JI announces countrywide protest

Jamat-e-Islami (JI) Emir Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman has announced holding nationwide protests against inflation and the government’s agreements with independent power producers (IPPs), which have led to outrageous electricity bills, in continuation of the party’s continuous protest.
Hafiz Naeem announced during the sit-in on Rawalpindi’s Murree Road that the party would initially stage a sit-in in front of the governor house in Karachi, with protests to follow in Lahore and Multan.
The declaration follows the JI chief’s threat on Saturday to take the sit-in over the nation’s exorbitant electricity costs and excessive taxes to other regions if the government did not accede to his party’s demands.