What happened in 2026
- A Jamaat protest for Karachi’s rights and the devolution of authority to elected local governments faced extensive baton-charging and police action near the Sindh Assembly.
- In early March, PM Shehbaz Sharif met a Jamaat delegation led by Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman and provided an in-camera briefing on the regional situation arising from the Iran-US conflict.
- Jamaat intensified its economic campaign, demanding lower fuel prices, abolition of the petroleum levy, cuts in government luxury expenditure and the termination or restructuring of exploitative IPP agreements.
- Former Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Punjab Mian Maqsood Ahmad passed away.
- Bano Qabil expanded to 70+ cities, attracting participations from hundreds of thousands of young people.The programme was increasingly recognised as a major national skills-development initiative.
- After being approached by the Joint Awami Action Committee, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan offered to mediate between the government and public representatives to help resolve the Azad Kashmir crisis.