BY: ANI Correspondent:
Islamabad: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Punjab Ameer Dr. Tariq Saleem has announced that a protest sit-in will be launched in Rawalpindi from September 9 against what the party describes as an illegal levy on petroleum products and the government’s anti-people economic policies.
Addressing a meeting of JI leaders and office-bearers from Rawalpindi, Murree and Rawalpindi city districts at the JI Rawalpindi office, Dr. Tariq Saleem said party workers and citizens from Rawalpindi and adjoining areas would participate in the sit-in on a daily basis.
The meeting was attended by JI Punjab North Secretary General Iqbal Khan, district leaders Syed Arif Shirazi, Raja Jawad and Ghulam Ahmed Abbasi, along with JI Youth presidents, district administrators of Talaba Arabia, district Nazims of Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba and other office-bearers.
Dr. Tariq Saleem also constituted a steering committee to oversee the Rawalpindi sit-in. The committee includes Iqbal Khan, Deputy Ameer Punjab Hafiz Tanveer Ahmed, Deputy Qaim Raja Mumtaz Hussain, Mian Yasir Ali Gujjar and Inam-ul-Haq Awan.
He alleged that the government had collected around Rs4,000 billion from poor and ordinary citizens through petroleum levies and other charges. He also criticized what he termed excessive privileges enjoyed by the ruling elite, including government vehicles, official staff and other facilities.
The JI leader further alleged that national resources were being controlled by political groups dominated by landlords, influential individuals and political families, leading to what he described as an unjust economic system.
He said the Rawalpindi sit-in would form part of Jamaat-e-Islami’s broader campaign against petroleum levies, inflation and government policies that, according to the party, were increasing the financial burden on ordinary citizens.
