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title: "Jamaat-e-Islami to set up 25 protest camps in Karachi over power and fuel issues"
description: "Most outlets reported that Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) announced the establishment of 25 protest camps across Karachi, primarily to protest against power shortages and a petroleum levy. The Express Tribune additionally noted JI's welcome of the government’s decision to terminate agreements with five IPPs, while others, like Minute Mirror and Geo News, focused more narrowly on the protest announcement and its timing. Some excerpts included the name of JI Karachi chief Munim Zafar Khan as the source of the announcement, while others did not."
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# Jamaat-e-Islami to set up 25 protest camps in Karachi over power and fuel issues

pakistan · updated 27 Sep 2026, 2:21 AM PKT · 25–27 Sep 2026 · 6 articles from 5 outlets over 2 developments

**HarZaviya summary** — how 5 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported that Jamaat-e-Islami announced the establishment of 25 protest camps in Karachi to protest against the petroleum levy and high inflation. Geo News added context about the protest being staged against "prolonged" issues and mentioned a Facebook page reference, while Minute Mirror focused on the announcement and timing of the camps. Both outlets used similar phrasing from the excerpts provided.

## How it developed

Newest development first. Each carries its own coverage and, where we have one, our summary of it.

### 27 Sep 2026 — JI sets up 25 camps across Karachi to step up its protest drive (1 outlet)

- **Business Recorder** — [JI sets up 25 camps across Karachi to step up its protest drive](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40441400/ji-sets-up-25-camps-across-karachi-to-step-up-its-protest-drive) · 27 Sep 2026, 2:21 AM PKT
  > KARACHI: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Karachi on Saturday set up 25 protest camps across the city against the petroleum levy, agreements with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and prolonged load shedding by K-Electric, launching a campaign to seek public support for its demands. A large number of citizens visited the camps, expressed support for the demands and signed a memorandum seeking abolition of...

### 25 Sep 2026 — Jamaat-e-Islami to set up 25 protest camps in Karachi over power and fuel issues (4 outlets)

> Most outlets reported that Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) announced the establishment of 25 protest camps across Karachi, primarily to protest against power shortages and a petroleum levy. The Express Tribune additionally noted JI's welcome of the government’s decision to terminate agreements with five IPPs, while others, like Minute Mirror and Geo News, focused more narrowly on the protest announcement and its timing. Some excerpts included the name of JI Karachi chief Munim Zafar Khan as the source of the announcement, while others did not.

- **Daily Times** — [JI to set up protest camps across Karachi over power woes, fuel levy](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1558507/ji-to-set-up-protest-camps-across-karachi-over-power-woes-fuel-levy/) · 26 Sep 2026, 3:17 AM PKT
  > Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi chief Munim Zafar on Friday announced the establishment of 25 demonstration camps across Karachi from tomorrow onwards to protest against the city’s power woes and the petroleum levy. Speaking at a press conference at Idara Noor-e-Haq in Karachi, Zafar criticised the government’s failure to address the power disruption issues in the provincial […]
- **Minute Mirror** — [JI announces 25 protest camps in Karachi](https://minutemirror.com.pk/ji-announces-25-protest-camps-in-karachi-635407/) · 25 Sep 2026, 7:39 PM PKT · 84% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi has announced plans to establish 25 protest camps across the city from Saturday to raise its voice against prolonged
- **Geo News** — [JI to set up over 25 camps in Karachi amid protest against petroleum levy](https://www.geo.tv/latest/683644-ji-to-set-up-over-25-camps-in-karachi-amid-protest-against-petroleum-levy) · 25 Sep 2026, 4:07 PM PKT · 85% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Jamaat-e-Islami supporters stage sit-in against petroleum levy and high inflation. — Facebook@Jamaat-e-Islami PakistanJamaat-e-Islami has announced it will set up more than 25 camps across Karachi for protests starting tomorrow as part of a series of demonstrations against the...
- **The Express Tribune** — [JI to set up 25 protest camps across Karachi over power woes, petroleum levy from tomorrow](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2631355/ji-to-set-up-25-protest-camps-across-karachi-over-power-woes-petroleum-levy-from-tomorrow) · 25 Sep 2026, 10:53 AM PKT · 82% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Welcomes the government’s decision to terminate agreements with five IPPs

## Part of a bigger story

Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology).

- [Jamaat-e-Islami Announces Countrywide Sit-ins Against Petroleum Levy](https://harzaviya.com/stories/2105-enough-is-enough-jamaat-i-islami-announces-510-nationwide) · 10 Aug 2026 · 11 outlets · 5 developments · 86% related
- [Jamaat-i-Islami warns of shutdown and march over petroleum levy](https://harzaviya.com/stories/3391-ji-announces-protest-from-tomorrow-over-petroleum-levy) · 26 Aug 2026 · 11 outlets · 10 developments · 84% related
- [Jamaat-e-Islami chief announces protests and potential long march to Islamabad](https://harzaviya.com/stories/15653-ji-chief-hafiz-naeem-announces-sit-ins-at-150-locations) · 24 Oct 2026 · 10 outlets · 3 developments · 80% related
- [Jamaat-e-Islami announces protests against fuel price hike on August 7](https://harzaviya.com/stories/521-jamaat-e-islami-announces-protests-against-fuel-price-hike) · 27 Jul 2026 · 2 outlets · 79% related
- [JI sets deadline for petroleum levy withdrawal](https://harzaviya.com/stories/7127-ji-demands-abolition-of-fuel-taxes-warns-of-expanded) · 10 Sep 2026 · 5 outlets · 3 developments · 78% related

6 articles from 5 outlets, 25–27 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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