Prohibition of Ostentatious Display and Wasteful Expenses Ordinance 2000

Oh Pakistan. You just can't turn that proverbial cheek and leave India alone, can you? There's that whole junior high nuclear pissing war over whose got the shinier nukes and the better condos in Kashmir, or was it over who has the better chicken tikka masala? India's got the whole mother in-law burning their new daughters in-law for not making good on the dowry, but your crafty President Musharraf (who somehow managed, in between negotiating border disputes and terrorist allegations from the US) decided Pakistan would not be one-upped in the wedding catatstophe genre and hammered out a ruling. That throws grooms in jail for serving too nice of a dinner...

"Grooms in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) are being sentenced to jail if 'lavish' meals are served at their weddings. Peshawar Civil Judge Asghar Shah Khilji sentenced Sheraz Khan to one month in prison and a fine of Rs.500,000 Saturday for serving a 'lavish' meal at his wedding. The court has so far sent five men to prison for violating the ban.
NWFP is the first province to enforce the Marriage Functions (Prohibition of Ostentatious Display and Wasteful Expenses) Ordinance, 2000, issued by President Pervez Musharraf to curb ostentation during weddings and other social occasions."
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All kidding aside, maybe President Musharraf is onto something here, curbing ostentation. Martha Stewart Weddings and the Knot would be sold on the black market. Rehearsal dinners would be raised SWAT team style. And we wouldn't have to stop at weddings. Paris Hilton would be in jail for being Paris Hilton. Barbra Streisand would really stay home and retire. The lady that invented the Bedazzler would have to go underground. And peace would reign forever.