In yet another blunder, Pakistan's Press and Information Department (PID) reportedly declared China an Islamic Republic in its routine media statement.
The blunder was spotted in a paragraph within the 1,500 words of Press Release No. 15, that read that the Cabinet gave Approval for Signing of Protocol for the Period from Nov 2004 to Nov 2012 and Approval for Revision of Protocol between the Government of Islamic Republic of China for Scientific and Technical Cooperation in Surveying and Mapping, The Dawn reported.
Meanwhile, it is not the first time that the country's Prime Minister's (PM) media office has committed a faux pas.
On April 14, a statement on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's meeting with visiting South Korean premier said that PM Chung Hongwon was accompanied by "Mr Han Jinhyun, Vice Minister for Trade and Energy from the Chinese side," the report added.