Jamaat-e-Islami continued its nationwide sit-ins against petroleum levy, soaring inflation, and inflated electricity bills for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Calling on the authorities to curb inflation and fuel prices, JI supporters have been staging sit-ins outside the Punjab Chief Minister\u2019s House and governor\u2019s houses in Karachi, Quetta and Peshawar since August 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Addressing the participants of the sit-in in Lahore, JI senior leader Liaquat Baloch said that the federal government had failed to deliver despite a span of over two years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe rulers are not ready to give up luxuries and protocol,\u201d he said, slamming the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Mall Road in Lahore has been closed on both tracks due to the sit-in, disrupting traffic and causing inconvenience to commuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the latest daily review on Tuesday, the government hiked the petrol price by Rs3.34 to Rs334.54 per litre. Similarly, high-speed diesel (HSD) rate has been increased by Rs5.27 to Rs395.69 per litre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Petroleum Levy (PL) was raised on HSD to Rs78.28, while on petrol the levy remained unchanged at Rs80 per litre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
JI Emir Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman on Monday had said that the peaceful sit-ins in all four provinces marked the beginning of a protest movement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Addressing the protesters in Lahore, the JI leader said that they would further intensify the sit-ins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe JI has devised a strategy for the sit-ins,\u201d the JI emir said, expressing satisfaction with the strength of the protests across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Talking to Geo News<\/em>, JI Karachi chapter Emir Monem Zafar Khan had said that their demands were very clear, saying that the masses were being robbed in the name of petroleum levy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He said the fuel prices should be slashed and demanded the forensic audit of the independent power producers (IPPs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tackling inflation should be the government’s top responsibility, he had said, adding that their sit-ins would continue until their demands were fulfilled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jamaat-e-Islami continued its nationwide sit-ins against petroleum levy, soaring inflation, and inflated electricity bills for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday. Calling on the authorities..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/11111-9-1.png",800,927,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/11111-9-1-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/11111-9-1-259x300.png",259,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/11111-9-1-768x890.png",768,890,true],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/11111-9-1.png",800,927,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/11111-9-1.png",800,927,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/11111-9-1.png",800,927,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"Pakistan<\/a>","tag_info":"Pakistan","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11812"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11814,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11812\/revisions\/11814"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}