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Widespread protests grip PoJK over persistent power cuts
Updated : 2 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Residents across Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir staged protests against prolonged power outages, accusing authorities of mismanagement and unfair electricity distribution. Demonstrators warned of escalating unrest if uninterrupted power supply is not restored during the winter months
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Expert slams global silence on Pakistan's crackdown in PoK, calls out OIC
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
At least 10 people were killed and more than 100 injured as Pakistani forces opened fire on protesters demanding affordable electricity and flour in Muzaffarabad, Dheerkot, Rawalakot and Mirpur, Arizanti noted.
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PoJK University students launch hunger strike in Muzaffarabad, demand rele
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The protesters accused the authorities of targeting students with "baseless and fabricated" charges.
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PoJK: Student leader abducted, tortured before exam in Rawalakot; conditio
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Chauhan, who was scheduled to appear for an examination at 11 an the following day, is now fighting for his life and undergoing treatment at Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Rawalakot. His condition is reported to be critical.
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UKPNP leader Jamil Maqsood condemns Pakistan's military expansion in PoJK,
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
His remarks come in response to the continued establishment of military and naval installations in several key areas, including Pir Chinasi (Muzaffarabad), Ganga Choti (District Bagh), Las Danna (District Bagh), Toli Pir (District Poonch), and most recently, near Banjosa (Rawalakot).
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PoJK: Rawalakot protest highlights police corruption, govt neglect
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The protesters, comprising transporters and other concerned citizens, gathered to express their dissatisfaction with the police's corrupt practices, which they claim have negatively impacted their daily lives.
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UKPNP leader highlights systematic targeting of activists in PoJK, exposes
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP), Jamil Maqsood, expressed grave concerns about the ongoing human rights abuses in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK).
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PoJK activist highlights major security lapse behind Rawalakot prison brea
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Sardar Nasir Aziz Khan, an activist from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) highlighted the major security lapses behind the recent Rawalakot prison break incident in which 20 criminals had escaped.
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Escape of 20 dangerous prisoners in PoJK sparks regional security concerns
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The escape of 20 dangerous prisoners, including terrorists and murderers from Rawalakot Jail on Sunday posed a serious regional security threat.
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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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Shutter-down, wheel jam strike observed in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Shops in Muzaffarabad, Mirpur, Rawalakot, Kotli and other major cities remained shut and trades and locals carried out protest marches with slogans against the Pakistan government.
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PoK: Activists throw electricity bills in river amid protest sit-ins
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Amid the ongoing protest sit-ins, the civil society activists in Muzaffarabad city in Pakistani-occupied Kashmir (PoK) threw electricity bills into the river and appealed people to the people that they should not pay their electricity bills, Dawn reported.
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