The leadership of Jamat-E-Islami (JI) has announced the expansion of the anti – inflation protest to different parts of Pakistan. The protest had originally started in Rawalpindi under the leadership of Emir Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman.
The members of the religio political party were previously sitting in protest in Islamabad. They had, on the said occasion blocked the red Zone of the city, disrupting movement in and out of the national capital.
In a recent development, the leadership of JI has announced that they will continue the protest till the administration does not take action on the ongoing inflation crisis. The officials have claimed that it is important for the administration to pay attention to the issue.
The new cities, where the members of the Jamat-E-Islami (JI) will sit in for protest, include Karachi, Lahore, and Multan.
The party members informed the media that they will stage a sit in in front of the Governor house in Karachi. Later, the protest will move to Lahore and Multan as the people continue to show their disappointment.
The party leader has made this announcement after joined the sit in at Islamabad on Saturday. He had warned that they would consider expanding the protest to other parts of the nation if appropriate action was not taken.
On the other hand, the representative team from the government of Pakistan supposed to meet thee protesting religio – political leaders. However, the three member team that had been put together for negotiation did not turn up on Monday.
This motivated the leadership of the Jamat-E-Islami (JI) to announce an expansion for the protest which has been ongoing for five days. On Sunday, a team of government representatives met the JI negotiation committee.
The representatives of the religio-political party were led by Liaquat Baloch. The meeting between the two parties was held at the Rawalpindi commissioner’s office.
The two parties had convened to find a way forward in the situation. Under the negotiation, Jamat-E-Islami (JI) had presented ten conditions to call of the protest.
The politicial party demanded that the government must renegotiate the agreements with IPP (Independent Power Producers). The aim of the protest was to draw the government’s attention on the skyrocketing prices of electricity.
