Punjab govt decides to release JI arrested workers today

LAHORE – The Punjab government  decided to release the arrested leaders and workers of Jamaat-e-Islami, the sources close to the development said on Friday.

The sources said that the decision to release local leaders and workers of Jamaat-e-Islami was made on the recommendation of the federal government.

They said that the arrested leaders and workers of Jamaat-e-Islami would be released on Friday (today).

Jamaat-e-Islami had announced a sit-in in Islamabad starting from the 26th against inflation and taxes in electricity bills, after which workers and leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami were arrested across Punjab, and later negotiations led to the decision to release the workers.

Meanwhile, the sit-in by Jamaat-e-Islami continued at Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi.

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