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• Party warns of nationwide wheel-jam strike if demands face delays; says protests will continue alongside negotiations
• Hafiz Naeem claims demonstrations forced cuts in power, fuel prices; announces 50 million-signature campaign for economic relief
ISLAMABAD:
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demonstrations → warn → relief
Formal negotiations between the government and Jamaat-i-Islami will begin on Monday, the party’s chief announced on Saturday, while warning that JI will launch a nationwide “wheel-jam” strike if the administration delays approving public demands for economic relief.
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administration → begin → relief
Addressing a news conference in the federal capital alongside JI deputy chief Mian Muhammad Aslam and Islamabad Emir Nasrullah Randhawa, JI Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman stated that sit-in protests across the country will continue simultaneously with the talks.
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protests → address → talks
Mr Rehman levelled severe criticism at the current administration and bureaucracy, describing the government as an unconstitutional “Form-47 arrangement” that imposes the burden of its inefficiency and extravagances on the public through heavy taxation.
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that → level → taxation
Highlighting that JI’s protests have completed 21 days with active sit-ins at dozens of locations—including 20 sites in Balochistan and Swat—he maintained that public pressure forced electricity prices down by Rs10 to Rs12 per unit.
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pressure → highlight → unit
He said the protests also saved the national exchequer Rs4,300 billion in negotiations with independent power producers and prevented petrol prices from surging higher.
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protests → say → prices
Addressing the national economic crisis, Mr Rehman noted that Pakistan’s total debt has reached Rs110,000bn, with annual interest payments standing at Rs8,000bn.
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payments → address → Rs8,000bn
He argued that a 3pc cut in the central bank’s policy rate would eliminate the need for the petroleum levy altogether.
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cut → argue → levy
Criticising systemic corruption, Mr Rehman pointed out Rs1,300bn in annual losses due to Federal Board of Revenue incompetence and condemned ongoing payments to re-gasification plants even when liquefied natural gas is not supplied.
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gas → criticise → plants
The JI chief also drew attention to governance failures in social sectors, citing recent incidents at Pims and a 50 per cent failure rate in Punjab province’s ninth-grade exams.
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chief → draw → exams
Mr Rehman criticised the key political parties of Sindh, describing them as opportunistic.
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Rehman → criticise → them
He said they have left the real issues of Karachi unaddressed, adding that these grievances are driving the residents of that city to demand a separate province.
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grievances → say → province
Announcing future plans, Mr Rehman stated that JI will launch a signature campaign targeting 50 million citizens to push for structural relief, local body governance and a reduction in bread prices to Rs10.
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JI → announce → Rs10
Reaffirming support for peaceful democratic protests, including those by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, he vowed that JI would keep up public pressure until concrete economic relief is delivered.
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relief → reaffirm → pressure
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