While the nation is at war over the Nargis Fakhri’s ad that appeared in Urdu newspapers yesterday, marketing gurus are describing the move from Mobilink as one of the best in recent times.
It is very unlikely for you to not have noticed the ad, either in papers or on your timelines, but in case you have been living under a rock, Urdu newspapers yesterday went ahead and publish the in-content artwork of Nargis Fakhri holding Mobilink’s Jazz X phone on their front pages.
Below is what the Urdu dailies looked like:
Sunday, usually a slow-news day, became a battlefield for Pakistani nation that took to Twitter and Facebook to share the ad and of course the commentary to express their intellection.
Nargis Fakhri, Mobilink and Newspapers trended several times over the past few hours where most people shared negative reviews about what they saw on their timelines.
Others appreciated Mobilink for stirring the pot and gaining maximum possible attention, as every individual shared the artwork on their timelines. Newspapers were, however, crushed for publishing anything for some bucks.
Below is a poll, where you can express yourself about the the said ad:
Also Read: 27 Hilarious Responses to Nargis Fakhri AD in Urdu Newspapers
And here are few of the reactions from Twitter:
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
This is shameful. For those using a (photo shopped) woman as a tool to sell phones. And the seths 4 printing it. pic.twitter.com/ipvLTwqMWi
— Sana Bucha (@sanabucha) December 20, 2015
Who knew Nargis Fakhri's curves would make people go to war?!
#Mobilink #aagayahaix
— Haadeashka. (@HaadeaP) December 20, 2015
Battle lines are now drawn up over this ad in jang daily. Lol
— Zarrar Khuhro (@ZarrarKhuhro) December 20, 2015
One picture of Nargis Farkhri and the whole country goes bonkers.
— Iftikhar Firdous (@IftikharFirdous) December 20, 2015
#ShukriyaNargisFakhri AAJ poora #Pakistan aik hi page per agayee hai wo b Jang NewsPaper ke front page per.. Nargis Fakhri
@NargisFakhri
— Mirza Fawaz Baig (@arabianbrat) December 20, 2015
Mobilink ad team will get a raise, after winning so many hearts and minds. =)
— Abdullah Saad (@kursed) December 20, 2015
Why so much cribbing and whining about the 'indecent' Mobilink ad. Honestly it could have been a LOT worse! #Pakistan
— Sarah Rizvi (@sarahrizvi) December 20, 2015
Today's Jang….-Journalism??? pic.twitter.com/7jQcjw4QTi
— Javed Iqbal (@JavedIqbalReal) December 20, 2015
The people who call #NargisFakhri 's ad in #Jang inappropriate should check their browsing history first.
— Tanzeel Farooqui (@TRFarooqui) 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
Today's front pages #Express #Jang.Pak Media under fire on social media however #Mobilink has got wht it wanted pic.twitter.com/hbPHsElRbZ
— Syed Anser Abbas (@AnserAbbas) December 20, 2015
Nargis Fakhri is a beautiful woman. The end.
— Mata Hari (@LifeofSigh) December 20, 2015
A moment to appreciate all those who realised that Nargis is holding a phone in that advertisement.
— Mahnoor Ahmed (@MahnooriAhmed) December 20, 2015
All those complaining about Nargis's ad: Have you ever seen the posters for the Punjabi movies in that same newspaper?
— Mahnoor Ahmed (@MahnooriAhmed) December 20, 2015
At least i find Nargis Fakhri's pic hot & alluring. No idea, why are people disliking it.
— Anique (@AntiqueAniqoO) December 20, 2015
To be fair @Mobilink ad is a reflection of us as a society. We objectify women in our literature, references & traditions. We are all guilty
— Jibran Nasir (@MJibranNasir) December 20, 2015
So What's next X Factor? Kim Kardashian to replace Nargis Fakhri :D #AaRahaHaiX #JazzX #Mobilink #Viral #Pakistan pic.twitter.com/Ar3b7C8A3b
— Danish Mughal (@danishmandd) December 20, 2015
Daily #Jang competing with daily evening special…. Kya time agaya hai pic.twitter.com/6uNu5maqf5
— Farrukh Siddiqui (@FarrukhSiddiqui) December 20, 2015
And some were strong enough with their observations:
What’s the purpose of this useless post anyway?
