EhtramRamazan ordinance: You can land in jail for eating and drinking publicly in Pakistan
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*ISLAMABAD - You can be jailed in Pakistan if you are caught eating or smoking in public during Ramazan. *
*The **Ehtram-e-Ramazan Ordinance wants people to observe sanctity in this Holy Month. It was enacted in 1981. *
A fine of Rs500 will be imposed on people caught eating in public along with jail time of three months.
The ordinance also prohibits serving eatables in certain public places.
“No proprietor, manager, servant, or other person in charge of a hotel, restaurant or canteen, or other public place, shall knowingly and willfully offer or serve or cause to be offered or served any eatable during fasting hours in the month of Ramazan to any person who, according to the tenets of Islam, is under an obligation to fast,” it reads.
