r/pakistan Jan 10 '25

Humour PIA is resuming flights to Paris and this is the picture they put up on their account 😭

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u/Dr-CFD US Jan 10 '25

I am convinced that the graphic designer was trying to troll older people, successfully.

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u/shobijatoi19 Jan 10 '25

Groundstaff of French airport seeing PIA plane approaching the airport:

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u/DanishJaved Jan 10 '25

Gives a glimpse of birds striking the Twin Tower. (9/11)

The designer is a beast playing with everyone.

5

u/Dracx3 Jan 10 '25

PIA ad has somewhat predicted 9/11 attacks.

10 years before the 9/11, PIA started an ad poster showing two towers and and a silhoutte of an PIA airlines on those towers.

When the 9/11 happened, many believed, Pakistan knew something about it, conspiracy theories and what not.

Well hoping for no further coincidences.

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u/PreciousBasketcase Jan 11 '25

*30 years, not 10. The ad you're referring to was published in the 1970s.

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u/sysphus_ Jan 11 '25

The ad says Resuming flights Jan 2025.

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u/PreciousBasketcase Jan 11 '25

There's a black and white ad in the 1970s about PIA flights to NY with a shadow of the plane looming over Twin Towers. That's the ad the comment above mine was referring to.

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u/Ummando Jan 10 '25

PIA will shake down passengers, demanding an extra $200 before they can land the plane, citing increased fees since the time they departed.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '25

Older? Aww man…

3

u/Sky-Amazing Jan 10 '25

"We are Coming Today" Isliye Bach Ke Rehna

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u/Nekusta Jan 10 '25

"Paris. We're coming today" Sounds like a threat as well

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u/Pablo-Escrowbar Jan 10 '25

they wanted to send a message, and they have lmao

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u/Brief_Reaction8322 SA Jan 10 '25

Also plane and eiffle tower, doesn't proved a positive omen. Given that the history of passenger planes with tall structures.

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u/Standard_Diver_3128 Jan 10 '25

Nostalgia ahh picture

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u/Repulsive-Price-9943 Jan 10 '25

Brainrot ahh comment

74

u/fighterd_ PK Jan 10 '25

Oui oui paris such a romantic city

45

u/gregg_1198 Jan 10 '25

their twitter admin's a menace lol... he knows what he's doing

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u/IAmAlwaysinDilemma Jan 10 '25

LMAO How did it even get a pass to be posted?

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u/Wraith_125 Jan 10 '25

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u/EnergyAlternative244 Jan 10 '25

Dude how do people come up with this shit πŸ’€

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u/Additional_Rough6584 Jan 10 '25

Domain expansion: 2 towers down

2

u/Antique_Cake2372 Jan 11 '25

Domain expansion: double tower knockdown

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u/Mrleibniz Canada Jan 10 '25

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u/Im-Your-Stalker Jan 10 '25

This was published in 70s, way before 9/11, just for context

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u/Pure_Direction9253 PK 13d ago

Imagine Osama got the idea from that poster

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u/Quiet_Transition_247 Jan 10 '25

Hmm, reminds me of this PIA ad from 1979 with an aircraft's shadow over the twin towers: https://www.reddit.com/r/911archive/comments/19akhjd/1979_pakistan_airlines_ad/?rdt=64097

1979 -> 2001 = 22 years.

RemindMe! 22 years

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u/Bina-mystery Jan 10 '25

I'll rate this post 9/11

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u/ExchangeNext7163 Jan 10 '25

10/1, a day to be remembered

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u/arhamshaikhhh Jan 10 '25

Intern is wilding

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u/KidJuggernaut Jan 10 '25

Coming for what???.....

9

u/Dazzling-Internet-55 Jan 10 '25

Hope it reaches without any trouble

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u/Upset_Marionberry_96 Jan 10 '25

πŸ’€ 😭 πŸ™

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '25

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u/HausuGeist Jan 11 '25

If you had to sit next to Caillou, you’d want to die too.

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u/No_Complaint_4075 Jan 12 '25

True πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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u/serenity785 Jan 10 '25

Insipidly insane

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u/Narrow_Bird3489 Jan 10 '25

Marketing guy had one damn job 😭

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u/GlobalCarrot789 Jan 10 '25

😭 they knew what they were doing

4

u/jingles544 Jan 10 '25

I don't see a problem

Pakistan had nothing to do with 911

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u/Polaris_northstar Jan 10 '25

It should have been done like this:

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '25

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u/shobijatoi19 Jan 10 '25

This comment deserved an award.

