Jamaat-E-Islami (JI) announced a national demonstration on January 31 on the issue of independent electricity producers (IPP).
At a press conference in Karachi, the head of the JI, Hafiz Naeem-Ur-Rehman, said that demonstrations would take place simultaneously throughout the country on January 31. He wondered why the public had received no relief if the PPI benefited from the agreements.
He added that the government said that the negotiations had been completed with 17 PPI, but that Jamaat-E-Islami was the voice of the people to respond to his concerns. The party also rejected the increase in wages of the legislators.
Reaffirming the position of the party, he pointed out that parliamentarians’ salaries were increased by 140 %, while Jamaat-E-Islami continues to work for the Palestinian cause.
He stressed that Pakistan should play a proactive role in the restoration of Gaza.
Hafiz Naeem-Ur-Rehman also pointed out that the government must act quickly in the current geopolitical situation and put pressure on the Arab countries and others so that they refrain from recognizing Israel.
Earlier on January 14, the federal cabinet gave the green light to the revision of agreements with 14 independent electricity producers (PPI) and approved the merger of the aviation division with the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Control of the Control of Narcotic drugs with the Ministry of the Interior, as part of the government’s austerity campaign.
The cabinet met here under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Addressing Reunion, Prime Minister Shehbaz praised the process of renegotiating electricity purchasing agreements with PPIs, saying that this would lead to major savings for the national treasury.
The firm has approved the recommendation of the electricity division to revise the negotiated agreements, with 14 PPIs aimed at reducing electricity costs and saving 1,400 billion rupees for the national treasury.
After discussion with the 14 PPIs, as part of the negotiated settlement agreements, the firm approved the RS802 billion reduction recommendation in terms of profit and cost of these PPIs. An amount of RS35 billion excess profits from previous years would also be deducted from these PPIs.
