--- description: Everyone from conservative Muslims to feminists all had opinions about it. title: American Model's Cellphone Ad Sparks Outrage in Pakistan image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcfb20905cc1358bb/69887659ab6d77041d6a7ab2/nargis-fakhri-december-2015.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Pakistan](/tag/pakistan/) ## Pakistan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # American Model's Cellphone Ad Sparks Outrage in Pakistan by [Wajahat S. Khan / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Wajahat S. Khan / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 21, 2015 3:53 PM CUT  Model Nargis Fakhri Model Nargis FakhriDavid M. Benett--Getty Images by [Wajahat S. Khan / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Wajahat S. Khan / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 21, 2015 3:53 PM CUT ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A newspaper ad featuring a New York-born model has triggered controversy in the conservative Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Bollywood actress Nargis Fakhri, who appeared as a contestant on _America’s Next Top Model_ set off debate about journalistic ethics, Islam and women’s rights over the weekend. A photo of Fakhri on her stomach and holding a new phone marketed by Mobilink appeared front page of Jang, Pakistan’s most widely circulated Urdu newspaper. The ad was criticized by conservative Muslims, including senior staff at the paper, as well as liberal women’s rights activists. Muslims thought Islamic values had been breached… [_Read the rest of this story from our partners at NBC News._](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-s-model-nargis-fakhris-cellphone-ad-has-pakistan-seeing-n483776?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4156973/nargis-fakhris-ad-controversy-pakistan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4156973/nargis-fakhris-ad-controversy-pakistan/"},"headline":"American Model's Cellphone Ad Sparks Outrage in Pakistan","datePublished":"2015-12-21T15:53:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:32:44.831Z","description":"Pakistani groups from conservative Muslims to feminists had something to say about it","url":"https://time.com/4156973/nargis-fakhris-ad-controversy-pakistan/","keywords":["Pakistan","Advertising","controversy"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcfb20905cc1358bb/69887659ab6d77041d6a7ab2/nargis-fakhri-december-2015.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Wajahat S. Khan / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcfb20905cc1358bb/69887659ab6d77041d6a7ab2/nargis-fakhri-december-2015.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Model Nargis Fakhri","caption":"Model Nargis Fakhri","creditText":"David M. Benett--Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/pakistan/","name":"Pakistan"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4156973/nargis-fakhris-ad-controversy-pakistan/","name":"American Model's Cellphone Ad Sparks Outrage in Pakistan"}}]}] ```