Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Engr Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Tuesday warned that his party would launch a nationwide protest movement on June 13 and announce a countrywide wheel-jam strike if the federal budget, due to be presented on June 12, imposed any additional tax burden on the public.
Addressing a press conference at the JI Karachi headquarters Idara Noor-e-Haq, he said the government had failed to provide meaningful relief to citizens and that there appeared to be little prospect of relief for ordinary people in the upcoming budget.
He criticised the continued reliance on petroleum levy and indirect taxation, arguing that the burden was being borne by workers, students, farmers and low-income commuters while privileged groups remained protected.
