Jamaat-i-Islami warns of shutter-down strike over levy
By The BriefBrief
Jamaat-i-Islami chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman warned that the party will expand its ongoing sit-ins into a nationwide movement, culminating in a shutter-down strike and a possible march on Islamabad if the petroleum levy is not withdrawn. He said the Lahore sit-in had entered its eighth day.
WHO:Hafiz Naeemur Rehman (Jamaat-i-Islami)
WHAT:Warned that Jamaat-i-Islami will convert sit-ins into a shutter-down strike and possibly march on Islamabad if the petroleum levy is not withdrawn
WHEN:Aug 24, 2026
WHERE:Pakistan
WHY:The warning was triggered by the government not withdrawing the petroleum levy.
