Journalism of Courage
An advertisement issued by the Pakistan Navy on Tuesday for a multinational exercise prominently featured images of Indian Navy warships even though India is not among the countries participating in the manoeuvres being held in the Arabian Sea.
The full-page advertisement for the Aman-11 exercise,which appeared in The Nation and Nawa-e-Waqt newspapers,featured images of the Indian Navys Delhi,Godavari and Talwar-class warships. It also featured images of US warships under the slogan: Together for peace. Warships,aircraft,special forces and representatives from 39 countries are participating in the manoeuvres aimed at fostering peace in the region and enhancing cooperation to counter maritime threats like piracy.
Pakistan has not invited India to participate in the exercise due to the strained relations between the countries.
Within hours of the advertisement being posted on the websites of newspapers,blogger Shahid Saeed posted the original image of American and Indian warships from the Malabar 2010 exercise.
There was no official word from the Pakistan Navy.
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