Pakistan orders inquiry after complaints that airline ad evoked Sept 11 attacks


The advertisement was meant to be a celebratory announcement that it was resuming flights to Paris. - OFFICIAL_PIA/X

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister on Jan 14 ordered an investigation into how the country’s national airline approved an advertisement with an illustration that many on social media said was uncomfortably similar to imagery from Sept 11, 2001, when terrorists attacked New York City and the Pentagon.

The advertisement, by the state-run Pakistan International Airlines, or PIA, was meant to be a celebratory announcement that it was resuming flights to Paris.

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