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To hell with you & your IMF: Pakistanis amid nationwide protests over rising petrol prices
short by Ashley Paul / on Sunday, 9 August, 2026
Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan's chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman criticised the Pakistani government for deflecting public anger over rising petrol and diesel prices to the IMF. "You claim that the IMF won't allow [reducing petroleum levy]. So to hell with you and your IMF," Rehman said, echoing public sentiment amid nationwide protests over the fuel prices. Meanwhile, protestors have warned of more sit-ins.
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