Jamaat-e-Islami Calls Nationwide Strike | Pakistan News

Pakistan News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Sep 3, 2026 · 1m

Jamaat-e-Islami is staging a nationwide strike tomorrow, led by party chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, who blames the government and oil companies for crushing everyday Pakistanis with soaring taxes and utility costs—especially hurting the poor. He’s rallying local support, claiming backing from other opposition parties, to push for urgent policy changes. Key grievances include skyrocketing electricity bills driven by capacity payments totaling 1,700 billion rupees, which he says unfairly burden households. Rehman calls for a shift from taxing citizens to easing their financial strain, tying this…