JI workers protest against inflation, unemployment
July 5, 2021
LAHORE: Thousands of Jamaat-e-Islami workers Sunday staged countrywide protest day against inflation and unemployment, shouting slogans against the PTI government and demanding it to either improve economic policies for providing relief to the masses or step down.
Staging demonstrations on the appeal of JI Ameer Sirajul Haq, the protests were held all over the country at provincial, divisional, district and zonal headquarters. In Lahore, the protest was held on Multan Road outside the JI headquarters Mansoora, where JI Secretary General Ameerul Azeem, Lahore Ameer Zikrullah Mujahid and others addressed the protesters.
Ameerul Azeem lamented the government practice of continuous mini-budgets round the year, saying annual budget is presented once a year all over the world but Pakistan is the only unfortunate country where people are subjected to frequent price hikes and inflation. “Not a day goes by without the gov