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Don’t Cry For Me, Mr Ad Man

By Huma Imtiaz 13 January 2010 5 Comments

Pakistan is not known for its spelling skills. And judging by some of the advertisments that were published this year by the country’s utilities and politicians, neither will it be known for its groundbreaking advertising.

Here you can view five of the advertisements that had the country hanging its head in embarrassment.

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The PML-Q feels left out. That, or Chaudhry Shujaat and Pervaiz Elahi missed seeing their pictures in local dailies. While in power, the PML-Q leaders ensured that at every opportunity, they bombarded local dailies and electronic media outlets with advertisements featuring their achievements. It seems, that for the lack of anything else to say, they decided to tell off the PML-N. Hardly statesmen-like, but then, when have politicians ever desisted from taking pot shots at each other?

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Seema said:

Newsline’s new website is wonderful. I have been reading the magazine since Razia Bhatti started it and it is great to see new writers like Huma Imtiaz and other follow her footsteps by pointing out follies of government with humor not anger.

# 14 January 2010 at 5:42 am

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# 14 January 2010 at 11:38 am

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# 14 January 2010 at 1:26 pm

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# 14 January 2010 at 4:25 pm

Hamza said:

You know, with their reputation for incompetence, many Karachites have a knee jerk reaction to anything KESC says. Still, having said that, this is actually a decent ad, doesn’t appear to have any typos, and does appear to promote a more sustainable lifestyle. What’s wrong with it? Putting it in the same category as the hillarious Agha Siraj Durrani ad might be a bit unfair.

# 22 January 2010 at 4:42 am