‘JI to continue anti-inflation sit-in’

Following the first round of negotiations with the government, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leader Naib Emir Liaqat Baloch declared on Sunday that the party would persist with its anti-inflation sit-in in Rawalpindi.
As the Rawalpindi sit-in entered its third day, there was increasing pressure on the government. A delegation of three people, including federal Minister of Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar, Amir Muqam, and Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, met with the JI negotiation committee at the Rawalpindi commissioner office.
JI Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman threatened on Saturday to take the sit-in against the nation’s exorbitant electricity costs and taxes to other regions if the government did not accede to his party’s demands.
Baloch told the media that the first round of negotiations took place in a “pleasant environment” following the talks today.