Editing Prohibition (section)

===South Asia===
====Afghanistan====
Sale of alcohol is banned in Afghanistan.

====Bangladesh====
In Bangladesh, alcohol is somewhat prohibited due to its [[Islam and alcohol#Intoxicants|proscription in the Islamic faith]]. The purchase and consumption is still allowed in the country.  The [[Garo people|Garo]] tribe consume a type of rice beer, and Christians in this country drink and purchase wine for their [[Eucharist|holy communion]].

====India====
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In India alcohol is a state subject and individual states can legislate prohibition, but currently most states do not have prohibition and sale/consumption is freely available in 24 out of [[Indian states|29 states]]. Prohibition is in force in the states of Mizoram, [[Gujarat]], [[Bihar]] and [[Nagaland]], parts of [[Manipur]], and the [[union territory]] of [[Lakshadweep]]. All other [[States and union territories of India]] permit the sale of alcohol.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/bihar-liquor-ban-states-having-total-prohibition-gujarat-kerala/|title=States with total and phase-wise prohibition of alcohol in India|newspaper= [[The Indian Express]]}}</ref>

Election days and certain national holidays such as ''[[Independence Day (India)|Independence Day]]'' are meant to be ''dry days'' when liquor sale is not permitted but consumption is allowed. Some Indian states observe dry days on major religious festivals/occasions depending on the popularity of the festival in that region.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-03 |title=A complete list of dry days in India in 2024 |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/life/lifestyle-a-complete-list-of-dry-days-in-india-in-2024-3352753/ |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=Financialexpress |language=en}}</ref>

====Maldives====
The [[Maldives]] ban the import of alcohol, x-raying all baggage on arrival. Alcoholic beverages are available only to foreign tourists on resort islands and may not be taken off the resort.

====Pakistan====
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Pakistan allowed the free sale and consumption of alcohol for three decades from 1947, but restrictions were introduced by [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]] just weeks before he was removed as prime minister in 1977. Since then, only members of non-Muslim minorities such as [[Hinduism|Hindus]], [[Christians]] and [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrians]] are allowed to apply for alcohol permits. The monthly quota is dependent upon one's income, but is actually about five bottles of liquor or 100 bottles of beer. In a country of 180 million, only about 60 outlets are allowed to sell alcohol. The [[Murree Brewery]] in [[Rawalpindi]] was once the only legal brewery, but today there are more. The ban officially is enforced by the country's Islamic Ideology Council, but it is not strictly policed. Members of religious minorities, however, often sell their liquor permits to Muslims as part of a continuing black market trade in alcohol.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/03/10/1047144915849.html?from=moreStories |title=Lone brewer small beer in Pakistan |newspaper=theage.com.au |date=2003-03-11 |access-date=2010-04-25}}</ref>

====Sri Lanka====
In 1955 Sri Lanka passed a law prohibiting adult women from buying alcohol.<ref name="bbcsri">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42638758 |work=[[BBC News]] |title=Sri Lanka removes ban on sale of alcohol to women |date=January 10, 2018 |access-date=January 10, 2018}}</ref> In January 2018, Finance Minister [[Mangala Samaraweera]] announced that the law would be amended, allowing women to legally consume alcohol and work in venues that sell alcohol.<ref name="bbcsri"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dailysabah.com/asia/2018/01/10/sri-lanka-removes-63-year-old-ban-on-alcohol-for-women |title=Sri Lanka removes 63-year-old ban on alcohol for women |newspaper=[[Daily Sabah]] |quote=According to Mangala Samaraweera, the Sri Lankan government is amending the law that installed the ban 63 years ago. |date=January 9, 2018 |access-date=January 10, 2018}}</ref> The legalization was overruled by President [[Maithripala Sirisena]] several days later.<ref>{{cite news |quote=He told a rally he had ordered the government to withdraw the reform, which would also have allowed women to work in bars without a permit. |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42682526 |date=January 14, 2018 |access-date=January 15, 2018 |title=Sri Lanka's president rejects move to allow women to buy alcohol}}</ref>