Sirajul Haq, the leader of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), has announced that his party will hold a sit-in outside the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Governor House in Peshawar to protest the escalating inflation and the soaring cost of petroleum items.

Siraj stressed that the JI’s protests would continue until inflation was reduced in his speech to the Ulema Convention, which was hosted by the Jamiat Ittehad Ulema. He also suggested about an impending wheel-jam strike.

During this gathering, prominent figures such as JI district chief Aizaz-ul-Mulk Afkari, Jamiat Ittehad Ulema K-P President Maulana Asadullah Khan, and Mufti Imtiaz Marwat were also in attendance.

Siraj disclosed the JI’s plans for the second phase of their protest movement, which will target expensive electricity and the excessive hike in fuel prices. They intend to stage sit-ins in Lahore on September 21, Quetta on September 24, and outside the Sindh Governor House in Karachi on October 6, all with the aim of pressuring the government to provide relief to the people.

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Siraj placed blame on both the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) and PTI governments for the escalating prices. He particularly criticized JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the president of PDM, for not addressing the issue of inflation despite his alliance being in power.

Siraj attributed the rising costs to both the PTI and the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) governments. He specifically criticised Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the president of PDM and the head of the JUI-F, for failing to address the inflation problem despite his alliance being in power.