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PoJK, Gilgit-Baltistan activists highlight Pakistan's human rights violati
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Political activists from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan raised concerns over worsening human rights violations in their regions during a side event held on the sidelines of the 60th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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Joint Action Committee USA to stage protest at Pakistan Consulate over rig
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Joint Action Committee USA is planning to stage a protest at the Pakistan Consulate to express solidarity with the people of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) and to condemn human rights violations in the region.
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Pakistani rangers open fire on protesters in PoJK, several casualties repo
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The protests, led by the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC), have resulted in over half a dozen casualties and several serious injuries in the past three days, according to the sources.
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British parliamentarians condemn Pakistan's repression in PoJK
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
British MPs have raised alarm over protests and a communications blackout in Pakistan-occupied Jammu Kashmir, urging the UK government to press Islamabad for restoring services, easing tensions, and starting dialogue. They warned of human rights concerns and growing fears among affected comm
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"Movement is for basic rights": UKPNP leader on PoJK protests, slams 'pupp
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Shaukat Ali Kashmiri, who is the chairman of the United Kashmir People's National Party, termed the ongoing mass protests in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) as a "movement for basic rights" and noted that people have been deprived of "all kinds of rights" for the last few decad
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PoJK shutdown enters second day amid widespread protests
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Demonstrators attempting to march towards Muzaffarabad encountered heavy restrictions, with authorities sealing all major roads and suspending communication networks. In Dudyal, Mirpur, the Action Committee declared that the body of a protester would not be buried until the administration co
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3 killed, over a dozen injured as police open fire on protesters in PoJK
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) has been rocked by violent protests and a complete shutdown, leaving three people dead and more than a dozen injured in clashes with security forces.
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Major protests against Pak government in PoJK, opposition alleges forces f
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
PTI in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir accused the Anwar-led government of incompetence and repression as protests spread across Mirpur, Plandri, Bhimber and Dadyal. The party alleged state-backed firing injured four people and claimed thousands have joined sit-ins demanding basic rights
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UKPNP urges global intervention amid internet blackout and crackdown in Po
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) has issued an urgent international appeal following the shutdown of internet and phone services across Pakistan-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. According to the UKPNP press release, this communication blackout is a deliberate move by Pakistani a
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Pak: Traders in PoGB continue sit-in despite conditional tax exemptions
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Traders in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) vowed to continue their sit-in at Sost Dry Port despite a government deal capping tax exemptions at PKR 4 billion. Leader Javed Hussain told Dawn the settlement ignored PoGB's constitutional exemption, warning traders may adopt a "Plan C"
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Macron slams Israel's settlement plans in West Bank, calling it "political
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
French President Emmanuel Macron has sharply criticised Israel's settlement expansion plans in the occupied West Bank, calling it a "political project" aimed at undermining the possibility of a two-state solution and denying Palestinians their right to peace.
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Corruption, mismanagement deepen PoGB's suffering under Pakistan
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Technical education, especially for the region's youth, who make up 70% of the population, is severely lacking. He stated the absence of a medical college, a functioning cardiac centre, and insufficient dialysis and cancer treatment facilities, describing the health infrastructure as inadequ
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