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Jamaat-e-Islami has taken its protest to the streets, setting up a sit-in outside the Governor House in Karachi. Monday marked the second day of the demonstration. Karachi chief Munim Zafar Khan says the anger is real. People are tired of high petrol prices, heavy petroleum levies and expensive electricity bills. This frustration did not appear […]

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