ٹھیرکیوں کو ایک ٹھرک مل گیا …. اب اس کو مشہور کروا کر چھوڑیں گے
mobilink is telco, this blog is for telco, y this useless comment ? u should read daily ummat instead.
Ummat is my favorite news paper, Mr tissue paper.
phir tum molvi burqa abdul aziz ko abu b kehtay hou gay lolzzz
Juan Raza
Yes , aap ka.
lol abu ko abu kehtay howai sharam ati hai, apki ami afia saddiqi nae lagta hai kuch sakhaya nahe
I support mobilink..down with mullahism
Rule of thumb: Anything acceptable for your sister/mother is generally acceptable. Since you probably happy with butts curve showcasing of your sister; should be fine for you this ad too.
Tungi beta tu kahan sey apni pungi bajaney agaya? yehi jaga mili thi tujhey apna manjan beechney k liye?
Qadyani spoted
Nup…think again
Dude what’s your problem ?
My problem is you Hamza Qadyani MC
down with pseudo liberalism
Ok hw to bcme cmplete liberal?
Mullahism=terrorism=talibanism. The world hates pakistan as it is very conservative and so tourists do not come here. And we also get bad press throughout the world. Because of issues like these. Mullahs like ansar chaprasi wwant ta make pakistan another somalia
Go back to your swamp in Rabwah.
Sorry to burst your bubble…but im not an ahmedi. Nor a shia/christian/westerner. And yes beggars like our country are infamous for alot many things and behayai is not one of them.
Now I know, you belonged to a country where they lynched people for eating meat, a country without toilet for millions and also you are the biggest beggars in the world
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-17362837
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/India-top-recipient-of-US-economic-aid/articleshow/48093123.cms
Read both articles of your Country, yes we are not morally corrupt and their is no “indecency”, you are one of the top countries where raping any women is normal.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/17/indian-police-investigate-gang-rape-of-american-tourist
https://www.rt.com/news/european-tourist-raped-india-683/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/11400731/Japanese-tourist-says-raped-by-India-tour-guide.html
http://indianexpress.com/tag/delhi-foreigner-raped/
and we don’t have a Terrorist Prime Minister,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_barred_or_excluded_from_the_United_States
and their are so many things, not to mention horrific crime of India’s RAW was killings of more than 130 students of Army Public School Peshawar, and this crime will bring India down, we promise it.
Ansar chaprasi expected mullana Abdul Aziz pic in the same pose then he would have appreciated it.
aray bhai yeh “ansar chaprassi” kon hai ????
U r one hell of a bad judge buddy
“The world hates pakistan as it is very conservative and so tourists do not come here.” = You clearly have no clue about pakistan, its society and tourists industry here. not true at all.
“We get bad press because of issues like theses …..” very very stretch of imagination” Kindly link one or two such sources and please be recent and specific and BTW Who cares
Mullahs like Ansar… WTF. Anybody who dares to dislike some thing due to his own ideals is Mullah 2xWTF photos like these will some how help us not to become “Somalia” hahahahahaha gr8.
1 question for all u who support this liberal fascism/psudo liberalism or whatever it is called.
How much developed India has become by promoting nudity and vulgarity ????
“marketing gurus” = money whores
when i open 3g network, it downloads apps from playstore as well as browse websites also, but when it cames towards playing youtube videos, it stuck on loading sign, and for torrent, it stuck on calculating but does not starts.
My carrier is mobilink
Anyone please help me
Mobilink network is sh*tbag full of poo. Switch network.
dem curves though ?( ▀ ͜͞ʖ▀?)
Sorry dude. Nice try. Im not even indian/raw. Im sunni pakistani male. With some brains
see, we are Islamic Republic of Pakistan not a liberal country, we are Muslims
My friend you need to get your bearings right, no one can help out of your dystopia, we are all Pakistani, our country isnt to blame, its people we should blame, if you cant see this ad with your mother and sister in nationwide newspaper and TV ads and commercial, then stop blaming religious figure, they aren’t in the ad, we are talking about indecency no militancy.
