FORBIDDEN BREW This file photo shows a Pakistani worker scanning filled whisky bottles as they pass before an illumination panel at the Muree Brewery Company in Rawalpindi. Whether it’s beer produced by the crateful in a venerable red brick brewery, or wine discreetly fermented in a bedroom, alcohol sales are booming in Pakistan—despite being banned for 97 percent of the population. AFP PHOTO
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan: At Murree Brewery, home of Pakistan’s national lager, vintage copper boilers belch odorous fumes as they churn out 10 million liters of beer each year.