There was a trend of late in Lahore’s fashionable restaurant district of a BYOB arrangement. If you were to bring your own poison, the staff wouldn’t really mind it. Would probably serve it if you asked nicely.
Now the concerned government department (excise) got word that the staff of the swankiest one of these restaurants was actually selling the stuff itself, leading to a raid, and some arrests. The staffers were eventually released.
There are many flaming hoops to jump through in this neck of the woods when one wants to imbibe.
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A scandalous money laundering case in London involving a reporter of a leading Pakistani TV channel has tongues wagging.
For all its irritating holier than thou preaching from the pulpit style of sermonising, perhaps the media could cast a glance at itself, this media group in particular.