Protest & negotiation

Jamaat-e-Islami Petroleum Levy Campaign

Follow Jamaat-e-Islami's campaign against the petroleum levy: nationwide sit-ins, the shutdown strike, the long march and the government negotiations.

The reporting trail

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Jamaat-e-Islami supporters sit behind a table of microphones beneath a green-and-white party banner at an outdoor political gathering.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Jamaat-e-Islami calls nationwide strike on Sept 3 over petroleum levy

Jamaat-e-Islami emir Naeemur Rehman announced a nationwide strike on 3 September 2026 against the petroleum levy, warning protests will widen if relief is not given.

A large crowd of Jamaat-e-Islami supporters, many holding party and national flags, gathered at a roadside protest in Pakistan.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Jamaat-e-Islami threatens nationwide shutdown over fuel levy

Jamaat-e-Islami chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman warned on 18 August 2026 of a countrywide shutdown and a march on Islamabad unless the petroleum levy is withdrawn.

A large crowd of men seated and standing at an outdoor political gathering on a city street at dusk, with green flags and a stage.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Jamaat-e-Islami begins sit-ins outside governors' houses over fuel

Jamaat-e-Islami launched sit-ins outside governors' houses in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta on 16 August 2026 against the petroleum levy and inflation.

A large crowd of people gathered at a Jamaat-e-Islami protest in Islamabad.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Jamaat-e-Islami announces nationwide sit-ins from August 16

Jamaat-e-Islami said on 9 August 2026 it will launch nationwide sit-ins from 16 August over fuel levies and electricity prices.

A portrait of Jamaat-i-Islami emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman wearing glasses and a dark cap.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Jamaat-i-Islami calls nationwide protests over petroleum levy

JI emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman announced countrywide protests and sit-ins on 10 July against the government's petroleum levy, demanding petrol be capped at Rs225 a litre.

Jamaat-e-Islami chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman in a 2023 file photograph.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

JI chief calls Pakistan's role in Trump's Board of Peace 'unacceptable'

Jamaat-i-Islami chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on 21 February 2026 rejected Pakistan's role in the first Board of Peace meeting on Gaza and opposed sending troops.

Jamaat-e-Islami leader Hafiz Naeemur Rehman speaks into a microphone at an outdoor press conference, flanked by other party leaders and a cluster of media microphones.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Police tear-gas JI protesters at Sindh Assembly; party calls Karachi sit-ins

Police used tear gas and batons against Jamaat-e-Islami workers marching on the Sindh Assembly, prompting the party to announce sit-ins at 10 Karachi sites.