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On September 11, the 10th anniversary of 9/11, many Americans opened their newspapers and found a full-age ad taken out by the Pakistan Government. Those ads were meant to project Pakistan as a frontline state against terrorism rather than the headquarters of Jiahdi Terror Inc. The campaign probably cost a couple of million dollars, but given all the US aid to Pakistan, those were probably American tax dollars at work.
Well, within hours, that ad had been spoofed (pretty fittingly so). Here's a look at one example:
We, obviously, found it pretty funny. Here's what we think of Pakistan and terror; from our Archives.
[ First published: September 15, 2011
Last updated: September 15, 2011
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Bihari on the train
There was this Bihari who was travelling with two tickets, so when the T.T.E asked for the ticket, this fellow gave both the tickets, and so the T.T.E asked him the reason of buying two tickets, this fellow answered well what will happen if in case I lose one of them, so the T.T.E said what if you lose both of them, so this guy said then why do I have a monthly pass.
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