Published 11:28 IST, June 14th 2020

Pakistan TV anchors' in-show juice-drinking goes viral; advertising format gets trolled

A Pakistan news channel on Friday was seen enthusiastically peddling a juice brand during their primetime news bulletin at 9 pm, with the format creating buzz

Reported by: Ananya Varma
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As Pakistan struggles to handle Coronavirus pandemic with rising cases and death tolls, a Pakistani news channel on Friday was seen enthusiastically peddling a juice brand by taking in-show sips during ir primetime news bulletin at 9 pm. anchors of Pakistani news channel 'Abb Takk' were seen sipping juices after a commercial break ended during ir 9-pm prime-time news bulletin shortly after which two anchors began selling juice brand inste of resuming reing news, getting trolled in process. 

"Welcome back. lucky draw, wait, on every 200ml juice pack, get 300 GB super data. Keep buying juice pack, scratch pack and keep winning," said anchors while peddling a juice brand for over 30 seconds post commercial break.

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Earlier a few weeks ago, a Pakistani news channel while spreing misinformation quoted government and claimed that Coronavirus comes out only after 5 pm in country. 

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11:28 IST, June 14th 2020