SHC orders closure of wine shops across province

Chief Justice of Sindh High Court Sajjad Ali Shah on Thursday ordered the provincial government to shut all liquor shops and prepare a strategy according to law to regulate the sale of alcohol. The order came during the hearing of a petition filed by patron of Pakistan Hindu Council and member of the National Assembly Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, who argued before the honourable court that alcohol was being wrongfully sold in the name of non-Muslims.
He urged that the sale of alcohol beverages without regulation is violation of Article 37(h) and Hudood Ordinance, under the Constitution of Pakistan. Dr Ramesh Vankwani also proposed to adopt the biometric verification process in this regard. "A bill has already been presented to the National Assembly for the amendment of Article 37(h), so that sale of alcohol in the name of non-Muslims could be restricted," he informed.