{"id":2970,"date":"2026-09-06T15:56:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T15:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diplomag.com.pk\/?p=2970"},"modified":"2026-09-06T15:56:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T15:56:01","slug":"ji-govt-set-to-hold-talks-tomorrow-amid-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diplomag.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/09\/06\/ji-govt-set-to-hold-talks-tomorrow-amid-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"JI, govt set to hold talks tomorrow amid protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ISLAMABAD<\/strong>: Formal negotiations between the government and Jamaat-i-Islami will begin on Monday, the party\u2019s chief announced on Saturday, while warning that JI will launch a nationwide \u201cwheel-jam\u201d strike if the administration delays approving public demands for economic relief.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Rehman levelled severe criticism at the current administration and bureaucracy, describing the government as an unconstitutional \u201cForm-47 arrangement\u201d that imposes the burden of its inefficiency and extravagances on the public through heavy taxation.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting that JI\u2019s\u00a0protests\u00a0have completed 21 days with active sit-ins at dozens of locations\u2014including 20 sites in Balochistan and Swat\u2014he maintained that public pressure forced electricity prices down by Rs10 to Rs12 per unit.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the national economic crisis, Mr Rehman noted that Pakistan\u2019s total debt has reached Rs110,000bn, with annual interest payments standing at Rs8,000bn. 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