Pakistan has amended its 1981 Ehtram-e-Ramazan Ordinance to attach a fine of (Pakistani) Rs 500 to the jail term for "smoking" and/or "eating openly" during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

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The senate also increased the fine for restaurants or hotels that flout this rule to Rs 25,000 from Rs 500. Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari the daughter of former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto sharply criticised the hypocrisy of her country allowing terrorists to roam free but jailing people for eating during Ramadan.

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The Bhutto scion pointed to the fact that no one is jailed or punished for "being a terrorist" or "attempting to kill school girls like Malala (Yusafzai)", but "drinking water during Ramazan" can get one thrown in jail.

https://t.co/eiY7UamIfp people r going 2 die from heat stroke &dehydration with this ridiculous law. Not every1 is able. This is not Islam. — Bakhtawar B-Zardari (@BakhtawarBZ) 11 May 2017

3month imprisonment 4 drinking water during Ramazan but being a terrorist, attempting 2 kill school girls #Malala & u can keep smiling on tv — Bakhtawar B-Zardari (@BakhtawarBZ) 12 May 2017

But not every1 in 🇵🇰 will be fasting -children in school/elderly/people with medical problems. Should we arrest them 4 drinking water 🤔 — Bakhtawar B-Zardari (@BakhtawarBZ) 12 May 2017

Fasting is 1 of the 5 pillars of Islam. It is an imp obligation. But where is law re punish every1 around u with arrests?! Not in Islam. https://t.co/CmOVEbXf31 — Bakhtawar B-Zardari (@BakhtawarBZ) 12 May 2017