Pakistan, Aug. 17 -- Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) began its latest round of protests and sit-ins in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta on Sunday against the petroleum levy, rising petroleum product prices and rising inflation.

The protests formed the next phase of the party's nationwide campaign after demonstrations were held at hundreds of locations earlier this month.

In Lahore, JI workers continued their sit-in at Faisal Chowk on Mall Road. The protesters had marched along Mall Road before reaching Faisal Chowk near the Chief Minister's House.

Punjab JI chief Javed Qasuri and other party leaders participated in the demonstration, while JI Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman also reached the sit-in.

Addressing the protesters, Hafiz Naeem said that ...