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PMO apologises for use of ex-Pak air force chief’s photo in Govt ad | In a bid to control the damage caused by the use of a photograph of former Pakistan Air Force (PAF) chief in a government advertisement, the Prime Minister's Office
(PMO) on Sunday apologised to the public and ordered an internal inquiry in the incident.
The advertisement issued by the Ministry of Women and Child Development to mark
National Girl Child Day was carried by leading newspapers on Sunday. The
photograph
of ex-PAF chief Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed in uniform appeared alongside images of
Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh , UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Minister of State
for
Women and Child Development Krishna Tirath. The others included in the half-page
advertisement were photographs of former Indian cricket skipper Kapil Dev , Sarod
maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and star cricketer Virendra Sehwag . “The Prime
Minister's
Office has noted with regret the inclusion of a foreign national's photograph
in a Government of India advertisement,” said Harish Khare , Media Adviser to
the Prime Minister. "While an internal inquiry has been instituted, the PMO
apologises
to the public for this lapse," he added. The advertisement was part of a campaign
against female foeticide and was headlined, ‘Where would you be if your mother
was not allowed to be born?’ |
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