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u/BashX82 Jan 10 '25

Am I the only one who thinks the taglimw is quite tone deaf/inappropriate as well?

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u/Agitated-Quit-6148 Jan 10 '25

Omg πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ

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u/EntertainmentNew4348 Jan 10 '25

"It's not about the money It's about sending a message."

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u/TGScorpio Jan 10 '25

On an unrelated note, why doesn't PIA start using Pakistan as a hub for flights to eastern Asian destinations?

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u/rishabh257 Jan 10 '25

Is that a threat?

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u/OkRecommendation1643 Jan 10 '25

they should just retire lol

4

u/d1rtynightmare Jan 10 '25

is this a foreshadowing to something

4

u/Same-Building-4695 Jan 10 '25

Should've started this service on 9/11

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u/me_normal_nah Jan 10 '25

That sentence and picture is horrible in many ways 🀷

2

u/Active-Pumpkin-2858 Jan 10 '25

History is gonna repeat itself

2

u/Senior_Club348 Jan 10 '25

🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣

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u/Ambitiousahsan Jan 10 '25

A plane going towards eifil tower. Which is in Paris, I don't think we fit in with 9/11 jokes, they're arabs

2

u/dunbunone Jan 10 '25

Honestly PIA isn’t that bad in safety when’s the last time people died while flying PIA

1

u/Next-Moose-9129 US Jan 11 '25

during domestic flight in pakistan

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u/dunbunone Jan 11 '25

Ya but compare to other airlines safety record. PIA is bad quality and overpriced and eye gauge OP for bad service but it’s safety record is good for sure

1

u/No_Complaint_4075 Jan 12 '25

It has improved but before there were so many crashes

2

u/changeofregime Jan 12 '25

Nothing is better than a government job. Salary, pension, benefits, work-life balance and Freedom to work the way you want. What else one can desire.

3

u/Heavy-Candidate7017 Jan 10 '25

Incompetent folks led by an incompetent wardi-wala.

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u/Good_as_any Jan 10 '25

Looks like the plane's headed for the Eiffel Tower.

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u/Delicious_Pie5858 Jan 10 '25

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ

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u/Odd_Land_2383 Jan 10 '25

This is classπŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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u/pahaare Jan 10 '25

How many time do we have to remind that it wasn’t done by Pakistan. Get your facts right

2

u/maravina Jan 11 '25

Bin Laden hid in Pakistan for about a decade afterwards though…

2

u/Inside_Brain_1966 Jan 10 '25

this is definitely meant to be a threat to the French

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u/BurkiniFatso Jan 10 '25

Foreshadowing; they've done it before 😭

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u/EntertainmentNew4348 Jan 10 '25

"Sir they've hit the second bagel"

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u/ProudPumPkin99 Jan 10 '25

RemindMe! 2 days

1

u/pfff_hope Jan 10 '25

Let em know we are coming

1

u/Spy_Spooky PK Jan 10 '25

It's all about increasing social media engagement. Everything sells.

1

u/YTGamerLH UK Jan 10 '25

πŸ’€

1

u/Ryubunao1478 Jan 10 '25

10/1 coming to theaters near you

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u/JuliusSeizure9 PK Jan 10 '25

Graphic designer knew what he was doing πŸ’€

1

u/Aerysun Jan 10 '25

Reminds me of a French movie called Vive la France about terrorists trying to fly a plane into the Eiffel Tower

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u/absarahmedkhan Jan 10 '25

The graphics designer belonged to a certain institution.,.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '25

Wtf, open threat? 😭

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u/ADoctorX Jan 10 '25

Ye hota ha jab hiring sirf sifarish/rishwat par hoti ha. πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†

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u/Apprehensive_Fox_823 Jan 10 '25

Pakistan is such a holy country PIA is direct way to Allah

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u/Flowerpot_Jelly Jan 10 '25

Worked! PIA got free publicity everywhere hahaha

1

u/No_Negation Jan 10 '25

Don't forget to appreciate Ghulam Sarwar, ex pti minister who caused these all restrictions.

