PTI member apologises for ‘anti-Hindu’ posters

PTI's Mian Akram Usman blamed the printer for 'mistakenly' printing an inflammatory slur that seemed to be targeted at followers of Hinduism.

Usman, who has since taken down the posters, explained that he had wanted to target Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi but the printer "mistakenly" substituted Modi's name with the word 'Hindu'.

Pakistani Twitter users had made their outrage known on the social media platform soon after pictures of the offensive billboards started circulating. "I apologise to all peaceful Hindus living on both sides of the border," the PTI leader had said on Twitter.

"All posters were removed immediately when they came to my notice. I'm not the one who is stuck on mistakes," Usman tweeted after a Twitter user remarked that they did not believe his version.