JI announces countrywide protest against petroleum levy on Sunday

LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Pakistan Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Saturday announced that the party would stage sit-ins outside the Governor Houses in Karachi, Quetta and Peshawar and the Chief Minister House in Lahore on Sunday against the levy imposed on petroleum products and other taxes. The sit-ins would begin at 4pm, he said, adding that participants would march from different cities to reach the designated sites. Addressing a packed press conference at Mansoora alongside the party’s central and provincial office-bearers, Rehman said, “We want to convey the voice of suppressed labourers, students and other sections of society to the government peacefully.” He warned that if the…