The administration in PoK is behaving exactly the way occupations behave when the occupied stop cooperating | Representative Image (AI Generated)
Thousands of protesters from Rawalakot, Mirpur, Kotli and Bagh are converging on Muzaffarabad on Wednesday, after the Joint Awami Action Committee’s ultimatum to Islamabad expired — and after Islamabad answered that ultimatum with bullets. On Tuesday, Pakistani Rangers opened fire on demonstrators in Sudhanoti and Mathiyal Mera, killing at least eight protesters, according to local media; one Ranger also died in the clashes. Tear gas and live ammunition were used to break up rallies across eight districts. More than twenty people have now been killed in a month of confrontations, over 16,000 security personnel have been stationed across Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, and communications remain blacked out in several areas.