Huge embarrassment for govt, ex-PAF chief`s image in ad

New Delhi, Jan 24 (PTI) In a huge embarrassment, a full-
page newspaper advertisement given by the government of India
on Sunday to mark the National Girl Child Day carried a
photograph of a former Pakistan Air Force chief along with
that of Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh and Congress
President Sonia Gandhi.
The advertisement also showed sports icons Kapil Dev and
Virender Sehwag and sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan along
with former PAF chief Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed in uniform with the
heading, "Where would you be if your mother was not allowed to
be born?"
An unrepentant Minister for Women and Child Development
Krishna Tirath defiantly refused to accept the blunder and
accused the media of hair-splitting.
She said the "message is more important than the image.
The photograph is only symbolic. The message for the girl
child is more important. She should be protected."
Tirath told reporters that whether the mistake was on
part of her Ministry or the DAVP which releases government
advertisements, will be investigated. (More) PTI