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"Broad daylight murder... lives in danger": Activist describes 'very serio
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The unrest stems from a wheel-jam strike initiated by the Awami Action Committee, demanding tax-free electricity from the Mangla Dam and subsidies on wheat flour.
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UK: Kashmiris protest outside Pakistani consulate in solidarity with ongoi
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
During their demonstration outside the consulate, several party leaders and people from the Kashmiri diaspora expressed their support for the ongoing struggle of the people of Pakistan-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) and Pakistan-Occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB), a statement by the UKPN
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Political activist urges Indian govt to summon Pakistan ambassador after R
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Political activist from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) Amjad Ayub Mirza on Monday, requested the Indian government to summon the Pakistan ambassador for an explanation, after Pakistan Rangers opened fire on thousands of locals in Muzaffarabad, protesting to raise their demands
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"PoJK was, is and always will be part of India": EAM Jaishankar amid ongoi
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
"These days, a lot of things are going on at the POK. You must have seen some incidents happening there. Now, Modi government, we are very clear on this. Parliament's resolution, we are very clear that POK is a part of India. It is part of India, it was always part of India, it will be pa
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PoJK: Long march heads for Muzaffarabad as wheel-jam strike enters fourth
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
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.
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PoJK govt's offer of 50 per cent reduction in electricity prices rejected
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
According to sources, the government proposed a 50 per cent decrease in electricity rates per unit, a proposal promptly dismissed by the Kashmir action committee. They assert that consumers should be charged based on the production cost of hydropower in PoJK.
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Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir protests persist as talks stall
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Following clashes that resulted in the death of a policeman, relative calm settled over the region, though business centres remained shuttered and public transport suspended in Muzaffarabad and Poonch divisions. Mirpur saw a partial strike, signalling the depth of sentiment driving the prote
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1 officer killed after violent clashes erupt between police, protesters in
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
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
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PoJK: Awami Action Committee vows to persist in protests amid security for
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Protests against inflation turned violent on Friday as police cracked down on demonstrators in the capital, Muzaffarabad. The city was brought to a standstill as a wheel-jam and shutter-down strike paralyzed normal activities.
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PoJK's Muzaffarabad paralysed by strike amid police crackdown
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The tumultuous scenes were marked by stone pelting and intense teargas shelling, amplifying tensions in the region.
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UKPNP condemns arrests, imposition of Section 144 in PoJK
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) vehemently condemned the recent arrests of activists, including Ali Shamriaz, and the imposition of Section 144 in Pakistan-occupied Jammu Kashmir (PoJK).
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PoK: Human rights organizations calls for sit-in on May 11 against skyrock
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
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).
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