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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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Military rangers deployed as dissent grows in PoJK
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The decision was taken on the call of Awami Action Committee (AAC) as the protests against the high electricity bills and taxes entered the third day on Sunday.
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Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif to convene high-level meeting as dissent grows
Updated : 1 year, 10 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 : 1 year, 10 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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UKPNP leader expresses support for ongoing protest against Pak administrat
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
In his video message released on Sunday, Khan also assured that as long as the struggle continues in PoJK, the UKPNP will become the international messenger for the voice of the people of PoJK raising their demands on all the international platforms, for holding Pakistani administration acco
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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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"India must act, cannot remain aloof from current situation in PoJK": Huma
Updated : 1 year, 10 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 : 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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People not demanding a life of comfort, but are struggling to survive: UKP
Updated : 1 year, 10 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 : 1 year, 10 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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