Khadim Hussain
Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman announced a nationwide strike on August 28, saying that the strike would be against inflation, electricity bills, and oppressive taxes.
Amir Jamaat-e-Islami while holding a press conference in Karachi said that (N) League and PPP have sunk the ship of the country, Nawaz Sharif announced the reduction of electricity prices in Punjab for 2 months only.
He said that the rulers were forced as a result of Jamaat-e-Islami’s sit-in and pressure, and the whole of Pakistan should get the relief of a reduction in electricity prices, if electricity can be cheap in Punjab, why not in Sin?
He said that the federal system runs on taxes collected from Karachi, Karachi pays more than 50% of taxes in Pakistan, so why can’t electricity money be reduced here?
Hafiz Naeemur Rahman said that the Sindh government has a budget of 3 thousand, 1895 billion is received from the federal government, but the Sindh government is not ready to give relief.
