{"id":44043,"date":"2024-08-06T17:17:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T12:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=44043"},"modified":"2024-08-06T17:17:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T12:17:06","slug":"jamaat-e-islami-announces-nationwide-shutter-down-strike-on-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/jamaat-e-islami-announces-nationwide-shutter-down-strike-on-independence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaat-e-Islami announces nationwide shutter-down strike on Independence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/jamaat-e-islami-announces-nationwide-sit-ins-over-electricity-bills\/\">Jamaat-e-Islami<\/a> (JI) Amir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has announced plans for a nationwide shutter-down strike after August 14, here on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a press conference on the occasion of the party&#8217;s sit-in in Rawalpindi, Rehman detailed that on August 8, the participants would march on Murree Road. This will be followed by a major protest outside the Chief Minister&#8217;s House in Lahore on August 11 and another protest in <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/kp-peshawar-weather-forecast-ndma-issues-flood-landslide-alert-in-kp\/\">Peshawar<\/a> on August 12.<\/p>\n<p>Rehman demanded termination or revision of certain contracts with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and demanded a forensic audit of all contracts. He highlighted the impact of rising electricity bills on household budgets, stressing that charges should reflect the actual cost of electricity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We may have to publicize the disappearance of the government committee,&#8221; Rehman said, jokingly commenting on the disappearance of the government&#8217;s negotiating committee.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the government is worried because the sit-in has affected its luxuries. Rehman suggested that the negotiating committee should include the Auditor General of Pakistan, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/wapda-initiates-legal-action-against-housing-societies-using-its-name-unlawfully\/\">WAPDA<\/a> Chairman, Federal Chamber of Commerce and consumer representatives.<\/p>\n<p>To a question, the JI chief clarified that bringing down the government is not currently on his agenda but hinted that it may be necessary depending on the government&#8217;s actions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Amir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has announced plans for a nationwide shutter-down strike after August 14, here on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference on the occasion of the party&#8217;s sit-in in Rawalpindi, Rehman detailed that on August 8, the participants would march on Murree Road. This will be followed by a major protest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":44044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2755,20145,20147,20146],"class_list":["post-44043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-independent-power-producers","tag-hafiz-naeemur-rahman","tag-jamaat-e-islami-protests","tag-pakistan-independence-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44043"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44045,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44043\/revisions\/44045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}