Srinagar: Senior All Parties Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has stressed the need for a complete ban on alcohol in in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), while expressing serious concern over the growing menace of drug addiction in the territory and warning that the ongoing anti-drug campaign should not be region-biased or result in harassment of innocent families through home demolitions.
According to Global Mirror, talking to reports on the sidelines of an event in Srinagar, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said that both drugs and alcohol were deeply harmful to society and authorities could not justify acting against one while staying quiet on the other.
He said that although IIOJK is a Muslim-majority territory where alcohol consumption is socially and religiously discouraged, several Indian states with non-Muslim majorities have also imposed restrictions or bans on alcohol due to its damaging impact on society. He pointed out that one of the first steps taken by the new government in Tamil Nadu was to close down 700 liquor shops.
According to Global Mirror, talking to reports on the sidelines of an event in Srinagar, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said that both drugs and alcohol were deeply harmful to society and authorities could not justify acting against one while staying quiet on the other.
He said that although IIOJK is a Muslim-majority territory where alcohol consumption is socially and religiously discouraged, several Indian states with non-Muslim majorities have also imposed restrictions or bans on alcohol due to its damaging impact on society. He pointed out that one of the first steps taken by the new government in Tamil Nadu was to close down 700 liquor shops.