Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered an investigation into an advertisement of the country’s flag carrier that bears imagery similar to the September 11 attacks.
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The advertisement by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) was to mark the resumption of its flights to European Union countries after the EU lifted a four-year ban on the airline last November, which was imposed over multiple safety concerns.
A post shared by the airline on X on January 10 – the same day as the resumption of its flights to the EU – shows an image of a PIA plane flying towards the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris, sparking condemnations by online users over its evocation of the 2001 attacks in New York.
The caption read: “Paris, we’re coming today.”
“Is this a threat?” one user said in a post on X. Another user mocked the PIA advertisement saying: “This campaign is rated 9/11.”
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