Political party flags concerns over prolonged power cuts, internet blackouts in PoK
The party expressed solidarity with the people amid a shutter-down strike in the Rawalakot region of Poonch district in PoK.
The party expressed solidarity with the people amid a shutter-down strike in the Rawalakot region of Poonch district in PoK.
Reports from multiple districts of Balochistan suggest an alarming continuation of enforced disappearances, arbitrary arrests, and the discovery of unidentified bodies, further intensifying the province's long-standing human rights crisis.
Pakistan faced two major protests in recent days. The first was in POK where the public rose in anger against rising costs, exploitation of resources and lack of basic amenities. Protests lasted two weeks, and were brutally crushed with over a dozen (officially reported) killed. Actual figures could be far higher.
The recent protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir are the result of anger built up over the years due to forced suppression by the state.
Incidents of violence occurred in Dhir Kot and other parts of PoK. The local authorities said 172 police personnel and 50 civilians were injured in the clashes.
The Jagadguru told some media persons on Thursday that the Chief of Army Staff visited his Ashram on Wednesday along with his wife and sought his blessings.
Terming ‘Make-in-India’ as an essential component of India’s national security, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said it played a key role in the country’s effective action against Pakistan sponsored terrorism during Operation Sindoor.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday expressed confidence that by following the path of love, unity and truth, the day is not far when people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir will return to India.
Pakistan had directly targeted the Golden Temple in Punjab’s Amritsar with Kamikaze drones, surface-to-surface and air-to-surface missiles on May 7 after Indian strikes on nine terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, a senior Indian Army official said on Monday.
AICC general secretary Sachin Pilot on Wednesday reiterated his party's demand for a special session of Parliament on the Operation Sindoor and re-adoption of the 1994 resolution on the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in both the Houses.
