Reportedly, the long march was organized, after a sit-in of 30 consecutive days at Mashkel demanding the same was ignored by the Pakistani administration. Its closure has created a shortage of food items and other items of daily use. Besides, locals said the border trade was their livelih
Protesters have already started sit-ins, effectively shutting down the Kohala-Muzaffarabad Road at various points along its 40-kilometer stretch, which connects Kohala town with Muzaffarabad in PoJK. Their route from Dhirkot is expected to lead them to the capital.
Protests and long marches are being witnessed across several areas of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) on Friday as defence personnel demanded by the administration of PoJK are trying to suppress the protest invoked by the Joint Awami Action Committee on May 11.
It announced the decision after the police reportedly detained as many as 70 activists in a bid to prevent a 'long march' announced by the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee to call on the government to comply with an agreement reached between the two in February.
Political and human rights organizations have invoked a long march and called for a sit-in on May 11 to raise the issues faced by the PoK locals in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
The judicial magistrate, Shaista Kundi, announced the verdict reserved earlier in the day. The court, however, rejected the request to produce the PTI founder in court.
Prominent Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch addressed the media, shedding light on the disturbing trend of extrajudicial killings. She emphasised that despite peaceful demands voiced during the Long March, the Pakistani authorities refused to address the concerns of the families of missing pers
The agitation against the provincial government's plan to raise wheat prices in Gilgit-Baltistan has been intensifying on a daily basis, according to vernacular media, Daily K2.
The Baloch National Movement Germany Chapter staged a demonstration on Saturday in solidarity with the long march for the families of Baloch missing persons.
The Pakistan caretaker government has released 34 more Baloch protestors who had been arrested during a police crackdown in the federal capital last week, as reported by Geo News.
The crackdown on Baloch long march protesters has brought a lot of criticism to the federal government for not being able to ensure the safety of people, after unidentified armed men took away the sound system used by the demonstrators, according to Dawn.