Jamaat threatens march on Islamabad over petroleum levy

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LAHORE / KARACHI: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Sunday warned the government that the party would expand its ongoing sit-ins into a nationwide movement, culminating in a shutter-down strike and a possible march on Islamabad if the petroleum levy was not withdrawn.

Addressing a press conference at the JI sit-in site in Lahore, Mr Rehman said the protests in the provincial capital had entered their eighth day and would continue until the government abolished the petroleum levy.