Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan chief Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman has introduced a nationwide shutter-down strike after 12 Rabi-ul-Awwal in protest towards the petroleum levy, saying the federal government should deliver down petroleum costs.
Addressing a press convention in Lahore, Hafiz Naeem mentioned the get together’s marketing campaign was transferring ahead successfully and maintained that the federal government would ultimately have to scale back the costs of petroleum merchandise.
He mentioned the nation couldn’t transfer in the direction of progress whereas flour and sugar mafias continued to function. He urged individuals to hitch the get together’s marketing campaign and lift their voice for his or her rights.
The JI chief additionally criticised the excessive price of fertilisers, saying farmers have been struggling to buy them at affordable costs, whereas authorities officers have been utilizing costly autos on the expense of taxpayers.
Hafiz Naeem introduced that the get together would observe a nationwide strike after 12 Rabi-ul-Awwal. He mentioned additional negotiations wouldn’t be primarily based merely on assurances to finish the sit-in, including that the protest would solely be known as off as soon as the federal government virtually accepted their calls for.
He described the petroleum levy as a type of extortion tax and mentioned it shouldn’t be imposed underneath any circumstances. He reiterated that the federal government should scale back petrol costs.
The JI chief warned that the get together would march in the direction of Islamabad if its calls for weren’t met. He mentioned nobody may forestall the march and that JI staff would stay able to make sacrifices for his or her trigger.
Jamaat-e-Islami has been holding sit-ins exterior governors’ homes in several components of the nation towards the petroleum levy, with the protests coming into their eighth day.