Thats the problem. We should not be a Islamic state. We should drclare ourself as Neutral nation like many other modern countries. To make people views good towards our country. To stop mullahism.
or a simpler solution would be that people like u should move to more “Neutral” countries as u are not more than 0.1% of the society
Sunni Pakistani Male with some bheens brains surely :P Coz agr brain hota to sahi ko sahi aur ghalat ko ghalat kehny ki himmat bhe hoti.
I think thts the problem wid pakistanis like u nt me
hahahahah tu sunni nahi “Sunny leaon ka bhai likhna cha raha tha”
Joke mara hai bara?
your sense of humor is expired please buy a new one !
aacha Hamza Qadayani tu rakhi sawant ka bhai ha phir
takffiri wahabai najdi spoted
aik doosray per tuhmat laganey sey pehley soch tau lo kiya kar rahey ho? agar woh qadyanee nahin hua to kufr tum per lot kar aye ga!!
firqon sey zara hut jao (ahmedi firqa nahin hain, mein shiya whabi ki baat kar raha hoom) logon ko jeeney do, aur hood bhi jiyo!
sunnis? are the worst.. our aqeedah is right but we do not practice! see wahabis and shias and even ahmedis running for the mosques? sunnis just sit and watch TV, cricket etc etc…
If you had brains you would know clothes that reveal your outline are still haram! there is a hadeeth of Prophet Muhammed that says people will be wearing clothes and still seem nude!!
Qaid-e-azam would be turning in his grave because he created this nation so we could practise our religion freely not indulge in vulgarity!!
hahaahhahhaah… have been in laughing fits since yesterday.. LMAO Mobilink Imma gonna buy bunch load of sims now. a just reward for trolling our purestani Mulla-fascism :) :D
pseudo liberal spoted
alright.. Neo-Conservative.
Moral policing at it’s best.
Live and let others live, morons!
No Comments!
Allah maaf karay, aur hamain hidayat de… me to bas yehi keh sakta hon :(
We have to get rid of this hypocrisy….Ppl in pakistan watch bollywood movies many of which are way cheaper than this ad…yet they become jihadis on fb and twitter. ….stop this hypocrisy…media sells what ppl want to see. …and trust me in cinemas these are the same ppl who are shouting at her item number…..
At least if you’re not a “Begharat” you will not go and watch vulgar movies with family. People like us can’t share such newspapers with our sisters and mother at home. Hypocrisy is being done by people like you who are wannabe westerns and still living in Pakistan.
A Job well done!
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
I personally feel that there’s nothing wrong & we all should appreciate the efforts.
I don’t want to discuss anything!! Just want to laugh at the title of Propakistani!! LOL!! CURVE hahaha!!!
Nargis Fakhri looks absolutely stunning…. Must say *udham* yaaar :)
What the hell is wrong?
If our minds are not clean then why are we objectifying it.
Enough with the crap!!!!
They wanted to get this ad viewed as many times as possible right? Mission accomplished.
???
shitstorm in the comments section in 3..2.. :D
Dear Mobilink’s market team … is it you are selling your mobile phone or your mother and sister with this type of curves
Shame on the marketing Team of mobilink
I would oppose this sort of ads. I will not like that this paper would reach my home.
Last one is funny!
Wel its a beautiful creation and marketing strategy. Like it
Pakistani people are aholes who have nothing better to do….women are not ur property.
u r ryt dude!.. you pakistani ppl’s r so cheap..koi bhi ladki ka naam badnaam krne pe tule rhete hai..
respect girlz.. woh jo bhi kare itz her life..
Well they certainly got the publicity that they wanted.
now same cheap tactics are used by propakistani to get hits on their website, I am sure you are getting all time high hits on this page right now.
Ye Ansaar chaprasi taliban aur extremism k khilaaf to nae bola kabi :D…Nargis fakhri iski behn lagti hai shayed?, tharki molvi hahaha
jitni takleef ansar abbasi aur orya jaan ko howi hai es ad se , endono ko raat konapni biwya b nargis fakhri lag rahen hiun gi, so the million dollar question is , what will anasar abbasi do ? resign or begirat ban jai ga ?
Don’t know if anyone noticed this but there is a Quranic verse written on that very same page. It’s not the first time this happened. Infact, they post more stupid photos almost daily on the front page in their magazine advertisement.
