Is alcohol available for pakistani military personnel?

[third eye]

thank u for the clarification...In india military is the largest organised consumer of alcohol and its a pretty big problem here..
Military is top liquor guzzler

Why is it a problem ?

 

[khabib]

Banning alchol is good..!! You know.. alcholism is serious issue among the armed forces in india. But don't you guys get alcohol at all in pakistan.. is it banned completely????

I know it is a serious problem among the BSF soldiers. Lot of them enter BD while drunk and caught by the BDR or BD villagers. Most of the time Villagers beat them up and BDR rescue them.

 

[Elmo]

May be the title should be changed to: Alcohol, the military personnel and the left-outs


If alcoholism is such an issue, why isn't the central command doing anything?

 

[MastanKhan]

Is alcohol available for pakistani military personnel ? I think it was available until 1960-70's . Is it still available for military personnel ?

Hi,

Can the fish swim without water!!! Those who need it---will get it.

 

[mshoaib61]

$220mn alcohol sale brings cheer to the government
KARACHI: Pakistan earned $220mn on export of 0.3mn tonnes of alcohol up to October 31 while another 50,000 tonnes of alcohol is expected to be exported during the November-December period.
Pakistan, where alcohol consumption by Muslims is banned by law, produced 2.6mn tonnes of molasses during the 2007-08 sugarcane crushing season and on adding 50,000 tons of carry-over stocks at terminals and an equal quantity at the mills, the total available stocks of molasses stood at 2.761mn tonnes.
Industry and export sources say since conversion ratio of molasses to alcohol stands at 5:1 (five tonnes of molasses required to produce one tonne of alcohol), the estimated requirement of distilleries stood at 1.65mn tonnes for molasses.
The sources said alcohol prices in the world market remained on the upper side during 2008 which enabled Islamabad to earn more foreign exchange through exports. After touching around $800 per tonne, alcohol prices receded back to $600 per tonne.
Consequently, on exporting around 312,000 tonnes up to October 31, 2008, at an average price of $725 per tonne, Pakistan managed to earn around $220mn through export of alcohol.
According to industry sources, the country exported 190,585 tonnes of alcohol last year (2006-07) and earned $112mn at an average price $550 per tonne.
“With the advent of each sugarcane crushing season, Pakistan had been exporting millions of tonnes of molasses at throwaway prices to European countries and Japan,” Kasim Hashim, the chairman of the Terminal Association of Pakistan, said. However, for the last several years it is being converted into three grades of alcohol – fuel or anhydrous, neutral or extra neutral and industrial or rectified ethanol Hashim said presently 16 distilleries are operating in Pakistan at 60% capacity although as more and more distilleries are coming up every year, there has been a constant rise in export of alcohol.
During 2004, Pakistan exported 99,711 tonnes of alcohol, but in the subsequent year, the figure jumped to 122,104 tonnes. After exporting around 255,812 tonnes last year (2007), Pakistan is now poised to export a record volume of 350,000 tonnes of alcohol this year (2008), he maintained. He said around 9,000 tonnes of alcohol had been exported this year through ISO containers which were the latest method for haulage of liquid cargo.
Hashim said that ISO containers/tank are filled with alcohol from distilleries and loaded on trailers for direct loading on to ships. These tanks are air-tight and expensive because they are first cleaned by steam and are used only after survey is carried out. The industry is encouraging use of ISO tanks because they are fast for haulage of liquid cargo and are also easy to handle.
Presently they are mostly reaching Dubai, but in coming years will encourage their use for Middle East and Africa, he added.
Export of alcohol is being hindered by congestion at the Karachi Port where tanker ships have to wait for their turn for several days, resulting in heavy demurrage charges. This is also draining out valuable foreign exchange because demurrage is paid in dollars, TAP Secretary Sultan Ahmed said. — Internews

Source: Gulf Times ? Qatar?s top-selling English daily newspaper - Pakistan/Afghanistan

 

[IndianSuperpower]

I got bit confused here with the comments.

Can anyone tell me is it banned legally?

Are there pubs and disc in Pakistan as we have in Delhi and Bangalore. (Bangalore has started being called city of pubs now.)

