JI stages protest against inflation

Lower-middle class and poor are unable to afford wheat, sugar and other necessities: JI leader

QUETTA: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Balochistan workers staged a protest against inflation and price hike at Bacha Khan Chowk in Quetta. Leaders and workers of the JI chanted slogans against the federal and provincial governments which, they said, have failed to give relief to poor people of the province.

Addressing the protest, a JI leader said, “Lower-middle class and poor are unable to afford wheat, sugar and other necessities because of low purchasing power. 

Published in The Express Tribune, January 26^th, 2020.