{"id":101840,"date":"2026-02-22T20:09:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T15:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=101840"},"modified":"2026-02-22T20:09:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T15:09:52","slug":"complete-ban-on-alcohol-across-pakistan-proposed-in-constitutional-amendment-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/news\/complete-ban-on-alcohol-across-pakistan-proposed-in-constitutional-amendment-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Complete Ban on Alcohol Across Pakistan Proposed in Constitutional Amendment Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

Complete Ban on Alcohol Across Pakistan<\/strong> has been proposed through a new constitutional amendment bill in the National Assembly<\/a>. The bill aims to end the current exemption given to non-Muslims for alcohol use in Pakistan.<\/p>\n

The bill was submitted by Member of the National Assembly Naeema Kishwar Khan<\/strong> of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F). She presented it to the National Assembly Secretariat for consideration.<\/p>\n

What change has been proposed<\/h3>\n

The proposed law suggests an amendment to Article 37 of the Constitution. At present, Article 37 allows alcohol consumption for non-Muslims only for religious purposes.<\/p>\n

Under the new proposal, the words that allow this religious exemption will be removed. This step will lead to a Complete Ban on Alcohol Across Pakistan<\/strong> without any religious exception.<\/p>\n

What will happen if the bill is approved<\/h3>\n

If Parliament approves the amendment, alcohol permits and exemptions currently issued to non-Muslims will end. This means alcohol use will be fully prohibited across the country.<\/p>\n

The bill is titled \u201cThe Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2026.\u201d It clearly states that the relevant words in Article 37 will be omitted.<\/p>\n

Reason given in the bill<\/h3>\n

According to the statement included in the bill, alcohol is considered prohibited in all religions. It also says linking alcohol use with minorities is not appropriate.<\/p>\n

The document also refers to Article 227 of the Constitution. This article requires laws to follow the teachings of the Holy Quran and Sunnah.<\/p>\n

When the law will take effect<\/h3>\n

The bill states that the Complete Ban on Alcohol Across Pakistan<\/strong> will come into force immediately after approval. However, it still needs debate and voting in Parliament before becoming law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Complete Ban on Alcohol Across Pakistan has been proposed through a new constitutional amendment bill in the National Assembly. The bill aims to end the current exemption given to non-Muslims for alcohol use in Pakistan. The bill was submitted by Member of the National Assembly Naeema Kishwar Khan of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F). She presented it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":101841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[36325,36327,36329,36330,36324,36326,36328,34863,36331],"class_list":["post-101840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-alcohol-ban-pakistan","tag-alcohol-law-pakistan","tag-alcohol-prohibition-pakistan","tag-article-37-amendment","tag-complete-ban-on-alcohol-across-pakistan","tag-constitutional-amendment-bill-2026","tag-naeema-kishwar-khan-bill","tag-national-assembly-pakistan","tag-pakistan-alcohol-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101840"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101842,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101840\/revisions\/101842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}