ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami Islamabad Emir Engineer Nasrullah Randhawa has said that preparations for the Islamabad march against the petroleum levy have been completed and the party will camp at D-Chowk until its demands are accepted.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad on September 17, 2026, along with JI Islamabad Secretary General Zubair Safdar, Deputy Secretary Tasawwar Kazmi and Information Secretary Rab Nawaz Malik, Randhawa said the protest would be historic and completely peaceful.
He said Jamaat-e-Islami would not back down from its demands under any circumstances. He added that last year the government had taken billions of rupees from the people in the name of petroleum levy.
Randhawa said the party’s demand was clear: if the government wanted to provide real relief to the people, the petroleum levy should be abolished. He said Jamaat-e-Islami had presented its position during talks with the government in a reasoned manner and had also proposed alternative revenue sources.
He said the call given by Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman for the Islamabad march on September 20 remained in place. People from across the country would reach Islamabad, and hundreds of thousands of participants were expected, he said.
The JI Islamabad emir said the protest would remain within constitutional, legal and democratic limits. He said that after the Islamabad march, a sit-in at D-Chowk would continue until the demands were accepted.
Randhawa demanded that the government keep Islamabad’s roads open and that the administration should not block public movement by placing containers. He called for the immediate removal of containers so that citizens did not face difficulties in commuting.
He said Jamaat-e-Islami had submitted an application to the administration for holding the sit-in at D-Chowk.
The JI leader said 20 administrative committees and 50 sub-committees had been formed for arrangements of the Islamabad march. He urged the administration to cooperate with these committees so that basic facilities and other arrangements for participants could be ensured in a better manner.
He said the September 20 Islamabad march would be a major and historic gathering in the history of Islamabad. He added that JI Islamabad Secretary General Zubair Safdar would be responsible for the overall arrangements of the sit-in.
Randhawa said leaders of all political parties would be welcomed at the sit-in and workers of all political parties were also invited to participate in the Islamabad march and sit-in.
