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,

Pakistan’s Prime Minister has ordered an official investigation into the country’s national airline over an advertisement widely criticized for evoking the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) published the advertisement last week with an image of a plane flying toward the Eiffel Tower — eerily similar to photographs of the planes heading straight into Manhattan’s Twin Towers in 2001.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s national airline said on Thursday (Jan 16) that an advertisement showing a plane heading toward the Eiffel Tower was never intended to evoke the memories of the Sep 11 attacks. The illustration,

Prime minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered an investigation following criticism over a Pakistan International Airline advert showing a plane flying towards the Eiffel Tower in Paris. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

The controversial post on PIA's official X account showed a picture of an airplane that appeared to be headed for the Eiffel Tower with the words, "Paris, we're coming today." There is another line on the graphic,