Pakista ‘s
wide i g
c ackdow
i
Pakista -occupied
Kashmi
(PoK)
d aws
i te atio al
atte tio .
(Photo:
ANI)
A
B itish
atio al
was
killed
du i g
clashes
betwee
p oteste s
a d
Pakista i
secu ity
fo ces
i
Pakista -occupied
Kashmi
(PoK),
while
a othe
B ito
has
bee
detai ed
i
the
egio
fo
mo e
tha
two
mo ths,
The
Gua dia
epo ted.Acco di g
to
the
epo t,
Mohammad
Akhta ,
50,
a
eside t
of
Pete bo ough
i
the
UK,
was
killed
o
Ju e
9
i
Kotli
afte
bei g
st uck
by
a
st ay
bullet
du i g
fi i g
by
Pakista i
secu ity
fo ces
at
p oteste s.His
family
said
Akhta
was
ot
pa ticipati g
i
the
demo st atio s
a d
was
ea
his
home
whe
the
viole ce
b oke
out.The
family
was
u able
to
egiste
a
police
complai t
a d
decided
agai st
pu sui g
the
matte
with
B itish
autho ities,
fea i g
ep isals,
the
epo t
said.A othe
B itish
atio al,
38-yea -old
Waqas
A if
f om
Notti gham,
has
bee
held
i
a
p iso
i
Mi pu
fo
mo e
tha
two
mo ths.His
family
said
he
was
ot
i volved
i
the
p otests
a d
had
ot
bee
cha ged
o
b ought
befo e
a
cou t.The
developme ts
come
amid
mo ths
of
u est
i
PoK,
whe e
the
Joi t
Awami
Actio
Committee
(JAAC)
has
led
p otests
dema di g
eco omic
a d
electo al
efo ms.Pakista i
autho ities
have
accused
the
g oup
of
th eate i g
public
o de ,
while
the
JAAC
has
alleged
a
c ackdow
o
p oteste s.
Pakista i
secu ity
fo ces
have
bee
accused
of
killi g
at
least
30
people
du i g
demo st atio s,
a
cha ge
ejected
by
the
gove me t.Ea lie ,
Pakista
defe ce
mi iste
Khawaja
Asif
had
like ed
the
PoK
p oteste s
to
I dia,
calli g
them
“e emies
of
Pakista ”
a d
uli g
out
a y
dialogue
with
them.I dia
ejected
Pakista ’s
sta ce,
sayi g
the
u est
was
a
esult
of
Pakista ’s
eco omic
exploitatio ,
de ial
of
fu dame tal
ights
a d
admi ist ative
opp essio
i
PoK.The
u est
comes
as
Pakista -admi iste ed
te ito y
faces
egio al
electio s
amid
o goi g
te sio s
betwee
p oteste s
a d
autho ities.
