The workers of different political parties, including JUI-F, JI, QWP, and progressive national parties on Friday held protest rallies and demonstrations against inflation, flour and sugar crises, unemployment and government's anti-masses policies.
Jamiate Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa workers staged protest demonstrations against inflation, corruption, flour and sugar crises and hike in electricity and gas tariffs in Peshawar and district headquarters across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
In Peshawar, the JUI-F protest was spearheaded by Maulana Amanulalh Haqqani, Abdul Jalil Jan, Khalid Waqar Chamkani, Syed Rafeeq Shah, Atifur Rehman, Hussain Ahmad Madani, Dr Mehsud Gul, Syed Minhajuddin Bacha, Haroon Sifat, Ahmad Shoaib and others. While speaking to the demonstrators, the JUI-F leaders said the incumbent government didn't take any practical step to eliminate corruption and price hike as they miserably failed to fulfill promises made with the masses in this regard.
The party leaders asked the government to take immediate steps to resolve these issues immediately. The protest demonstrations also held by JUI-F workers in Charsadda, Mardan, Swabi, Nowshera, Haripur, Abbottabad, Manshera, Kohistan, Torghar, Battagram, Shangla, Bunner, Chitral, Swat, Dir Upper and Lower, Malakand division, Kohat, Hangu, Karak, Lakki Marwat, Tang, Bannu and DI Khan.
In Peshawar, Pakhtunkhwa Jamhoori Ittehed (PJI), an alliance of progressive national parties under the banner of Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) also took out a protest rally against increasing prices of essential commodities, flour and sugar crises, and hike in power and gas tariffs.
The rally was led by QWP provincial chairman, Sikandar Khan Sherpao, which started from Khyber Bazaar and culminated outside Peshawar Press Club here. QWP and PJI workers, leader of National Party, Mukhtar Bacha, Gul Haider Khan from Mazdoor Kissan Party and Awami Workers Party's Shahab Khattak, Pakhtunkhwa Olasi Tehreek's Dr Mushtaq were also present in the rally.
The PJI leaders said IMF was authorized to make economic policies for Pakistan, because incumbent government is imposing policies on poor masses on behest of IMF. In this regard, activists of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa also staged a protest outside Peshawar Press Club on Friday.