Gilgit-Baltistan: There has been growing unrest in the regions of
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir over Pakistan’s negligent attitude towards the
region.
The Titri Note area in PoK recently witnessed massive protests, during which
hundreds of people demanded to cross over the border to reach the Poonch
district in India, to procure flour, claiming that Pakistan cannot provide
them even essentials.
The exiled leader of United Kashmir People’s National Party, Shaukat Ali
Kashmiri, on Wednesday, took to X and informed “people in POK marched towards
the Titri Note Line of Control to cross over to the Indian side of Poonch city
in search of flour and essential food items. Additionally, protesters locked
down the Tetri Note Supply Depot”.
Breaking News:
Poonch Protest.
POJK are marching towards the Titri Note Line of Control to cross over to the Indian side of Poonch city in search of flour and essential food items.
Additionally, protesters have locked down the Tetri Note Supply Depot.https://t.co/yYqa6Q1rnY— Shaukat Ali Kashmiri (@shaukatkashmiri) February 27, 2024
During these protests, a senior leader of the Jammu Kashmir National Awami
Party underlined the condition of Pakistan and said that “they have nothing
left with themselves, hence they will not solve any of our problems. They are
bankrupt themselves and they are just making fake promises. They must now give
flour to us, many people are waiting on Tetri Note, it is their mistake if
they think, that we are satisfied. We know that why they have stopped our
flour; it is because we raise our voices for our rights”.
He further stated that “the leaders here seem pretty much interested in
politics, if they really care about politics and people then they better
resign and sit with us in our protests. They enjoy several luxuries because of
the money we pay as taxes.
It belongs to us instead of them. They sit within their luxuries and create
confusion in their minds by saying that we protestors are only handful of
people instead we are lakhs of people. They must now understand that we are
not just a handful of people, our numbers are now in about lakhs.”
“We will continue our protests in a peaceful way, we will not harm anyone
during our protests. We have reached here peacefully. How embarrassing is
this, that the people are forced to take flour with help of chit system. They
will not be able to solve our problem at all as leaders that represent us in
the assembly. They try to divide us every time, meanwhile they enjoy all the
amenities, the cars that they travel in are there because we pay our taxes.
This protest is not the last protest, we will keep our peaceful protests alive
and strong,” he added.
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