JI announces sit-ins against petroleum levy on Aug 16

Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan has decided to intensify its campaign against the petroleum levy and inflation, announcing simultaneous sit-ins in all four provincial capitals on August 16 to force the government to withdraw oppressive levy. The decision was taken after extensive deliberations at a special meeting of JI’s central and provincial office-bearers chaired by JI Pakistan Emir […]

dailytimes.com.pk ·3h ago

Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan has announced simultaneous sit-ins in all four provincial capitals on August 16 to press the government to withdraw the petroleum levy. The decision was taken at a special meeting of JI's central and provincial office-bearers, according to Daily Times.

The sit-ins will be staged outside the Punjab chief minister's house in Lahore and the governor houses in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, and Balochistan, as reported by Dawn. The JI and its youth and women's wings will participate in Independence Day activities on August 14, using the occasion to mobilise people.

According to Dawn, over 510 organised and peaceful protests were held across the country the previous day, with people from across Pakistan participating. The JI chief, Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, said the protests had demonstrated that the JI was "becoming a symbol of national unity".

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