Jamaat-e-Islami is gearing up for sit-ins in 150 cities and a long march towards Islamabad over fuel prices. Party chief Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman branded the 135 to 140 rupees collected per litre in taxes and levies as extortion, calling it a goonda tax in plain terms. The plan was announced from Lahore and Karachi through the party's correspondents and news agencies. The idea is to hold shows of strength across urban Pakistan first and then converge on the capital when the march begins. Fuel prices have become a lightning rod as government levies keep piling onto the base price at the pump. The party frames the charge as a burden that falls hardest on commuters and small traders. No dates or route details for the long march were given in the announcement.