The government must realise the gravity of the current economic situation and plight of the people due to unprecedented inflation because it may result in unimaginable anarchy and lawlessness.Karachi Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman made these remarks while addressing a demonstration in North Nazimabad against the hike in electricity tariff.
A large number of residents of the area, including women and children, participated in the protest. They carried placards and banners, and chanted slogans against the previous and incumbent regimes and K-Electric.Criticising the government for continuously adding tax burden on the common people, the JI leader said all the luxuries and subsidiaries were for the elite class, whereas inflation, petrol bombshells and taxes were for common people.
He warned that such policies would no longer be practical as people would revolt against them. He said the caretaker prime minister, Anwarul Haq Kakar, should pack up if he could not reduce the prices of electricity and fuel.
Rehman said 35 million people of Karachi had been recording their peaceful protest for several days and the rulers were playing the role of silent spectators, instead of taking concrete actions.Lambasting the ruling elite class.
