Absolut Justice

Forget murder, rape, smuggling, terrorism and corruption – in Pakistan drinking liquor is the mother of all crimes

On December 10, a magistrate in Rawalpindi framed charges against one of Pakistan’s leading television artistes, Atiqa Odho, for carrying two bottles of liquor in her luggage while travelling on a domestic flight. If proven guilty, Odho can get a maximum punishment of 30 lashes and two years in prison, which many pious people among us feel is too little for this gravest of grave offences.

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