گھٹیا، تھرڈ کلاس فون بیجنے کے لئے موبلی لنک کی اس سے بھی گھٹیا حرکت۔۔۔ کم از کم کچھ ملکی اقدار کا پاس رکھتا۔۔۔ شیم شیم شیم ☺ ☻ ☻ ☺
I remember back
in the days when Jazz was literally considered as a tycoon amongst all the
other telecom brands out there. Most of my friends and family members would
have Jazz sim. It’s like Jazz was your go-to sim back then; it always had a
hometown feel to it. #JazzIsBack and now there’s going to be more action in terms of competition.
cheap tactic by cheap managment that used to be so great some ys back
so true
Astagfirullah. I find their lack of Islamic knowledge extremely disturbing. Parents ki galti or results dekho :D
May Allah give Hidaya to Mobilink management.
This ad is clearly showing the cheap mentality of Mobilink Commercial team & their management. In order to gain focus of the public they used these tactics. Because being ummah we are all dead, that is why this type of acts are not impacting us. Its of no use to kill already dead nation.
Allah will definitely give reward to everyone involved in this act. “The day” is not far away.
Ab ye nargis fakhri kon hai ???
And the match between mullahs and liberals in the comment section starts now ;)
Uhm… Here is y so called liberals have a prob with conservatives…these conservatives fail to show outrage when An ahmedi is killed, a minority is killed or any innocent is killed anywhere when thr cause happens to be a muslim. Everything for them is an attack on muslims, be it a suicide bombing on a mosque or a nude model in a tv ad. Everything from condom ads to supposed vulgarity is a west’s conspiracy rather thana figment of their imagination. So in this case too pakistanis are as usual angry selectively.
As far as the bad press is concerned. Search time magazines article on this. We are shown as a joke whenever we do something like this. Take the example of mumtaz qadri and pakistanis love affair witha murderer and misused law. Bad press again.
I was correct u have no clue of Pakistan and its problems. Pyaray bhai if u open ur eyes and see objectively we “were” having problems with law and order situation here and every one from non muslims, Ahmadis, Shias, Sunnis were killed. Infact highest percentage of the killed people were from the majority Sunni sect and the killers dont see the sect at the first place and those who kill based on sect are dealt severely by LEA. look up M@lik 1shaq. The sect based killings are a dying phenomenon in Pakistan and so is the extreme mindset. Law and order situation is improving.
Only an insane will defend Mumt@z Qadr1 and those represent 1% of the insane populace.
On the other hand for those who rely blindly on western media are also MAD. BTW u originally said we get bad press from west because of issues “like these” but then turned to Qadri which is altogether a different topic.
The prob with west promoters is that they depend only on nudity(supposed freedom) of the women and freedom of speech like foolish and stale concepts to promote their views, and after that they go BLANK ;)
Nup. Western media rules the world for building a positive image of a country. Be it from tourism, economy or investment, almost every investor makes up a mind relying on western media. Money and technology is in the west. Thus being shown negatively in western media is quite a disaster, so ofcourse we have to rely on it. Qadri was just an example of bad press we have been getting in the past few years.
Let me understand, We will promote vulgarity(supposed “open mindedness”), Western media will favor us and build our “positive image” and we will somehow develop ??? LMAO
“Fear of Bad Press” should not make us leave our true identity.
This kinda slave mentality will get us no where.
There are plenty of examples of nations ignoring the western media altogether and flourishing without a problem like China, Turkey and Venzuala to name a few.
Secondly, The crazy lunatic mentality of extremist like Q@dr1 is wrong but this does not make left hand liberals any better then them and they are equally Crazy.
CHANGE THE NAME OF PEMRA and NAME IT AS “MEDIA PIMP”. Vote / thumbs up if you agree! because they do not carre what’s going on in dramas and morning shows with such seductive acts, vulgar open talks. naked chests of ladies etc. you people all know this!
PEMRA => MEDIA PIMP.
Agree?
http://www.express.com.pk/epaper/index.aspx?Issue=NP_LHE&Page=FRONT_PAGE&Date=20151228&Pageno=1&View=1
check the bottom area below model, in the ORAGE bar.
“quad core, yani dogna tez, 2 hazar sasta, Ishtehar bhi chup ker dekhnay ki zaroorat nahi.”