JI chief reaches PM House for meeting with prime minister: party

Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman arrived on Tuesday at the Prime Minister’s House for a meeting with the premier, according to the party. The meeting regards the JI’s demand that the government abolish petroleum levies . The Centre and JI had agreed to form committees in early September — when the latter had planned a nationwide strike — to recommend measures to reduce the levy. Rehman was accompanied by a delegation including the party’s Deputy Emir Liaquat Baloch, Deputy Secretary General Syed Farasat Shah, and JI Islamabad Emir Nasrullah Randhawa, a post by the JI’s account…