Event Brief
Jamaat-e-Islami announces nationwide wheel-jam strike
By The BriefBrief · Sources (2)
Filed: Aug 19, 2026 at 3:10 PM ET
Summary: Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Emir Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman announced a nationwide wheel-jam strike against the petroleum levy, to be held one week after 12 Rabi-ul-Awwal. He said sit-ins are continuing in Lahore, Sindh and Peshawar and that the party will later call for a march to Islamabad.
WHO: Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman and Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
WHAT: Announced a nationwide wheel-jam strike against the petroleum levy, followed by a planned march to Islamabad.
WHEN: Aug 19, 2026 at 2:41 PM ET
WHERE: Pakistan
WHY: The party says the government increased petroleum product prices and uses the petroleum levy to take money from people’s pockets.
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