Event Brief
Jamaat-i-Islami warns of shutter-down strike over levy
By The BriefBrief · Sources (2)
Filed: Aug 24, 2026 at 12:07 AM ET
Summary: 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movement, culminating in a shutter-down strike and a possible march on Islamabad if the petroleum levy is not withdrawn.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will convert sit-ins into a shutter-down strike and possibly march on Islamabad if the petroleum levy is not withdrawn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.
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