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‘Pizza Gate’: Why Pakistan’s Khawaja Asif Is Being Trolled for Inaugurating a Pizza Outlet

Pizza Hut Pakistan disowned the Sialkot outlet as unauthorised and fraudulent, with only 16 official stores nationwide, prompting a trademark misuse complaint.

  • Recently, Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif inaugurated a Pizza Hut-branded outlet in Sialkot Cantonment, which Pizza Hut Pakistan later disowned as unauthorised and fraudulent and said it filed a complaint.
  • The outlet used Pizza Hut's red roof logo to present itself as the international franchise, but Pizza Hut Pakistan said the Sialkot branch is not authorised or associated with the brand.
  • A red carpet ribbon-cutting showed Defence Minister Khawaja Asif smiling for cameras as photographs and video clips quickly went viral, sparking meme posts on social media.
  • Pizza Hut Pakistan urged customers to verify official locations through authorised channels and warned the Sialkot outlet is not associated with Pizza Hut or Yum! and lacks their quality standards.
  • Khawaja Asif's recent fake Pizza Hut outlet inauguration in Sialkot sparked online ridicule, with social media commentators calling it 'fake minister, fake outlet' after Pizza Hut Pakistan disowned the store on January 21, 2026.
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TechJuice broke the news in on Tuesday, January 20, 2026.
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