NYT twitter fumbles over 'Modi, Sharif' on Pak University attack

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif both vehemently condemned the deadly attack on the Bacha Khan University near Peshawar, but the New York Times appeared confused mistaking the former with the premier of the Islamic Republic.

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"Narendra Modi called the university assault in Pakistan a "cowardly attack of the terrorists" #BachaKhanUniversity," The New York Times World tweeted earlier.

But, almost two hours later, they tweeted a correction...

"Correction: Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan called the #BachaKhanUniversity assault a "cowardly attack of the terrorists," the tweet read.

However, most of the internet did not seem to note the seemingly innocent yet significant blunder as the name mix-up went mostly unnoticed.

Earlier, Prime Minister Modi strongly condemned the terror attack at the Pakistani university and offered his condolences to families of the deceased.

Security forces have ended a gun and bomb attack on a university in north-west Pakistan in which 19 people were killed and 17 injured.

Four suspected attackers also died in a battle that lasted nearly three hours at Bacha Khan University in Charsadda.