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World Service,31 Mar 2016,9 mins

Pakistan Ban on Alcohol

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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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