The intoxicated individuals were taken to a hospital by relatives, but two died enroute, while the rest died later in the hospital.
Police claim to have arrested the man involved in producing the illegal liquor.
Earlier this year, Multan Police had carried out raids on factories producing illegal liquor and rearrested several people who were released soon after their arrest using their contacts.
In October, 13 other people died after taking poisonous liquor during a gathering in Karachi. According to police officials, they all died after imbibing an excessive quantity of toxic liquor.
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well I live in a foreign country where alcohol is premitted. Neither me nor any of my musim friends ever went to purchase alcohol. I guess we have a strong faith which cannot be broken by looking at a couple of bottles of liquor. Why don't Pakistanis who promote themselves as the biggest saviours of Islam and whatnot allow the sale of alcohol if their faith is so strong I am sure all the liquor companies will never come here themselves because they know that no one is going to buy their merchandise here. Anyway Alcohol ban is just for show in Pakistan alcohol is readily available for the rich even for the middle class who want to obtain it.
@JustAnotherPakistani: Maybe when my IQ reach single digit I will understand your rationale of finding back doors in laws.
@Khan: Free to advocate alcoholism but not free to stop alcoholism. Your argument is invalid.
@ Moise
I want to drink alcohol, who are u you to stop me?!
As per my knowledge alcohol was legally available all over the country till mid 70's. There were 3 ppl out of 10 who consumed alcohol. Now it is 9. Plus we are trading liquor with india inexchange of gold, and indian govt have already legalised that. In Pakistan, already quality liquor is produced, Murree Brewery and Indus Beverages.The business should be legalised and strict laws should apply same as in arab countries, to those who are caught doing drunk driving or in strange form.
@Maher Ali As recently as the late 70s alcohol was legally available in the land of the pure. It was ZAB, trying to be more Catholic than the Pope, who first outlawed alcohol after winning a dodgy election and facing street protest. There are many other things that can be laid upon ZAB's table but that's another story.
@Moise your religion proscribes alcohol - so be it, perhaps my version doesn't. Why should you control what I should do or not do as long as it isn't harming you? I'm sure eating dogs is prohibited in Islam. Does that mean go out and shoot all dogs? Doesn't your God expect you to show moderation and not eat dogs? Or should the republic pass an explicit law against the consumption of dogs, punishable with a fine, jail term, etc..?
@Moise: He never said anything about halal or haram ... but about legality of something in Pakistan penal code ... It is for Allah to forgive some one for their sins or punish them not for us... Why are we policing others and forcing them to do what WE like them to do. As long as its a personal thing no one should force others how to think or act.
Well death is always a tradegy but I am just trying to appraise myself of the sort of wedding it was where liquor was served.
I do not even know to feel sorry for the deceased as infact death is a tradegy and here no one else is responsible but themselves.
@JustAnotherPakistani: I agree with you. We cannot simply ban alcohol and pretend that we have rid our society of associated evils. Not true, in fact, ridding of Alcohol has given rise to a higher use of hard, life-impairing drugs and has promoted a large black market of lethal home-brews that kills thousands every year.
Think for a second, if we need a government enforced ban to keep our hands off the Alcohol then where do we really stand in terms of our religious morality anyway?
Sad indeed
@ JustAnotherPakistani. I agree to your thought. This country is no more ISLAMIC country and we all know the alcohol can be purchased easily. I think in 60's in Khi buying alcohol was permissible and they had bars. Those who want to drink can go to bars and have it.
@JustAnotherPakistani: Who are you to make it halal?
Isn't it time that alcohol be made legal in this benighted republic? The rich people have absolutely no problem in acquiring high-quality, safe alcohol. It's the poor who often die after consuming poisonous moonshine. If you're opposed to alcohol on religious grounds then don't drink it by all means. Don't enforce your own morality on other people.
Live and let live.