Protest held in Chitral against price hike

Report Zahiruddin, Chitral

The Chitral chapter of the Jamaat-i-Islami organised a rally on Friday to protest price hike and power loadshedding.
The party also held a meeting to protest violation of Pakistani airspace by US-led forces stationed in Afghanistan.
Activists of the party took out a procession from the Atalique chowk, which converted into a meeting after reaching the Goldoor chowk. Speaking on the occasion, district JI president Maulana Ghulam Mohammad said prices of daily-use items were rising, making life difficult for the poor. He said frequent suicides by poor people proved failure of the government in controlling prices of essential items.
He accused the government of protecting profiteers, saying there was no mechanism to discourage profiteering.
He said loadshedding during Ramazan had increased miseries of people.
He alleged that the US forces were violating the boundaries of the country with the tacit approval of the Pakistan government. He claimed that the country was being destabilised under a conspiracy.