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ISLAMABAD<\/strong>: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman said on Sunday that the party\u2019s sit-in against the petroleum levy\u00a0and rising fuel prices would continue until the government accepted its demands, warning that any attempt to obstruct the protest would turn it into a movement to oust the government.<\/p>\n

Addressing participants at the sit-in outside the Punjab Chief Minister\u2019s House, Rehman described the petroleum\u00a0levy\u00a0as \u201cextortionist\u201d, accusing the government of raising both petrol prices and taxes on the fuel<\/p>\n

He said the rulers should cut their own expenditures and privileges instead of extracting more money from ordinary citizens.<\/p>\n

\u201cUntil the petroleum levy is abolished and our other demands are accepted, the sit-in will continue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the government tries to obstruct it, this sit-in will turn into a movement to bring down the government.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rehman also rejected the government\u2019s proposed committee of ministers for negotiations, saying the party did not need a briefing from a government committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhoever wants to talk should come to the sit-in and talk to us,\u201d he said, addressing Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directly. \u201cWe will not go to Islamabad to receive a briefing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The JI chief claimed that the governments of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz had failed, accusing the ruling leadership of \u201cdestroying\u201d the entire system.<\/p>\n

He added that the JI had entered the second phase of its mass campaign for public rights after holding protests at\u00a0510 locations\u00a0across the country on Aug 7.<\/p>\n

The JI chief added that major sit-ins had begun outside the Governor Houses in Karachi and Peshawar, while a large number of people had gathered at the historic protest site on The Mall in Lahore.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an organised struggle by a genuine public party. Our fight is not against any political party; it is against injustice, inflation and anti-people policies,\u201d Rehman said.<\/p>\n

He said the government had made life increasingly difficult for ordinary families, with parents struggling to pay their children\u2019s school fees and poor people being deprived of adequate healthcare. He also criticised what he described as a class-based education system.<\/p>\n

The JI chief said the government was increasing petrol prices and taxes separately, forcing people to pay thousands of rupees in fuel-related taxes every month, including those who were otherwise outside the tax net.<\/p>\n

Rehman rejected the government\u2019s justification that the petroleum levy was being imposed under conditions\u00a0attached\u00a0to an\u00a0IMF programme. He said the government should instead cut its own expenditures and recover taxes from privileged sections of society.<\/p>\n

He reiterated the JI\u2019s demand for a reduction in petrol prices to Rs225 per litre and the abolition of the petroleum levy. Rehman also criticised the Punjab government\u2019s publicity spending.<\/p>\n

Rehman said the existing \u201cForm 47\u201d representatives lacked public acceptance, vowing that the JI would continue its struggle to bring about fundamental changes to the system.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are fighting for the people and against oppression,\u201d he said, adding that the JI was not making demands that could not be implemented and had capable people who could run the country more effectively.<\/p>\n

He said the protests outside the Governor Houses in Karachi and Peshawar, along with demonstrations elsewhere in the country, showed that people had taken to the streets to demand their rights.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have come here to get our demands accepted and will not retreat,\u201d he said. \u201cThe sit-in will continue until the rulers back down, and our struggle will continue.\u201d<\/p>\n

The JI\u2019s campaign is also continuing with sit-ins outside the Governor\u2019s House in Karachi and Peshawar.<\/p>\n

The party also held countrywide protest demonstrations on August 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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