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
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.
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.