Jamaat-E-Islami Ameer Hafiz Naeemur Rehman castigated federal and provincial governments, saying that 44% of the population lived below the poverty line while the ruling elite continued to project an illusion of good governance by costly media campaigns. Addressing a press conference Tuesday at the party headquarters in Mansoora, the head of the JI denounced the national budget recently announced as "anti-peuples" Because he kept citizens with excessive taxes while offering little relief. He accused the government of using world oil prices as an excuse to increase fuel rates, arguing that a 40% reduction in petrol prices could be carried out if the oil deduction was abolished.
"Useless government spending and luxurious lifestyles must end if we want to put the country on the path of real development," He said. Naeem also criticized the meager allocation of funds in the education sector, stressing that despite budgetary complaints, the privatization of public schools indicated a lack of real investment in education. He also castigated political leadership in the provinces, saying: "The uncle reigns in the center, the niece in Punjab and their allies in the Sindh, all engaged in a scripted political wrestling match".
