s territory to bomb and destroy during wars. But Thursday saw the third time a military aircraft fly in to pick up injured Pakistani nationals who were transported to New Delhi from the Haryana city of Panipat. Paramedical staff and emergency medicines accompanied the PAF aircraft. Four ambulances have been lined up in front of the burns casualty ward of the hospital in New Delhi to ferry the injured to the airport.
Earlier, say military sources here, it was in 2001 when a PAF aircraft flew in the Kutch area of Gujarat when it was hit by a massive earthquake. Pakistan had sent doctors and medical supplies that the Indian government accepted.
23/02/07 Mariana Baabar/The News - International, Pakistan

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