ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said Indian air force planes “inadvertently” violated its airspace on Saturday, as tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours ran high following the Mumbai attacks. “We have confirmed it. We contacted the Indian air force and they said the violation was inadvertent. We don”t want to escalate the situation,” Information Minister Sherry Rehman said. Relations between the two South Asian states have deteriorated in the wake of the devastating siege on India’’s financial capital, which New Delhi blames on elements in Pakistan. Pakistan television reported that the Indian jets flew over the Pakistani-administered part of Kashmir and the eastern city of Lahore, both places where the militant group India blames over the attacks is active. Pakistan has arrested key leaders of the group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and shut down a charity accused of being a front for the organisation, but India has said it must do more.India and Pakistan have fought three wars since independence from Britain, but New Delhi this week ruled out military action against its neighbour. Pakistan’’s air force said Indian planes entered Pakistani airspace in two different locations and were repelled by its air defence system. “Indian aircraft entered into Pakistan’’s airspace at two different sectors and were swiftly responded by the efficient Pakistan air defence system, forcing them to return to their own territory,” said spokesman Air Commodore Humyun Viqar in a statement.
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