Karachi: The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi on Saturday evening held a protest sit-in at Numaish Chowrangi against the rising death toll of citizens by deadly tankers, dumpers, and heavy traffic in the city; looting of the public in the name of e-challans; government apathy; dilapidated infrastructure; and violation of citizens' rights.A large number of Karachiites, belonging to all walks of life participated in the protest sit-in. The protesters, carrying placards and banners, chanted slogans against the Sindh government, the traffic police, and the unchecked tanker mafia.Addressing the protesters in his opening speech, JI Karachi Ameer Monem Zafar Khan, said that the Sindh government and traffic police have effectively issued a license for the dumper and tanker mafia to kill Karachiites.Over the past week, the loss of precious human lives in traffic accidents has continued to rise, he said, adding citizens are being crushed under deadly dumpers, tankers, and heavy traffic. He questioned why the authori ties are maintaining silence over deaths caused by heavy traffic accidents. 'Will the people of Karachi continue to lift the bodies of their loved ones like this?' he asked, adding that even the helpless tears of parents fail to move the rulers.He said that under the guise of e-challans, an organized system of extortion has been launched, with fines ranging from Rs. 5,000 to Rs. 20,000. The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has been looting the citizens of Karachi for the past 17 years and has occupied the city's institutions and resources, while also colluding with PML-N at the federal level. Karachi's ranking of 170th among 173 unlivable cities is proof of the incompetence and mismanagement of the Sindh government and the occupying mayor. He said the PPP's mindset is feudal and landlord-oriented, aiming to keep the public enslaved.Monem Zafar Khan further stated that the provincial PPP government has destroyed every institution in Karachi and that mafias exist in every sector of the city, including those pla ying with human lives.The PPP is not willing to provide Karachi with dignified public transport; in 17 years, bringing only 400 buses for a population of 35 million is no great favor, he said."The occupying mayor and the entire Sindh government are unwilling to give Karachi its rightful share."He emphasized that due to unchecked dumper and tanker mafias, rising traffic deaths, extortion through e-challans, criminal silence of the police over street crimes, and the apathy of the provincial government, citizens have been forced to stage a sit-in.'This sit-in is the voice of Karachi's 35 million people,' he said, adding that Jamaat-e-Islami is fighting Karachi's case and that its 'Haq Do Karachi' movement is moving forward. 'We will not abandon the people under any circumstances. We will not let the oppressive rulers escape and will continue to pursue them,' he asserted.On the occasion, Muhammad Farooq said that in the Sindh Assembly, only a game of forming committees is being played regarding the revi sion of e-challans. 'We are not against e-challans; we want reasonable fines in Karachi like other cities,' he said. Jamaat-e-Islami's stance is clear: provide relief to citizens first, then impose challans and fines.He added that there is virtually no opposition in the Sindh Assembly, except for Jamaat-e-Islami's single member playing that role.Deputy Ameer Karachi Muslim Parvez, Deputy Secretary Karachi Ibn-ul-Hassan Hashmi, NLF Karachi President Khalid Khan, and others. The protest continued till filing this report.