LAHORE, August 27, 2026: Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Emir Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman has announced a nationwide strike on September 3 against the levy and increase in petroleum product prices, ARY News reported.
Addressing a sit-in in Lahore, Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman said people have come out to demand a reduction in petroleum product prices. He said Jamaat-e-Islami would hold a nationwide strike on September 3 against the levy.
“Our strike will be peaceful and not even a flowerpot will be broken,” he said.
Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman said young people know how to organise a strike. He said the party would approach traders and convince them to join the strike, adding that he himself would meet traders.
He also announced a grand rally in Rawalpindi on August 30.
The Jamaat-e-Islami emir said their peaceful political resistance should not be considered a weakness. If the people’s demands are not accepted, the scope of the protest will be expanded, he warned.
He said all democratic options, including a long march and wheel-jam strike, are available to the party after the sit-ins.
Earlier, Prime Minister’s Adviser on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah said that Jamaat-e-Islami’s protest has become a source of embarrassment and the party should announce its end itself.
Speaking on the programme ‘Khabar’, the PML-N leader said the issue over which Jamaat-e-Islami started its protest was a problem for 22 crore out of 25 crore people. He said JI workers attend offices in the morning and perform duties at the sit-in in the evening.
Rana Sanaullah claimed that the public had rejected the Jamaat-e-Islami sit-in.
Responding to a question, he said Bilawal Bhutto had stated that the PPP would not cooperate until its reservations were addressed, but the party had said it would support important legislation and did so the very next day.
Rana Sanaullah said the government would contact the PPP, adding that two meetings had already been held with its team and another meeting would take place tomorrow. He said Nayar Bukhari, Sherry Rehman, Qamar Zaman Kaira and Raja Pervaiz were sensible people.
He said the government would sit with the PPP delegation and address its reservations.
