US airs ad against film on Pakistan TV

The US government has bought television advertising slots in Pakistan denouncing the recent controversial anti-Islam video amid huge new demonstrations near the US embassy in Islamabad.

The advert includes statements by President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, secretary of state, criticizing the film trailer that has been blamed for an explosion of anti-American violence in Muslim countries over the last 10 days. The publicity offensive in Pakistan comes as the White House is facing fierce questioning over the circumstances around the attack on the consulate in Benghazi that led to the death of Christopher Stevens, the US ambassador to Libya. The White House on described the incident as a “terrorist attack.”