Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has announced to stage city-wide protests in Karachi over census issue.
Addressing a press conference, JI Karachi Chief – Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, said that Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Sindh government has failed to address Karachiites’ issues, concerns.
He maintained that the metropolitan city is home to more than 30 million people and government has intentionally underreported Karachi’s population in the census to deprive the city of its due rights, resources.
Furthermore, Hafiz Naeemur Rehman announced that his party will be staging protests across Karachi against census results.
JI’s protests schedule is as follows;
- January 16 – protests from Five Star Chowrangi to Hyderi Market
- January 17- protest at Aladin Park
- January 23- protest in Karimabad
- January 28 – protests at 50 locations across Karachi
