Pakistan, Nov. 8 -- Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Emir Engineer Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has warned the government against further delays in providing relief from the petroleum levy, saying that JI would take its struggle to the streets if negotiations fail to produce decisions in the public interest. Addressing a press conference at Idara Noor-e-Haq on Saturday, Hafiz Naeemur Rehman said negotiations with the government had reached their final stage, but no final decision had yet been announced. Karachi JI Emir Munim Zafar was also present.

Hafiz Naeemur Rehman said the government had agreed in principle to gradually abolish the levy. He said the government had sought another two to four days to conclude the matter, which the JI had agreed to gi...