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India takes PIA balloon into custody and Twitter can't handle it

It's a bird, it's a plane...it's a PIA balloon?

Updated 10 Mar, 2021

It's a bird, it's a plane...it's a PIA balloon?

In a bizarre turn of events, authorities in Indian-Occupied Kashmir claim to have seized a plane-shaped balloon bearing the name of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Indian news agency ANI reported on Wednesday.

According to the report, a balloon featuring the name, logo and colours of Pakistan's national flag-carrier was found in Sotra Chak village of Hiranagar sector on Tuesday evening. The matter is now under police investigation — and Twitter is having a ball.

It all started when comedian Ali Gul Pir wanted to #freetheballoon.

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bhaRAT© Mar 10, 2021 06:19pm

Have they released the poor pigeons yet? Modi fascist regime, a laughingstock of the world!!

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M. Saeed Mar 10, 2021 06:21pm

India is horrified of anything with name Pakistan associated with it, even if it is the wind blowing East from Pakistan.

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Naqeebullah mehsud Mar 10, 2021 06:29pm

Why can't Pakistan use modern drones, are they so broke they are resorting to pigeons, quad copters and balloons for spying

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EagleEye Mar 10, 2021 06:42pm

PIA balloon is not even worth enough to fly.

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Hena Mar 10, 2021 07:06pm

Where have all the Indians gone now

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NYS Mar 10, 2021 07:13pm

Confiscated national balloon but the tea was fantastic

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Saif Zulfiqar Mar 10, 2021 07:26pm

It is nuclear bomb. Be careful Modi.

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Hassan Mar 10, 2021 07:28pm

I thought that only pakistani police was crazy....

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Imran Mar 10, 2021 07:31pm

FREE THE BALLOON!!!!

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Fast comment Mar 10, 2021 07:35pm

Please keep this in IAF Museum.

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Shahid Mahmood Mar 10, 2021 07:40pm

So PIA has started flying to Srinagar?

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NSG Mar 10, 2021 07:49pm

PIA building a new fleet of aircrafts

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Joker Mar 10, 2021 08:00pm

Don’t want anything Pakistani on Indian soil. However, we shall donate COVID vaccines to the needy who cannot pay.

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Rahul S. Mar 10, 2021 08:08pm

PIA building a new fleet with Balloons. Nice going PIA.

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Sandip Bhattacharya Mar 10, 2021 08:49pm

@Hena We are very much here. Enjoy the 15 min fame

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Munir Mar 10, 2021 08:58pm

This is all the PIA can afford to fly these days! Maybe they had to take a loan to hire this balloon.

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Mardana Mar 10, 2021 09:01pm

Pakistanis enjoy their own follies.

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Eagle eyes Mar 10, 2021 09:06pm

With that the last pia aircraft is also confiscated.

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Zak Mar 10, 2021 09:10pm

With planes seized, pilots banned, air hostesses running absconding in western countries, what can PIA do at this crucial time and juncture? Fly balloons instead.

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Piyush Mar 10, 2021 09:14pm

Take the free vaccines poor friends... and for enemies anything which is backing air space will come down fore sure.

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Shaun Mar 10, 2021 09:42pm

Pakistani are enjoying themselves, at least India delivered the free vaccines for free. Pakistan did not arrange for a aeroplane to go to India to pick it up.

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SATT Mar 10, 2021 09:51pm

That was the last desire of PIA to have air connectivity with India.

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ABCD Mar 10, 2021 10:08pm

Congratulations to Fawad Choudhury, The Science and Tech Minister for inspiring Pak Scientists to design and manufacturing such wonderful stuff. This can be exported to OIC countries to earn enough dollars to repay loans.

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Fair Trial Mar 10, 2021 10:16pm

@Hena We are right here. Just imagining what would happen if an Air India balloon was found in Pakistan. Wouldn't you build a museum for it?

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MZ Mar 10, 2021 10:23pm

At least now the Indians can truly say they downed one of our planes too

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Reality bites Mar 10, 2021 11:11pm

PIA has no real planes to fly, no eligible pilots to fly them. What to do when get bored? Well, fly a balloon. Too bad even that they are denied. Merciless Indians!

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Dr. Ahmed Mar 10, 2021 11:29pm

@Shaun Please give those vaccines to poor Indian ppl. Just take care of your more than 11 million infected people, they need those vaccine. We have around 550k affected people, we will survive. Thank You very much.

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Wiser Mar 10, 2021 11:38pm

Balloon is all that's left after Malaysia took PIA plane into custody.

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Wiser Mar 10, 2021 11:38pm

@bhaRAT© what would you do? You would kill and eat that poor pigeon anyway. It is safe in India :)

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amir Mar 11, 2021 12:08am

PIA is a risky airlines banned by most of the countries.... PIA will appear ion Baloons only.

