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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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Pak PM Shehbaz approves PKR 23 bn immediate provision for PoJK amid clashe
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The decision comes in response to escalating tensions, with the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) leading demonstrations demanding various reforms, including fair electricity pricing, subsidised wheat flour, and an end to elite privileges.
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Situation in PoJK worsens as fresh clashes erupt between protesters, autho
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The situation continues to worsen as fresh violence erupted in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) due to clashes between protestors and authorities.
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UK chapter of UKPNP organises protest in solidarity with ongoing PoJK prot
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The British chapter of the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) on Monday organized a protest outside the Pakistani consulate situated in Bradford, England. Several party leaders and people belonging to the Kashmiri diaspora during the protest expressed their support for the ongoin
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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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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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Biden surrendering US campuses to "anarchists, jihadist freaks": Donald Tr
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Notably, the college campuses in the US have become a hotspot, with pro-Palestinian protestors calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
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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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Pakistan: Opposition parties decide to launch campaign for "restoration" o
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The decision was taken during a meeting chaired by Achakzai appear to add new vigour to the movement and was prompted by the ISPR chief's press conference, in which the military spokesperson committed no mercy for the May
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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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