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PoJK govt's offer of 50 per cent reduction in electricity prices rejected
Updated : 2 years, 3 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 : 2 years, 3 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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Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif to convene high-level meeting as dissent grows
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Amid violent clashes between police and protesters in the Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will convene a high-level meeting on Monday to discuss the ongoing situation in the region, ARY News reported.
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"No tolerance for taking law in one's own hands": Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif on
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Amid the rising dissent in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), and the situation getting grim with every passing day, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that he is "deeply concerned" about it, and added that there is also no tolerance for taking the law in one's own h
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"India must act, cannot remain aloof from current situation in PoJK": Huma
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Political activist from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) Amjad Ayub Mirza said India cannot remain aloof from the current situation in PoJK and must act now. He called on India to focus on PoJK as the situation is getting out of hand there.
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PoJK's Muzaffarabad paralysed by strike amid police crackdown
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The tumultuous scenes were marked by stone pelting and intense teargas shelling, amplifying tensions in the region.
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People not demanding a life of comfort, but are struggling to survive: UKP
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Writer and political activist Shabir Chaudhry from Pakistan-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) and Sardar Nasir Aziz Khan, the spokesperson for the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP), discussed the current situation in PoJK amid the protests organised by the Joint Awami Action Com
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Defence forces attempt to suppress protests erupting in PoJK over inflatio
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
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.
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Police baton-charge people in PoJK, several feared injured, Section 144 im
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
A violent clash broke out between the police and people from the Dadyal area of Pakistan-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) on Thursday which left several injured.
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Unrest erupts in POJK as Pak security forces deployed ahead of May 11 prot
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Tensions are rising in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) as the Pakistani administration has been deploying troops from Punjab Province to suppress the upcoming protest in the region on May 11.
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UK: Conclave on Kashmir condemns Pakistan for violating human rights in Po
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Leeds [UK], July 31 (ANI): The United Kashmir People's National Party organised the 'International Kashmir Conference' in UK's Leeds against the human rights violation in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) and condemned the land grabbing in the area and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) by th
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Conference on Kashmir in Leeds slams Pakistan rights abuses in PoJK
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Leeds [UK], July 30 (ANI): Kashmiri Nationalist human rights activists, thinkers, politicians and other renowned diaspora personalities gathered in Leeds, UK under the aegis of UKPNP which organised the International Kashmir Conference to discuss the rights situation in Pakistan-occupied
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