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Sam Mar 11, 2021 12:21am

Pakistan must stop threatening India with balloons.

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SATT Mar 11, 2021 12:29am

It's breaking the ceasefire agreement.

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HashBrown® Mar 11, 2021 12:54am

@Joker "Don’t want anything Pakistani on Indian soil." Nobody cares about Hindustani soil, this balloon was sighted over occupied land.

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Asif Khan, India Mar 11, 2021 01:32am

PIA has no planes left. So now only great flying with balloons !

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Tea is still Fantastic Mar 11, 2021 01:35am

India armed forces too Abinanden revenge.

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Jigar Mar 11, 2021 01:58am

Made in China or made in Pakistan or joint venture? As good as the JF17?

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Ahmed Mar 11, 2021 02:32am

It is called Paranoia!

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Imran Khan Mar 11, 2021 03:35am

I dont understnd why any higher Ups dont take action on these silly mistakes of Indian police before they put on twitter

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Qbmx Mar 11, 2021 03:59am

The FO rejects all this and demands India to return the property of PIA.

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Qbmx Mar 11, 2021 04:02am

this is just a test flight before PIA goes fully commercial. The FO staff will use for business

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Nitin Mar 11, 2021 05:17am

OMG, PIA is operating balloons instead of plains. So much progress in 70 years.

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Tadka Mar 11, 2021 05:49am

@M. Saeed cos of past experience

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Krisjlh Mar 11, 2021 06:16am

You have only baloon plans now, real plans confiscated for not paying loans

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Zak Mar 11, 2021 07:14am

India laughing stock of the world. Maybe pigeon was traveling 1st class in the balloon plane.

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samrat Mar 11, 2021 07:36am

One country is sending satellites into space and another is sending pigeons and baloons into neighbouring country. Priorities....

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Azhar Hussain Mar 11, 2021 07:51am

@Naqeebullah mehsud you are sounding like, well you know what I am trying say.

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Rao Mar 11, 2021 08:43am

Jobless PIA officials are humoring themselves by flying balloons instead of commercial flights....lol

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rajesh Mar 11, 2021 09:12am

PIA pilots are training themselves by flying balloons as their licenses are confiscated by authorities for faking.

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Rashid Mar 11, 2021 09:28am

Pia is left with balloons now

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Sam Mar 11, 2021 09:54am

Obviously with PIAs record, they thought one of those crack pilots was on board.

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Pravin Patil Mar 11, 2021 10:00am

Well In reality , It's JF-17 Block-4.. 6th generation un-maned ffighter plane with invisible wapen system

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Fellow indian Mar 11, 2021 10:38am

Pakistanis trying to. Show their air force

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Fak Mar 11, 2021 10:38am

IK had requested PIA to send aircraft to receive free vaccines and this is what PIA could afford.

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NSG Mar 11, 2021 10:39am

PIA new aircrafts. Made in china or Pakistan?

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Shahbaz Ahmed Tarar Mar 11, 2021 10:39am

@Rahul S. And your police gonna capture it again :(

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MK Mar 11, 2021 10:42am

is Pakistan sending balloon airplane to bring vaccine from India? lol!!!

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Rao Mar 11, 2021 10:47am

Paakistanis cant even comprehend that their tax money is being paid to jobless PIA officials, who instead of running the airlines are humoring themselves by flying balloons near the border....this is naya pakistan of PMIK.

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Usman Saifullah Mar 11, 2021 10:56am

@Joker That would be 1.2 billions Indians then. :)

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F Nawaz Mar 11, 2021 11:28am

But to be fair, PIA is scary.

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RAI Mar 11, 2021 12:23pm

When you have a devious neighbor, you have to take precautions.

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Wiser Mar 11, 2021 01:47pm

Degassed.

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Wiser Mar 11, 2021 01:48pm

@Usman Saifullah for free vaccines?

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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad Mar 11, 2021 02:01pm

Yet another innovative toy for racist, bigot, liar, biased, wicked and prejudiced Modi and his fascist, corrupt, cruel, cunning, crooked and criminal R.S.S. and BJP cronies to play with, if they are done handling the green pigeons?

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@Wiser , "It is safe in India" In Führer Modi’s ‘democracy’, minorities are being reduced to second class citizens. Sikhs, Dalits, Adivasis, Christians and Muslims are no longer safe. Add women to the list too.

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Hansoti sh Mar 11, 2021 02:48pm

@Naqeebullah mehsud projection much -30%?

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Hansoti sh Mar 11, 2021 02:53pm

@F Nawaz if u find that balloon scary then perhaps you need to ask your mother some questions

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Hansoti sh Mar 11, 2021 02:55pm

@Joker no problem since it is Muslim Pakistani soil, just ask the Kashmiris? Kow Klux Klan vs cow consumer culture.

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Hansoti sh Mar 11, 2021 02:57pm

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