Rawalpindi: Jamaat-e-Islami sit-in enters 10th day, participants stand firm for demands – Pakistan

Jamaat-e-Islami’s sit-in against inflation and electricity bills in Rawalpindi has entered its 10th day, while the participants persisted in their demands. In this regard, there was no progress in the negotiations between the government and Jamaat-e-Islami, while the Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami said, “Don’t pay the bill.” It has also indicated to start the movement.

Today is the 10th day of Jamaat-e-Islami’s sit-in at Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi to meet 10 other demands, including lower electricity bills.

Rawalpindi is overcast making the weather pleasant, the participants were treated to naan and hot halwa for breakfast while the activists are fresh after breakfast and say that the sit-in will not end without the demands being met.

Periods of talks between the government’s negotiating committee and Jamaat-e-Islami to find a solution to the issue have so far yielded no results.

According to the Dharna leadership, the government is not serious about the demands, we have options.

Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman has decided to start a series of sit-ins across the country while also hinting to start “Bill Na Bharu Movement”.

Jamaat-e-Islami announces sit-ins across the country, Hafiz Naeem hints at boycotting electricity bills

Jamaat-e-Islami also staged a sit-in outside the governor’s house in Karachi

After Rawalpindi, Jamaat-e-Islami staged a sit-in outside the Governor’s House in Karachi.

After Rawalpindi against inflation and electricity bills, Jamaat-e-Islami staged a sit-in outside the governor’s house in Karachi. Despite the implementation of Section 144 in the red zone, Jamaat-e-Islami workers reached the governor’s house under the leadership of Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi Munim Zafar Khan. .

Addressing the sit-in, Munam Zafar Khan said that the people of Karachi are in front of the governor’s house on the appeal of Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman. Today is the second day of our sit-in outside the governor’s house. The demands of our sit-in are clear. Abolition is done, oppression is being done in Sindh for a long time, we demand that the cruel contracts of IPPs should be abolished.

Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi said that the rulers imposed cruel taxes on the salaried class, billions of rupees were collected from the people by making cruel contracts with the IPPs, the rulers have also imposed a tax on children’s milk, imposed on the salaried class. Additional tax should be withdrawn.

Munum Zafar Khan further said that today the salaried class is afraid that their salary should not be taxed, the landlord class should be taxed, the landlord who owns thousands of acres of land should be taxed, in the name of businessman friendly scheme. Trade-hostile scheme was imposed, we reject this trade-hostile scheme, government officials should end their privileges.

He said that the governor is the representative of the federation, the people of the federation make agreements with K Electric, the federal government includes Muslim League (N), People’s Party and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), but MQM Machh sheds tears and supports K Electric, Jamaat-e-Islami is fighting the people’s case, Jamaat-e-Islami dharna is going on in Rawalpindi and Jamaat-e-Islami’s ‘Haqq Du Awam Ko’ movement has been started.

Munum Zafar Khan said that due to all these things, trade is shifting from this city, we reject this anti-trader scheme, the privileges of military and government officials should be removed, the free electricity and petrol given to them should be taken back. , inflation can be reduced by removing their incentives.

Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi said that after Maghrib prayer today, there will be a big meeting, in which Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Hafiz Naeemur Rahman will participate. is doing, it is not working with the towns.

Earlier yesterday, while addressing the sit-in in Islamabad, Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman said that the nation wanted relief, so they staged a sit-in. They are making history of peaceful political resistance. There is an option to proceed from the road.