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Jamaat-e-Islami Launches Nationwide 'Change the System' Drive With Three-Month Protests

The party sets a campaign to shift authority to empowered local governments.

Overview

  • JI chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman announced rallies, marches and sit-ins across 25 major cities over the next three months following the Lahore Ijtima-e-Aam.
  • A core demand is devolving power from the bureaucracy to elected local bodies, with Punjab directed to prepare a sit-in at the provincial assembly and press for local polls.
  • Organisational targets include enrolling five million members and forming thousands of community committees to build grassroots capacity.
  • The party ruled out electoral alliances and said it will not announce candidates until an election schedule is issued.
  • JI rejected the 26th and 27th constitutional amendments and called for lifting the TLP ban while demanding the release of Imran Khan.