{"id":132612,"date":"2026-09-06T09:01:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T04:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=132612"},"modified":"2026-09-06T09:01:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T04:01:33","slug":"ji-govt-set-to-hold-talks-tomorrow-amid-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/132612\/","title":{"rendered":"JI, govt set to hold talks tomorrow amid protests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISLAMABAD(National Times)- 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\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Highlighting that JI\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2021330\">protests<\/a>&nbsp;have 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\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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. He argued that a 3pc cut in the central bank\u2019s policy rate would eliminate the need for the petroleum levy altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\u2019s ninth-grade exams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Rehman criticised the key political parties of Sindh, describing them as opportunistic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD(National Times)- 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. 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