Is Running Down Molana Tariq Jamil For MTJ Brand Justifiable?
A few days after religious scholar launched his clothing brand, news popped up on social media regarding MTJ selling drawstrings at a hefty price of Rs 550
Religious preacher and scholar Molana Tariq Jamil came under fire by true ‘dyed in the wool’ Pakistani social media critics who slammed MTJ brand for its overpriced products.
A few days after Molana Tariq Jamil launched his clothing brand MTJ, news popped up on social media regarding it selling drawstrings at a hefty price of Rs 550.
MTJ landed in hot waters after the news soread like fire on social media and Pakistanis started moral policing the scholar and his brand.
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However, an official statement maintained that MTJ has never placed any such article for sale on its outlets.
“We would like to clarify that the news is fake. We do not manufacture drawstrings and our stores and website have never placed any such article for sale.”
News360, in an effort to unriddle the controversies, visited MTJ stores and caught out that the prices, alleged by the social media users as extremely high, were actually market competitive.
Other brands of the same stature have starting tag prices of Rs 50,000 for sherwani (long coat usually worn by grooms) however, at MTJ the most expensive and lavish sherwani is on the hangers in the same amount, not beyond that.
Several other articles were witnessed in affordable prices as compared to other brands offering same quality products.
On the other hand, when the brand was inaugurated, the cleric came under attack by Pakistanis for setting up a clothing brand despite being a religious preacher.
However, Molana Tariq Jamil responded to the criticism and maintained that he launched the brand to support his madrassas.
He was of the view that running his madrassas and asking Zakat for the operational services was becoming difficult for him.
Also as clarified by him he is little interested in the profits & want more madaris to start earning their own by doing businesses. https://t.co/w5jCSCjlQb
— Peshawari Elite (@SfeakerSb) May 1, 2021
“When I started madrassas in 2000, it really discomforted me to ask for Zakat,” Maulana Tariq Jamil said.
He added that the religious institutions will be taken forward with the revenue generated by MTJ.
