JI Calls Nationwide Strike Over Fuel Levy | Pakistan News

Pakistan News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 28, 2026 · 1m

Jamaat-i-Islami is mobilizing a nationwide strike on September 3rd to protest a new petroleum levy they claim is crippling the public, with party leader Hafiz Naeemur Rehman blaming the government for greed and lack of vision. Demonstrations are swelling across cities as Rehman urges traders to join, promising peaceful but escalating protests—including a major Faisalabad rally—with demands to scrap the levy, end unfair deals with power producers, and slash fuel and electricity prices. He also slammed the government’s handling of child deaths at Pims Hospital, accusing officials of negligence…