ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government has announced to released the Jamat-e-Islami’s activists in first round of talk.
The party’s Naib Emir Liaqat Baloch announced The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) will continue the ongoing anti-inflation sit-in in Rawalpindi, on Sunday after holding the first round of talks with the government.
A three-member delegation including federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar, Amir Muqam and Tariq Fazal Chaudhry met the JI negotiation committee at the Rawalpindi commissioner office amid mounting pressure on the government as the Rawalpindi sit-in entered its third day.
On Saturday, JI Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman warned of expanding the sit-in against skyrocketing electricity bills and high taxes to other parts of the country if the government failed to meet his party’s demands.
Speaking to media after the negotiations today, Baloch said that the first round of talk was hold in good environment.
He said that the government body offered talks, which the JI accepted. “We have put our demands before the government and they have informed us that it will set up a technical team tomorrow to look into it,”
