{"id":112193,"date":"2026-08-16T15:57:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T15:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ji-begins-sit-ins-outside-governors-houses-over-inflation-fuel-prices-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T15:57:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T15:57:36","slug":"ji-begins-sit-ins-outside-governors-houses-over-inflation-fuel-prices-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ji-begins-sit-ins-outside-governors-houses-over-inflation-fuel-prices-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"JI begins sit-ins outside governors’ houses over inflation, fuel prices | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

Party workers gather outside Karachi Governor House; Zafar says JI will take issues to their logical conclusion<\/p>\n

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Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Sunday began sit-ins outside governors’ houses across the country, with a large number of people gathering at all four provincial headquarters as the party pressed its demands over poor governance, inflation, rising fuel prices and the petroleum levy.<\/p>\n

The JI had initially announced a nationwide protest for Aug 9 but later postponed it to Aug 16 due to Independence Day celebrations.<\/p>\n

In Karachi, a JI march led by Karachi chief Munam Zafar reached the Governor House, where the party workers were met with containers blocking the route before the building and a heavy police presence outside.<\/p>\n

Read<\/strong>: JI postpones Sunday sit-ins, sets Aug 16 for nationwide protests<\/a><\/p>\n

Following failed negotiations between JI representatives and the police over removal of the containers, party workers sat down on the road outside the Governor House.<\/p>\n

The protesters raised slogans against the government and demanded an end to what they described as the \u201cextortion tax\u201d in the form of the petroleum levy.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the sit-in, Zafar demanded abolition of the petroleum levy, saying people wanted to understand the levy and the role of independent power producers (IPPs).<\/p>\n

He said JI had raised awareness among the public and brought the facts before them. \u201cWhatever issue Jamaat-i-Islami raises, it takes it to its logical conclusion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Zafar said those whose \u201cachievements\u201d were highlighted became worried, adding that education and health were not the issues being addressed by the authorities.<\/p>\n

He said the people of Karachi had developed their own outlook and that JI was opposed to the existing system.<\/p>\n

Also Read<\/strong>: Dialogue only solution to AJK crisis: JI chief<\/a><\/p>\n

Zafar alleged that when a person was killed in the city, the case was given a different direction. Referring to the murder of Mir Raza, he questioned who was protecting those responsible for his killing.<\/p>\n

He said JI stood with the people of Karachi and demanded that citizens be provided with water.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe atmosphere for the sit-in will now develop. We will move forward as well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Party workers gather outside Karachi Governor House; Zafar says JI will take issues to their logical conclusion Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Sunday began sit-ins outside governors’ houses across the country, with a large number of people gathering at all four provincial headquarters as the party pressed its demands over poor governance, inflation, rising fuel prices and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/ji-protest1786890532-0\/ji-protest1786890532-0-640x480.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t