Lahore: Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Emir Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman on Thursday announced the next phase of the JI's protest movement against the petroleum levy, warning the government that its campaign for public relief would continue until its demands were met.Addressing a press conference on the 12th day of the JI sit-in outside the Punjab Chief Minister's House in Lahore, Rehman said he would announce the date for a nationwide strike tonight. He also announced a series of public gatherings in different cities, including Faisalabad on August 28, Rawalpindi on August 30, Peshawar on August 31 and Swat on September 4.Acting Secretary General Nazir Ahmed Janjua and Lahore JI Emir Ziauddin Ansari were also present.Rehman strongly criticised the government over the PIMS incident, saying the entire nation was mourning the tragedy. He said there were no adequate security arrangements at the hospital and demanded a transparent investigation into the incident.'Every time a tragedy occurs, the government waits for the next one,' he said, arguing that those responsible were rarely held accountable. He said the theft of a child from a government hospitals was a matter of shame for the authorities.The JI chief also criticised the suspension of government officials following the PIMS incident, calling it a drama by the PML-N government. He said suspending the health secretary alone was insufficient and demanded that all those responsible be held accountable.The JI Emir said the country was suffering from a serious governance crisis, adding that the PML-N and PPP, which had remained in power for decades, were engaged in political 'Nora Kushti' while deceiving the public. He described the PML-N, PPP and MQM as a ugly combination of corruption and incompetence.He also raised concerns over reports of HIV spreading among children in Karachi through the use of contaminated or reused syringes, saying such incidents exposed the failure of government oversight and administration in the health sector.The JI leader said the r uling elite was worsening economic conditions and added that ordinary families were being forced to choose between paying their children's school fees and electricity bills. 'For a poor person, even putting two meals on the table has become difficult,' he said.He criticised extravagant spending by rulers amid economic hardship, saying that Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz had purchased an aircraft worth Rs11 billion while people were struggling with inflation. He questioned the government's repeated claim that it was constrained by the IMF, asking why rulers could not curtail their own privileges and expenditures. He said that the FBR had become a hub of corruption and reiterated his criticism of agreements with IPPs, which he said were placing an unjust burden on consumers.He said the JI sit-in was not aimed at securing any personal or party interest but was a struggle on behalf of Pakistan's 250 million people. 'We have no fascination with sit-ins; we are representing the people,' he said, noting that the Lahore protest had entered its 12th day with participants continuing to attend with determination.He reiterated the JI's core demands, including a reduction in petrol prices, abolition of the petroleum levy and termination of unjust IPP agreements. He said that international oil prices had fallen by $7, yet the government had still increased domestic petrol prices.Rehman said the government would ultimately have to abolish the levy and provide relief to consumers. He said that JI's previous protests had contributed to a reduction of Rs10 to Rs16 per unit in electricity costs. He said JI had also approached the constitutional court against the petroleum levy but case had not even been numbered for two months.The JI chief warned the government not to mistake the party's peaceful political resistance for weakness. He said a large number of young people would join the Lahore sit-in and maintained that the protests had already spread to several cities. He also invited all opposition parties to join JI's sit-ins and become part of struggle for public rights.Earlier, addressing a Seerat-un-Nabi conference at the Lahore sit-in site on the night of 12 Rabi-ul-Awwal, Rehman said the objective of JI's politics was the establishment of a system based on Islam and reiterated the party's commitment to Muslim unity. He said those who sought to divide the Muslim Ummah into sects had no place in the struggle for unity. He paid tribute to the resistance of the people of Gaza and Iran against US and Israeli oppression.He also paid tribute to the Muslim Brotherhood and Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh and reiterated that JI would continue its struggle until fundamental changes were brought to the system. He described the interest-based financial system as a root cause of the country's economic problems and called for its abolition. JI Deputy Secretary Waqas Anjum Jafri also addressed the Seerat conference.