A previous protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (Image: Getty)
AT LEAST two protestors have been killed and several others injured as security services try to regain control of Pakistan- occupied Kashmir.
A general strike - which paralysed transport and closed shops - led to Pakistan authorities invoking a two-day national holiday.
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Today was to have marked a special “day of protest” as general discontent over heavy taxation, high inflation, and a widespread electricity shortage reaches boiling point.
But the early arrival of security forces, and the arrest of 70- activists including protest leaders led to thousands in the cities of Samahni, Sehansa, Mirpur, Rawalakot, Khuiratta, Tattapani, Hattian and Bala, taking to the streets a day earlier.
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In doing so, they defied the imposition of a Section 144 order - a colonial remnant which empowers a district magistrate, a sub-divisional magistrate, or any other executive magistrate empowered by the state government to issue orders to prevent and address urgent cases of apprehended danger or nuisance.
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A so-called “shutter down” and “wheel jam” has led to a pause in all commerce.
Pakistan rangers with the Frontier Corps and local police tried to restore order by firing tear gas, pellets, and bullets in the air while protestors reportedly pelted stones at the security personnel,
While the quest for autonomy has been a constant source of tension for Pakistan authorities, the main grievances of the protesters included high inflation, the lack of wheat subsidies, inadequate supply of flour and other basic commodities and the rights over natural resources and the illegal usurpation of land by the Pakistani army.
Transparency over electricity prices and the transfer of ownership of hydroelectric power stations to the Pakistan administered Kashmir government were also on the demand list.
The situation has been further aggravated by reports that authorities were diverting electricity supplies away from Kashmir and on to larger cities within Pakistan
Leaders of the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), had given Islamabad until November to address grievances.
When authorities ignored the deadline, JAAC leaders appealed to the people to boycott electricity bills and refrain from depositing them.
A ranger with Pakistan's Frontier Corps (Image: Getty)
“We peacefully are demanding our basic rights, like subsidies on flour and wheat. However, the protests suppressed by the Pakistani defence personnel resulted in shelling and baton charges. This led to several protestors getting severely injured and harassment of the local people,” said one local leader.
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Another added: “We peacefully are demanding our basic rights, like subsidies on flour and wheat. However, the protests suppressed by the Pakistani defence personnel resulted in shelling and baton charges. This led to several protestors getting severely injured and harassment of the local people."
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