ISLAMABAD – A Pakistani Christian organisation wrote a letter to the topreligious body seeking a ban on alcohol.
“We received a letter from a Christian organisation and we are working onit,” Qibla Ayaz, the CII chairperson said Wednesday. “They say it [alcohol]is also haram in their religion.”
Ayaz said that the council will invite religious leaders and scholars fromevery religion and consult them over the matter. “It is on our agenda andwe will discuss it in our next session,” he added.
The letter to CII was written by Jibran Gil, a Chiristian leader fromRawalpindi. In his letter, he said that his religion prohibits the use ofalcohol and yet it is being sold in his religions’ name.
Ramesh Kumar, a PTI MNA, had presented a bill in Parliament in Decemberlast year demanding a ban on liquor consumption. However, his bill wasrejected by the lawmakers.
All religious books, including Geeta, prohibit the consumption of alcohol,Kumar told. “I will go to the CII if they summon me.”
We have nothing to do with anyone’s personal deeds but business should notbe run in the name of any religion, he added.