00:01Thousands of protesters marched through cities across Pakistan on Friday, August 7, in rallies
00:08organized by the religious political party Jamaat-e-Islami against the government's
00:13petroleum levy.
00:14The party's chief, Hafiz Naim Ur-Rahman, called for a nationwide escalation of the protest
00:20movement.
00:21The petroleum levy is a fixed tax imposed by the federal government on petrol, diesel
00:27and kerosene at the time of import or domestic sale.
00:30In Karachi, protesters marched along major thoroughfares and blocked key roads, disrupting
00:36traffic and commercial activity.
00:39Similar scenes were reported in Lahore, where thousands gathered to voice their opposition
00:43to the levy.
00:44This was the government.
00:46Pichni and pichni and pichni, they are all doing this, so this levy is not in any way.
00:59This levy is not in any way.
01:19He warned that the protests would escalate.
01:21He warned that the protests would escalate.
01:33with nationwide rallies to be followed by road blockades on major highways from Karachi to
01:39Chitrel.
01:39He said only ambulances and emergency vehicles would be allowed through during the blockades.
01:45The protests are also part of the party's wider campaign against what it calls the IPP
01:51mafia, which it alleges has drained billions of rupees from the national exchequer.
01:56We're always trying to be motivated to support the legislature in this event.
01:58So that would be the lack of public safety sure that the political community could theoretically
02:00determine the potential to interact with the Indian is, and if you're responsible for
02:02Because you're in the right time of the country at the start of the country.
02:03We're in the right time of the sexual protest.
02:06That's obviously a part of the tradition.
02:06You have to be a part of the number.
02:06In the right place, you have to be part of the country.
02:07But you have to be part of the Catholic power out of the country.
02:07It's the right to be part of the country.
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