DC comic calls Pakistan’s language 'Pakistanian', Twitteratti have a field day

It was supposed to be just another issue of DC Comic’s Superman/Wonder Woman Annual #2; people getting into trouble, and our superheroes coming to their rescue; until it wasn’t. In the particular issue, the action takes place in Shimshal region of Pakistan. There is a blue-faced demigod messing up with a few shepherds. Cue filler dialogues. But just like in superhero comics, just when everything seems to be going according to the plan, things fall apart. At the bottom of the page is a footnote reading: “All translated from Pakistanian”

Here's why @Marvel is winning over @DCComics - the latter thinks we speak Pakistanian. h/t @takhalus pic.twitter.com/xzvx8VccS1

— Khaver خاور (@thekarachikid) January 5, 2016

For someone who is writing a comic sequence set in Pakistan, perhaps it would have helped to check what language people in Pakistan spoke, or rather, if a language does even exist. A simple Google search would have helped DC avoid the blunder. Twitter soon got hold of the pages and some users made sure the mistake didn’t go unnoticed.

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I'm not too surprised DC Comics thinks #Pakistanian is a language. In the U.S., Pakistanis are frequently confused with Palestinians. Alas.

— Michael Kugelman (@MichaelKugelman) January 5, 2016

Pakistanian reminds me of the person who asked if Christians and Muslims also read Hindustan Times.

— Sidin (@sidin) January 5, 2016