Shafaqna Pakistan: Jamaat-e-Islami has announced a nationwide strike for September 3 to press the government for a reduction in petroleum product prices.
Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman said rising fuel prices had prompted people to take to the streets, stressing that the planned strike would remain entirely peaceful.
He assured that the
He appealed to traders not to listen to government “yes-men and sycophants” and said he would personally meet traders in Lahore to mobilize support for the strike.
The Jamaat-e-Islami leader also criticized high electricity bills, saying electricity bills had become a “bomb” falling on the public.
Source: Dunya News
