Pakistani toxic liquor death toll rises to 41
KARACHI (Reuters) - A batch of poisonous bootleg liquor has killed 41 people in the Pakistani city of Karachi in one of the country’s worst ever cases of alcohol poisoning, police said on Saturday.
Liquor is banned for Muslims in Pakistan, although a few shops are allowed to sell alcohol to non-Muslims. Even those shops are closed during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which began last week.
People began falling sick on Thursday and the toll of dead had risen steadily, police said.
“So far, we have reports of 41 deaths, while 27 people are still being treated in different hospitals,” said Javed Bukhari, a deputy inspector general of city police.\
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