Adil Najam
On your left is the picture of the flag of the Czech Republic. On your right is a ‘Check’ (or, rather, checkered flag; often used in car racing. The two should never be confused. Except for the fact that ‘Czech’ is pronounced as ‘check.’
Ordinarily, this should not be a problem. But right now the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic is visiting Islamabad, and the Capital’s PR people have adorned a number of (very) large banners to welcome him in the spirit of good hospitality. The only problem is that instead of putting the ‘Czech’ flags on the banners, they have ‘Check’ flags!
I saw these while driving back into Islamabad on the from the Airport. I rushed back to see if I would figure out who was responsible for this little gaffe and maybe alert them to the mistake before the Czech PM arrived. Unfortunately, it turned out that the Czech PM was already here.
I wonder what he and his team thought of this. Did they even mention it to their hosts or did they just keep politely quiet? I also wonder what they thought about the banner that read: “We Pray for the Czech Progress and Prosperity”?I am sure they liked the sentiment, but maybe they also wondered why Pakistanis are praying for Czech progress and prosperity instead of working harder for Pakistani progress or prosperity. On the other hand, maybe they do not think as hard about what is written on banners as I do!
I have no way of knowing this, but my theory of how this might have happened is this - Someone tells someone to find out what a Czech (read ‘check’) flag looks like; they look up ‘check flag’ on Google, and that is the one which makes it way on the banner.
Nice story for a chuckle? But how would you feel if the Pakistan Prime Minister goes to another country and they mess up the flags this way?
this is link to czech news , i like Pakistan and Pakistani people
Tak toto je sila. :D:D:D
NaÅ¡e zemÄ› musela ujÃÂt dlouhou cestu… jsem rád, že už jsme v cÃÂli !!
Hi,I am from the czech republic as well and I found this accident quite funny. If any national pride was harmed by this, then it was pakistani much more than czech, I think. (and acctually there was no czech flag violated because there was anything like any national flag except the pakistani one,the bottom-up flag would touch my feelings more).
As I said, I found it silly but funny - before I read the stupid generalizating comments of michael and gabi. I would like to apologize for this much worse kind of ignorance accusing absurdly all the people from a nation or community as one person. As everywhere, also in czech republic there are both tolerant and intolerant people.
Correct, Skoda still builds Skoda… Two weeks ago I was able to visit their main factory and it’s very impressive indeed…
[quote comment="47814"][quote comment="47802"]Do Czechs still build Skodas. We used to have those in Pakistan in late 60s. I see a lot of jokes on web about these cars.[/quote]
No, Czechs build only VW for Germans nowadays.[/quote]
Thats not truth, Skoda is owned by VW, but its still Skoda.
Living in the Czech Republic - but this is kinda funny! Thanks for a nice article :-)
Vy volove pakistansky z lesa, tak to je fak mazec :)))) Ja Vam reknu jenom jedno, kdybych tam videl tu “check-vlajku” vedle ty vasi, tak by mi to fak asi nedoslo, ze by nekdo moh bejt tak blbej a tohle by se mohlo stat.. ;)) to je fak husty :)
Este ze neumite checksky … ;)) ..