Shahbaz Gill Urged Fawad Chaudhry to Carve a Policy For Fake Ads
Earlier this year, CCP took action against four companies for misleading customers about their products
Special Assistant to the prime minister, Shahbaz Gill tagged Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry in a post against the prevalent mendacious claims in the advertisements.
Shehbaz Gill urged Fawad Chaudhry to design a policy to curb such advertisements. He was of the view that 80% of commercial of soaps and handwash claim to protect from covid-19.
پاکستان میں صابن شیمپو ڈٹرجنٹ ہینڈ واش ٹوائلٹ کلینر کے 80% اشتہارات مبالغہ آرائی پر مبنی ہیں۔دعوے دیکھیں توکوئی صابن یا ہینڈ واش کرونا کو مارتا ہے تو کسی شیمپو سے بال گرنا بند ہو جاتے ہیں تو کوئی صابن سب سے لمبے عرصے تک جراثیموں سے دور رکھتا ہے۔@fawadchaudhryاس پر پالیسی ضروری ہے
— Dr. Shahbaz GiLL (@SHABAZGIL) June 5, 2021
“Some of the shampoos exaggerate to have a cure for hair loss”, he added.
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The post by Shahbaz Gill urging Fawad Chaudhry garnered different comments from the netizens while most of them backed the suggestion.
First of all control the tetra pack and pesturized milk brands portraying their milk healthy and fresh milk dirty and full of all serious diseases of the world by adding fake footages of milk being handled in filthy ways at Buffalo farms
— Sergeant Doakes (@MaulaaJatt) June 5, 2021
It’s called Marketing and that’s not the government job to tell brands how to do business!!! Unless it’s a hazardous claim
— Khurram Qureshi (@sportsfounder) June 5, 2021
1000 lemu (lemon) ki taqat wala #LemonMax 😛 Banda puchay , Rs. 100 / 250 gram jis mein 10 lemon atay hain, 30 rupay mein 1000 lemu???
Rs. 10 mein tayyar Shampoo, Rs. 300 mein bikta hai yahan
— Waqar Ahmed (@vaqar_malik) June 5, 2021
The competition commission of Pakistan once took action against that exaggerated advertisement and imposed fines on these corporate giants.
— Haider Ali (@haidersays) June 5, 2021
Notably, earlier this year, the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) took action against four companies and show-cause notices were sent to Unilever Pakistan Limited, Kennol Petroleum, Dewan Stores, and Japan Lube for misleading consumers about their products.
