DHAKA: Toxic liquor has killed at least 12 people in central Pakistan, police and health officials said on Wednesday.

The deaths occurred near the farming town of Rahim Yar Khan, where the men were drinking locally made liquor at a party.

Eight of them died on Monday while four more succumbed on Tuesday.

‘At least 12 people have died after drinking toxic liquor,’ said local police station chief Mohammad Yasin Gujjar, reports The Straits Times.

BDST: 1726 HRS, SEPT 11, 2013
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