Local activists and student leaders organised sit-ins and demonstrations across various districts of PoJK on Wednesday, demanding the unconditional release of Ahmed and other detained political activists.
A major protest was organised on Monday in the Kotli district of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) after a local youth was allegedly abducted by security agencies.
The Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) organised a protest at the Kotli area of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), demanding the administration immediately release the prisoners that were detained during the four-day-long Muzzafarabad protest held last month.
Chaudhry Usman, a resident of Jalwa Gujran in the Kotli district of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, was reportedly abducted from Rawalpindi and later found brutally murdered in Chakwal after being missing for a week.
According to the report which cited Mirpur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kamran Ali Sub-inspector Adnan Qureshi succumbed to a gunshot wound in the chest in the town of Islamgarh where he was deployed along with other police personnel to stop a rally for Muzaffarabad via Kotli and Po
Congress MLA Sukhwinder Singh Kotli on Monday broke down following Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's 'seizure' remarks against him in the assembly after the former had asked him to appoint a Dalit Deputy CM.
Shops in Muzaffarabad, Mirpur, Rawalakot, Kotli and other major cities remained shut and trades and locals carried out protest marches with slogans against the Pakistan government.
Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets of PoK, united in their condemnation of what they perceive as highly inflated electricity bills that are putting undue financial strain on their households.