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Plagiarising fashion: FIA recovers fake Sana Safinaz outfits during Karachi raids

FIA books a cloth merchant under Copy Rights Act for producing and distributing illegal copies of the outfits

Faraz Khan August 04, 2015

the actual sana safinaz 039 s suits at an outlet photo ayesha mir express

The actual Sana Safinaz's suits at an outlet. PHOTO: AYESHA MIR/ EXPRESS

KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday raided a shop at the popular Tariq Road market and recovered thousands of fake branded suits worth millions of rupees.

According to details, the Sana Safinaz’s fake suits were found at a shop. Cloth merchant, Mehboob, who is allegedly responsible for producing the fake and replica suits was arrested by the agency.

FIA has registered a case against the culprit under Copy Rights Act since he was involved in imitating Sana Safinaz’s suits and distributing them in the market.

It is considered a crime to infringe the copyrights of owner of any art related work and the law of Pakistan imposes high fine on the offenders over it.

COMMENTS (7)

Sufian | 9 years ago | Reply There are also one more huge quantity fake brand maker in bolten market bombay bazar road also in dupatta gali tariq road….

Mahira Ali | 9 years ago | Reply May i add, there are hundreds of designers replicas sold online, stating clearly the brand.So that doesn't fall into this plagiarizing fashion category????

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Mahira Ali | 9 years ago | Reply I'm not against the FIA going after copycats etc...but my God we ave so many other more important serious issues...i mean the list is endless. Facts are when our designers are copying international brands whose to keep a check on them?

Shanzeh | 9 years ago | Reply So when Sana Safinaz copy all their designs from international designers such as Zara it's perfectly ok but when a poor shopkeeper replicates replicated products suddenly he should be help accountable? Money Money money.

KMangi | 9 years ago | Reply FIA is finding ways to work around the clock by raiding multiples big names, instead of raiding those who are giving fake copyright/trademark registrations. They should start checking copyright/trademark/logo-TM registrations of each and every small company, they will be busy for next few years

Gullu | 9 years ago | Reply LOL all of a sudden copyright laws are being enforced for the rich and famous designers. I wonder how much they paid to get this done?

Mir Ali | 9 years ago | Reply Kudos to the FIA !! nation expects more and just actions from its institutions.

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