Careem’s ad campaigns always get a lot of reactions if nothing else.
Careem’s campaigns are always very interesting. From getting Rishta aunties on board to making celebrities captains for a day; they have done quite a lot and always managed to surprise their audience.
With their latest ad campaign Careeem have certainly captured a lot of peoples’ attention… but not in a good way
What a complete stupidity. What are you teaching our younger generation! If you nothing good to teach then shutup. #Careem #PakistanZindabad #Islam pic.twitter.com/UnbtGECLWa
— afshan ammad (@AfshanAmmad) March 18, 2019
It’s getting so much attention it’s the number one trending topic on Pakistani Twitter right now
What seems to have pissed all of people is one of the images, with the bride, and how that ad is apparently “going against” Pakistani culture.
The message along with the image says ‘Apni shaadi se bhaagna ho tou Careem Bike karo!’, is basically talking about the runaway bride. From my understanding, at least, it goes with Careem’s usual cheeky humor but a lot of people don’t seem to be too appreciative right now.
@CareemPAK Such a pathetic add, doesn't depict Pak culture in any sense. I won't travel by Careem in future. #Shamecareem
— Maverick (@Hawkdown3) March 18, 2019
Shamefull. #Careem https://t.co/g7E3RfoiSk
— Mubin Ahmed (@MubinMalik13) March 18, 2019
Not sure what feminist aunties would make out if it, but I haven't seen a more disgraceful add towards women….this is advertising at it lowest moral ebb… I suppose sisters and wifes to be of careem employees would be the first to avail this wonderful service…..#careem pic.twitter.com/SzySzkupaR
— Ashar Zaidi (@Asharzaidi78) March 18, 2019
Even Veena Malik was upset… ok sis…
Dnt play with our Norms and culture For ur Business Here…find some sensible script which will get Careem some respect not attention! #Careem
— VEENA MALIK (@iVeenaKhan) March 18, 2019
And this was just one of the many ads in the campaign Careem has launched to promote their ‘Careem Bike’
Tbh, I do think the ad with Abhinandan is in bad taste but I honestly don’t find problems with the rest of the advertisements.
The one everyone is upset over, depicting the ‘runaway bride’ just shows a bride that; a bride choosing to run away… how is that an issue? I would have a bigger issue with a woman being forced to marry someone she doesn’t want to. How is a woman running away from a marriage she doesn’t want to enter something which is against our culture… oh wait. We thrive on oppressing our women and taking away their right to make any decision which has a direct effect on their lives. Gotcha. Yep, in that way, the ad is definitely against our culture.
We spoke to Careem about their intentions with this ad and here’s what we were told
“At Careem we believe in doing things the fun-way so we did that through highlighting some fun use cases of booking a bike. The idea was to grab attention and show how Careem Bike can be used in any situation, any kind of emergency”, so there you have it, the company was using humor. In no way were they encouraging women to run away from their weddings.
Thankfully, some people saw the humor in the advertisement too
– Runaway bride orders Careem
– Waiting time: 2 minutes; &bride orders Careem*
– CAPTAIN IS COMPLETING A RIDE NEARBY
– *Careem icon stays in the same spot for 15 minutes, only moving around*
– *Runaway Bride is discovered* https://t.co/Yd57EpAae6— Qasim Ahsan (@smqasimahsan) March 18, 2019
Can’t literally fathom the disgust and agitation shown by our people, have some humour and get a life. #Careem
— Tentacion (@twosaggis) March 18, 2019
What do you think about Careem’s ad? Let us know in the comments below.
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