 

[TaimiKhan]

I got bit confused here with the comments.

Can anyone tell me is it banned legally?

Are there pubs and disc in Pakistan as we have in Delhi and Bangalore. (Bangalore has started being called city of pubs now.)

Yes legally it is banned in Pakistan, no sale publicly nor any pubs. But off course available as a black market item if you know the places.

As for local production, few licenses have been issued to breweries for export & sale to local hotels for foreigners.

 

[IndianSuperpower]

Yes legally it is banned in Pakistan, no sale publicly nor any pubs. But off course available as a black market item if you know the places.

As for local production, few licenses have been issued to breweries for export & sale to local hotels for foreigners.

So it is available in Hotel bars?

And what about discs.... Are they allowed?

 

[TaimiKhan]

So it is available in Hotel bars?

And what about discs.... Are they allowed?

Major hotels only,where foreigners stay, not every hotel. Discs u mean discos ?? Well i doubt Pakistan has a publicly known disco in operation, no such concept here, if there is some by chance illegally, won't be selling legally, illegally it may have.

 

[IndianSuperpower]

Major hotels only,where foreigners stay, not every hotel. Discs u mean discos ?? Well i doubt Pakistan has a publicly known disco in operation, no such concept here, if there is some by chance illegally, won't be selling legally, illegally it may have.

yaa i meant discos.... sorry for the local lingo.

Here disc and pubs are very popular. Over the weekend you have to stand in big ques to get the entry and quite pricy.

If you wanna booze around what can be better than Goa. Beaches, Drinks, Discos, Pubs and parties



Sorry for being off topic

 

[Elmo]

Yes legally it is banned in Pakistan, no sale publicly nor any pubs. But off course available as a black market item if you know the places.

As for local production, few licenses have been issued to breweries for export & sale to local hotels for foreigners


While alcohol is banned, you do have licensed wine shops in major cities that are open during the day (and not night) and do roaring business. They are supposed to sell the stuff to local and foreign non-Muslims only but we all know how it works out.

 

[IndianSuperpower]

Yes legally it is banned in Pakistan, no sale publicly nor any pubs. But off course available as a black market item if you know the places.

As for local production, few licenses have been issued to breweries for export & sale to local hotels for foreigners


While alcohol is banned, you do have licensed wine shops in major cities that are open during the day (and not night) and do roaring business. They are supposed to sell the stuff to local and foreign non-Muslims only but we all know how it works out.

So if people want to have it let them have it. It is not something which comes under Narcotics or something. What I mean to say is like we cannot force people to follow a particular pattern. Drinking is against Islam but if people still want to continue there is no point of stopping them

 

[Gin ka Pakistan]

US bans alcohol at army bases in Afghanistan

A top US commander has banned alcohol at its headquarters in Kabul after troops were found to be too drunk in the wake of a recent deadly air strike in Afghanistan.

US General Stanley McChrystal tried to contact his subordinates after a NATO strike killed 125 civilians, but too many had been "partying it up", the Times reported.

Based on report, McChrystal admonished the staff for not having "their heads in the right place" a few hours after the lethal attack in the war-ravaged country.

The senior commander has reportedly put a ban on drinking after troops could not respond quickly to a new lethal bombing.

At least 125 people, many of whom were civilians, were killed and scores of others injured on Friday after NATO warplanes targeted stolen fuel tankers on orders of a German commander in the northern Kunduz province.

The NATO command said the air raid had targeted two fuel tankers allegedly hijacked by Taliban-linked militants.

The incident drew international condemnation and world leaders called for a probe into the air strike.

Pressure is mounting on the US and its western allies to pull out troops from the country amid growing civilians and troops' causalities.

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:30:29 GMT
US bans alcohol at army bases in Afghanistan

 

[Super Falcon]

i think it is banned in pa

 

[qsaark]

Allah and his prophet prohibited the Muslims to consume Alcohol period. This has nothing to do with Mullah or what not; these are orders of Allah and his prophets. Those servicemen who happen to be Muslims yet want to consume alcohol are more than welcome to consume Alcohol. However, they are requested not to call themselves ‘Mujahid’ and not make rest of the nation fool in the names of ‘Jihad’ and ‘Mujahid’.