{
  "id": 1743207,
  "title": "JI warns of countrywide strike if recent petrol price hike not withdrawn",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/ji-warns-of-countrywide-strike-if-recent-petrol-price-hike-not",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T15:44:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2023685/ji-warns-of-countrywide-strike-if-recent-petrol-price-hike-not-withdrawn"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami Pakistan (JI) Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Tuesday warned the government that the party could announce a countrywide strike if the recent increase in petrol and diesel prices was not withdrawn immediately. Addressing a press conference on the third day of the JI sit-in outside the Punjab chief minister’s House, Rehman said the public was already paying heavy taxes on every…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Dawn - Pakistan",
        "title": "JI warns of countrywide strike if recent petrol price hike not withdrawn",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/ji-warns-of-countrywide-strike-if-recent-petrol-price-hike-not-1745419",
        "published": "2026-08-18T15:44:02.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}