Islamic Republic of Pakistan, where liquor is completely prohibited. No one can drink liquor in public places, not even in the parties. All this is on paper, but the fact is liquor is consumed heavily in Pakistan. Murree is the only legal brewery in Pakistan , where liquor is produced and if you have a license then you can buy liquor from the government store and drink it.
The author of ‘Kitne Pakistan’, renowned Hindi story writer Kamleshwar after returning from Pakistan said, in India liquor is available in shops while in Pakistan it is available in each and every home. It is well known that after the fall of East Pakistan, the religious parties accused the top Army Generals’ liking of ‘wine and women’ as one of the causes of Pakistan’s defeat in the war. Consequently, in 1974, Prime Minister Bhutto banned liquor in army mess halls.This did not have a positive effect as the army officers turned to drugs as an alternate to liquor.
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But now it’s a completely different picture. Of course liquor sale and use is banned in almost all parts of Pakistan but you can get it easily just like hash and weed. First thing is that liquor is only banned for Muslims and non Muslims can easily purchase and consume it. This is for legal market but for the black market it’s easily available. People who drink, have never complained about unavailability of liquor except in Ramadan. According to one study at least 40% of the Pakistanis have consumed liquor willingly at some point in their life. So you can imagine how easily it is available for every one.
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This is some what surprising that Muslims can also get liquor, depending on how much they are willing to spend. Poor people normally rely on some Kachi sharab/desi sharab which is prepared at home. On the other hand, there is elite class which can buy liquor easily from the licensed shops by paying a little extra. These shops are supposed to ask for ID before selling so that they can verify that they are selling to a non-Muslim but we all know how it goes. Karachi has numerous legal wine shops who sell imported liquor and if you have money in your pocket then anything is possible. Looking at this it can be easily assumed, as to which extent liquor is banned in Pakistan.