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Jamaat-i-Islami Leads Oil Levy Protest | Pakistan News
Across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, citizens are rising up in unison as Jamaat-i-Islami leads a massive shutter-down strike and rallies against soaring oil prices and crushing petroleum levies. Traders, chambers, lawyers, and labor groups have joined forces to protest the government’s relentless tax burden — which has already netted 1.9 trillion rupees and threatens to climb to 1.68 trillion next year. With markets closing across districts like Dir, Dera Ismail Khan, Haripur, and Chitral, protesters demand an end to economic oppression, calling for price controls and relief from levies that leave…
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