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Pakistan Ban on Alcohol

In the spring of 1977, just weeks before he was removed from office, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto introduced a ban on alcohol for Pakistan's muslim population. But did prohibition stop Pakistanis from drinking?

(Photo: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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Thu 31 Mar 201607:50GMT
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