PESHAWAR: Jamaat-i-Islami continued its sit-in outside the Governor’s House on Monday against the increase in petroleum product prices.

A large number of party workers and leaders were in attendance.

The indefinite sit-ins, launched on the call of JI Pakistan emir Hafiz Naeemur Rahman, are being held outside governors’ houses in all four provinces and outside the Punjab Chief Minister’s House in Lahore.

Speaking at a press conference before the start of the second day’s protest, JI deputy emir Prof Mohammad Ibrahim Khan, accompanied by JI Khyber Pakhtunkhwa central emir Abdul Wasay, said the government was trying to end the sit-in by offering talks and a briefing in Islamabad on the issue.

He said that they want to make it clear that their demands are not a long list requiring prolonged negotiations.

Prof Ibrahim Khan said the protesters had only one demand: immediate reduction in petroleum prices and withdrawal of what he termed unjust levies and taxes imposed on petroleum products.

He urged the government to provide immediate relief to the people instead of trying to mislead them in the name of negotiations.

Meanwhile, residents in the provincial capital faced immense issues while travelling as the main artery, Sher Shah Suri Road, was blocked and the traffic was diverted to other roads.

Schoolchildren, on the first day after classes commenced, faced immense problems in the scorching heat, and many, in private vehicles, also had to take several routes to reach their homes.

Due to traffic diversion, vehicles in Khyber Bazaar, Shoba Bazaar, on Fort Road, Grand Trunk Road, Jail Road and Khyber Road remained blocked.

Published in Dawn, August 18th, 2026