JI Warns Fuel Protest Could Oust Government
JI says its sit-ins will continue until the government cuts petrol prices and ends the petroleum levy, after protests at 510 locations nationwide.
- On Sunday, Jamaat-i-Islami Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman declared that nationwide sit-ins against rising fuel prices and the petroleum levy will continue until the government accepts the party's demands.
- The protests follow nationwide demonstrations held at 510 locations earlier this month, where Rehman rejected the government's justification that the petroleum levy is tied to International Monetary Fund conditions.
- Demanding petrol prices be reduced to Rs225, Rehman dismissed the government's proposed negotiation committee, saying, "We do not need a briefing from a government committee." He invited Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to speak directly at the sit-in.
- Protesters gathered outside Governor Houses in Karachi and Peshawar, while crowds assembled at Faisal Chowk in Lahore. Rehman described the levy as an "extortionist" tax, framing the campaign against government economic policy.
- Rehman claimed existing Form 47 representatives lack public acceptance, vowing the party would continue its struggle for systemic change. He asserted the party possesses the capability to run the country more effectively than current leadership.
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JI vows to continue sit-in until petroleum levy abolished
Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman said on Sunday that the party’s sit-in against the petroleum levy and rising fuel prices would continue until the government accepted its demands, warning that any attempt to obstruct the protest would turn it into a movement to oust the government. Addressing participants at the sit-in outside the Punjab Chief Minister’s House, Rehman described the petroleum levy as “extortionist”, accusing the gov…
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JI holds sit-ins in major cities against petroleum levy, rising inflation
Karachi rally reaches Fawara Chowk.Lahore protesters march along Mall Road.Peshawar sit-in held outside Governor House.Jamaat-e-Islami began its latest round of protests and sit-ins in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta on Sunday...
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