Karachi:Rallies and protest demonstrations were held on Friday under the banner of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan against massive hike in prices of essential items and rising unemployment.
A large number of people holding banner and placards inscribed with slogans demanding decrease in the prices of sugar, flour and other basis commodities participated in the rallies which were organized in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Quetta and other district headquarters and major cities.
JI chief Senator Sirajul Haq had issued the call for holding the protest rallies, warning the rulers to control the inflation or get ready to go home. He said the flawed economic policies of the PTI government made it impossible for the masses to meet both ends.
JI Secretary General Ameerul Azim led the protest demonstrations held at Multan Road in front of JI headquarters Mansoora. Addressing the participants he said the PTI regime sucked the blood of the masses to feed the IMF, retreating all the promises and claims it made with the people to provide relief to the masses and bring reform in every sector.
He said the ruling elite never bothered to address the problems of a common man and their only agenda was to enjoy power and make money throw illegal means. He said the flour disappeared from the market and sugar prices touched skies despite the fact that country was one of the biggest producers of both the commodities in the world. He said the PTI deceived the people in the name of change, leaving the masses in a desperate situation in only 16 months of its rule.
Besides increasing prices of food items, gas, electricity and petrol, he said, the government also made a multiple raise in the Hajj cost which was mockery to the slogan to turn the country into a Madina-like-state. The step, he said, was tantamount to depriving people from going to Madina. He said the rulers must understand the fact that country’s economy could not be fixed by blindly following the IMF agenda. He said people needed to take a stand against the corrupt system.
JI Lahore Chapter Emir Dr Zikrullah Mujahid, JI leader Hafiz Idrees and others also addressed the protest rally and condemned the government policies. They said few rich families were ruling over the country for years and they have nothing to do with the problems of masses.