Jamaat-e-Islami blocks highways in nationwide protests
Jamaat-e-Islami held coordinated protests across Pakistan against inflation, higher fuel prices, the petroleum levy and taxes, staging sit-ins, rallies and road blockades that disrupted traffic on major highways and city roads. Demonstrations affected Karachi, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Sindh districts including Matiari and Thatta, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa locations such as Abbottabad and Peshawar, and several districts in Balochistan and Punjab. Traffic police were deployed to manage flow, while long queues formed on routes including the Karachi-Punjab national highway, N-25 and links around Numaish, and a senior JI leader joined the Islamabad march.
Nationwide protests blocked major highways and caused widespread traffic disruption
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Protests were driven by rising fuel prices and new levies. People blocked highways and main roads. The demonstrations could continue or prompt official responses.
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