According to the head of JI, “What capacity charges when the government has shares in 52 percent of the IPPs?”
He insisted on the agreements’ public disclosure and referred to the contracts with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) as illegal.
He further urged that the officers responsible for the losses the nation suffered be held accountable.
Jamaat-e-Islami led by Hafiz Naeem is protesting the exorbitant electricity prices that have rocked Pakistan.
The termination of the benefits and privileges that government ministers and officials were receiving, such as free gas and electricity, was another demand made by Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman.
The leader of the JI stated that government cars exceeding 1300 CC should not be provided to the prime minister, chief ministers, other ministers, or staff.
If the government doesn’t support the salaried class, he continued, “the economy will hurtle to more damage.”