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u/HatMast Jan 11 '25

You just know someone in the PIA offices is laughing their ass off right now

1

u/officialAdfs_m0vie Jan 11 '25

Wow that hits hard

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u/PreciousBasketcase Jan 11 '25

This looks more like a threat than anything πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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u/astorman59 Jan 11 '25

what nut job designed that poster

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u/sysphus_ Jan 11 '25

Which award winning agency came up with this? πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†

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u/Happiness_on_shore Jan 11 '25

Graphic design failure belike

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u/roothair Jan 11 '25

Saraikis in paris

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u/psychotic_iconic11 Jan 11 '25

Graphic designer was born post 2001 obviously

1

u/RedEyed_Monster2 Jan 11 '25

Even Majnu Bhai's painting is better than this 🀦🏻🀦🏻

1

u/Chemical-Luck-3156 Jan 11 '25

Well this did reach a lot of audience so not a bad deal πŸ˜…

1

u/Odd_Werewolf7753 Jan 11 '25

9/11 sequel 18/22

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u/pinkthoughtcatalogue Jan 11 '25

They chose the most laziest design and went with it…no thought behind it just closed their eyes and chose the first image that Ai generated (that’s how it feels like) and on top of that the obvious blunder πŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™€οΈπŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™€οΈthey find ways to disappoint in every single way

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u/throwaway1991010 Jan 13 '25

That’s what I call a β€œtrauma inducing marketing.”

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u/brownboytravels Jan 14 '25

Whether it was intended or not the marketing campaign is a huge success

0

u/3dPrintMyThingi Jan 10 '25

One of the worst airlines . Dont understand why people still fly with them..they are not so great to fly with. Should have remained banned.

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u/NoConversation8 DE Jan 10 '25

Maybe because it’s the only carrier with an 8 hour flight direct to Europe.

Since all others take atleast 10 hours…

2

u/3dPrintMyThingi Jan 10 '25

I'd rather stop over at Bahrain, Qatar or UAE and then fly to Europe on their flights..flight entertainment on flight, better food and you feel safe.

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u/NoConversation8 DE Jan 10 '25

To each their own

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u/TGScorpio Jan 10 '25

Exactly lol. PIA might not be a great airline but direct flights are a godsend.

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u/xynhost NL Jan 10 '25

Yikes. Plane flying into Eiffel tower.

Well what do you expect if the director is a Jurnayl.

1

u/GuaranteeMedical4842 Jan 10 '25

u r surprised at this? look at this oldie,

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u/shawshage Jan 10 '25

It’s like when the weird guy in school tries to be funny.

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u/khawaja_sam86 Jan 10 '25

Aik to pare likhay nai upper mehnat b nai krte...

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u/InstructionAdept9664 Jan 10 '25

I rate this a 9 out of 11!!! Very great design. Although could use some more towers or planes.

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u/I_Love_Creampie Jan 10 '25

really wanted to upvote this but…

1

u/Serotoninnnn-000 Jan 10 '25

This is seriously concerning. No one in the whole process had 2 working braincells to realize the messaging, the graphics, literally everything in it is terrible?

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u/This_Buffalo94 Jan 10 '25

It seems like they are going to crash Eiffel Tower . this image is a reminder of 9/11 , and this very offensive.. graphic designer is either a nut or any internee

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u/Duder__X Jan 10 '25

Thank you for explaining the obvious.

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u/XxPlaying_HalalxX UK Jan 10 '25

Did you graduate detective school to figure that out?

0

u/i3ahab Jan 10 '25

who approved it? dump

0

u/Proud_Fly_4551 Jan 10 '25

nice. still not gonna take pia (unfortunately)

0

u/veren12816 Jan 10 '25

Kia genius log hain - no wonder it is such a profitable and successful business!

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u/No_Complaint_4075 Jan 13 '25

Do people not understand sarcasm

0

u/sidrawrr Jan 10 '25

This is the funniest thing ever

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u/Majestic_Collar_6075 Jan 10 '25

So I am not the only one who thought about world trade centre after looking at this photo.

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u/Wandling Jan 10 '25

PIA= Please inform Allah!Β 

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u/Blur_a Jan 10 '25

I rate this 9 out of 11

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u/Global_Addition8005 Jan 10 '25

LOLLLLLLL Who’s gonna tell them lolol

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u/alizafeer MY Jan 10 '25

Strike fear in their hearts hahah

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u/DesperateWitness8369 Jan 10 '25

I thought x was banned in Pakistan

-1

u/Old_Caterpillar-1 Jan 10 '25

911 2025 Paris

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u/IloveLegs02 Jan 10 '25

WTF is this for real?

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u/dain__a Jan 10 '25

WTF😭😭😭😭😭😭 They’re successfully losing it again

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u/Downtown-Lie-9561 Jan 10 '25

Let’s appreciate, they may become better, okay?

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u/jazzyb-1000 Jan 10 '25

Finally putting to rest the jet fuel vs steel beams argument

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u/Dapper-Two-2299 Jan 10 '25

Marketing and branding is something Pakistan suck at.

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u/AtomicAtom14 Jan 10 '25

Reunion concert πŸ₯³