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On Monday Pakistan's national carrier, Pakistan International Airlines, decided what its new staff uniforms were going to look like.
After a fashion show featuring potential designs by Sania Maskatiya, Nida Azwer, Nomi Ansari, Yasmeen Shaikh, Omer Farooq, Amir Adnan, Misha Lakhani, Khaadi, Ismail Farid, Maheen Karim, Fahad Hussayn, Ali Xeeshan, Shamaeel Ansari and Sonya Battla, a panel of judges decided a winner.
The winners were Sania Maskatiya for the cap and scarf, Nomi Ansari for the uniform, Yasmeen Shaikh for the coat and Omer Farooq for the mens uniform.
Read also: PIA gets a fashionable makeover
Since people generally have pretty strong feelings about the national carrier, reactions on Twitter after the fashion meet didn't disappoint...
Some had a pretty good eye for talent:
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Some were vocal about their disapproval for the designs:
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Some took a hard-line stance:
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Some didn't care about the uniforms at all:
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Some spotted eerie similarities:
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Some were disappointed by the outcome:
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Some called for restraint and caution:
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Some just weren't feeling it at all:
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Some ask hard questions:
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And some, it seems, were unfollowing a few people on instagram:
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Mar 18, 2015 11:23am
men's uniform???? is it a formal three piece suit western cut or our traditional shalwar kamees... if men are having western touch, wonder why women cannot have the western cuts as well..
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Mar 18, 2015 11:44am
My favorite are by Khaadi. Wish they had chosen that one
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Mar 18, 2015 11:48am
Its just a cosmetic surgery for body ailing with cancer. Get rid of all the political recruitments from PIA and give the functional management in the hands of competent non-political people. PIA will get back its title of one the world best airline again in no time.
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Mar 18, 2015 11:49am
Great show by PIA, if only they could get the models to be air hostesses as well! That will solve their problems.
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Mar 18, 2015 11:51am
I wonder why Khaadi didn't winm which represented the true colors of Pakistan.
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Mar 18, 2015 12:00pm
A bad selection of tweets. None was funny enough.
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Mar 18, 2015 12:02pm
So similar to Emirates .....why can't we be original !
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Mar 18, 2015 12:06pm
PIA should invest more on the betterment and improvement of its services, rather thn this UNIFORM thing !!!
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Mar 18, 2015 12:09pm
Rimmel Mohydin's .......tweet was fabulous.
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Mar 18, 2015 12:10pm
I liked Khaadi's submission as well. Colorful and creative. PIA opted to play safe in the end
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Mar 18, 2015 12:24pm
I feel pity thatthere is no single honest person who has the will courage and ability to turn tides for PIA by making it again one of the best airline in world.I ask people at the helm of affairs to plz have mercy on this country and work only for Pakistan.Life is very short and one who contributes for country stay for ever
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Mar 18, 2015 12:42pm
I am not into fashion industry at all but why green, white are out of national dresses ?
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Mar 18, 2015 01:07pm
Safi airways from Afghanistan was surprisingly way better then PIA. they were very professional compared to PIA.
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Mar 18, 2015 01:14pm
@sfoman khaadi was good but a bit gaudy
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Mar 18, 2015 02:10pm
Something is better than nothing.
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Mar 18, 2015 02:26pm
Its better to revive the 60s uniform with some contemporary touch.
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Mar 18, 2015 02:31pm
Why is PIA concerned about the uniforms of its crew when it is going Bankrupt otherwise? This is sheer hypocrisy. This entire exercise should be dumped. It is waste of time and money of an almost bankrupt company living on handouts.
They should instead focus on austerity. They can easily through out a few thousand employees who are not really required. GOP should pick up the cost of throwing out such people. Their services should be offered to any takers, if there are any? They can try and send them back to those on whose recommendations they were employed. This is the least they can do for this poor nation.
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Mar 18, 2015 02:39pm
PIA should adopt some unique dresses for their staff. It looks very similar to other Islamic airlines like Emirates.
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Mar 18, 2015 03:33pm
If the service of pia is so poor, what uniform can do. Most of the time behavior of cabin crew towards passengers is very bad. So instead of focusing on dress , they should try to improve overall. People want comfortable and safe journey .
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Mar 18, 2015 04:04pm
UNIFORM!!! Don't you think we need Aircrafts, Quality Services and Corruption free National Flag Carrier. Uniform is a secondary issue...
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Mar 18, 2015 04:08pm
We are looking forward to have great service along with smartly dressed flight attendants.
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Mar 18, 2015 05:15pm
style is there in PIA.......nothing else lol
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Mar 18, 2015 08:35pm
I travelled to Pakistan last month on PIA the service is really getting bad hardly any food was served 1 small bowl of rice and very small pot of rice pudding nothing else with it which is shameful other air plane company's have new planes and they give plenty of food and drinks PIA need buy new planes and better service.
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Mar 19, 2015 04:45am
Pray In Air ... fashionably!
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Mar 19, 2015 08:37pm
@Faiza good
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Mar 20, 2015 12:35pm
is the uniform not going to to have any green colour. Why not men with shalwar kameez as well.
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Mar 20, 2015 10:06pm
Well, we know the complaints and the sacrasm chasing our national institutions; give this one a break.
Our national carrier caused one happy colorful event which brought forth mnational sentiments, proving civil society's continued ownership of the PIA brand; three cheers for PIA mangement and all its prople who brought about this event particularly the pricy designers who worked for it for free.
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Mar 20, 2015 11:50pm
Instead of new uniforms how about a new business plan. Changes in staff attitude's, not employing alcoholic pilots, drug smuggling air stewardesses. Finally people who have Intelligence, talent and want to improve things employ those people, not family relations.
Sadly PIA has no hope as this is too logical to implement. Plus it would require at least a billion dollars of investment to just scratch the surface.
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