Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) head Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Monday announced a protest in Islamabad on July 12 against "high taxes and exorbitant electricity tariff."
Speaking to reporters in Lahore's Mansoorah, Jamaat-e-Islami amir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman said that the party has planned a national agenda aimed at peaceful resistance protests.
While addressing a press conference, the JI chief warned the Punjab's provincial government to refrain from blocking the route of the Jamaat rally and asserted that otherwise the government would be responsible for any untoward incident at Mall Road in Lahore, according to Dawn report.
Speaking on the occasion, Rehman announced that JI would launch a movement against the government 'imposed' through Form 47 and the 'fake democratic' process.
It reported that the Hamas representative, Khalid Qadomi called on the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi Ameer Engr Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Monday and thanked the people of Pakistan.
As the protests over inflated electricity bills in Pakistan continue, the Karachi chief of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, called for a citywide shutdown on Tuesday to protest against rising inflation and power tariff, ARY News reported.