LAHORE (Web Desk) – Pakistanis always need something to talk about. But no one can tell what makes them fume.
This time a TV advertisement featuring Bollywood actress Nargis Fakhri on the front pages of leading Pakistani dailies seems to have done the job.
Many, including journalists, took to Twitter to condemn the ‘obscenity’ of the seemingly innocent ad that simply shows a woman lying down with a phone in her hand.
My strong protest to top jang group management for this absurd front page ad in today’s jang. pic.twitter.com/M5SRc1p3H7
— Ansar Abbasi (@AnsarAAbbasi) December 20, 2015
….you r right, today its front page tomorrow it may be within your column “Kise wakeel karin kis se munsafi chain” https://t.co/BVqVwpbRQx — Matiullah Jan (@Matiullahjan919) December 20, 2015
Some Twitteratis chose to be more rational and focus on bigger issues:
@R00mi1 100 insaan martey hein to mar jaeen laikin larki ko nanga dekh liya to qayamat ajaye geee @AnsarAAbbasi
— EnemyWithin (@AndarkaDushman) December 20, 2015
Woke up to find every 2nd person on my T/L tweeting that Nargis Fakhri front page ad. Offensive or not, advertiser’s mission accomplished — Talat Aslam (@titojourno) December 20, 2015
Now we all know what the creative director had in mind while getting this Jazz Nargis Fakhri shoot done. pic.twitter.com/VdofDcFF0h
— Anas Mallick (@AnasMallick) December 20, 2015
Others simply pointed out the facts:
بالاخر آج قوم کی آنکھیں کھل گئیں۔ https://t.co/ipLT1NqD4F — Mohsin Hijazee (@MohsinHijazee) December 20, 2015
Jang/Geo always talk about Baloch rights but NO ~~curves~~ for Quetta. pic.twitter.com/yvZamlFHtH
— Altaf B. (@AltafBe) December 20, 2015
Imagine if this was some Pashto movies actress. ? pic.twitter.com/SA0ssfiEjf — Haseeb (@HaseebTheShah) December 20, 2015
میرا احتجاج جنگ گروپ سے تب تک جاری رہے گا جبتک پہلے والی فوٹو ہٹا کر یہ نہ لگائی گئی ، انصار عباسی pic.twitter.com/c1bZ16T3Vy
— Broken News (@NewsParodyPk) December 20, 2015
What do you have to say about the advertisement?
