JI Ameer Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman off to Qatar to attend Haniyeh's funeral

Ameer (head) of the Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JI) Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman has departed for Qatar to attend the funeral of the Palestinian freedom fighter group Hamas' martyred head Ismail Haniyeh. 

According to the 24NewsHD TV channel, the head of the Jamaat-e-Islami negotiation team Liaquat Baloch has become the acting ameer of the party in the absence of Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman.

Speaking to the media on Friday morning, Acting Ameer and head of the Jamaat-e-Islami negotiation team Liaquat Baloch said taxes on the salaries of private and government employees are unacceptable.

He said the JI sit-in protest against inflation and the high power tariff in Rawalpindi has now entered its second week with the support of the masses as protests and rallies are part of politics in Pakistan.
 
Liaquat Baloch called for a forensic audit of IPPs (Independent Power Producers), asserting that their agenda is based on public interest rather than personal gain. 

He mentioned that under his leadership, the negotiation team has completed two rounds of talks and has thoroughly informed the government's technical committee of their concerns.

Yesterday, addressing the protesters, JI chief Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman said that JI workers can easily reach D Chowk for the acceptance of their demands but JI leadership does not want to indulge in drama with the police.

He urged the government to accept the demands of the public; otherwise, JI would start a long march. He said Pakistan was paying a fine to Iran over a gas pipeline deal at the US behest.

Hafiz Naeem said that in Israeli aggression against Palestinians, the US was behind the Zionists' estate. He said Israelis were bombarding Palestinians due to the silence of Muslim estates. He urged Muslims to stand up against the Israelis.

He demanded that missing persons be recovered and produced before the courts. He said the Army must follow the rules.