PoK Protesters Announce Civil Disobedience From Aug 14, Call For Tax And Utility Bill Boycott

P otesto s
ac oss
Pakista -occupied
Kashmi
(PoK),
o
Thu sday,
a ou ced
a
civil
disobedie ce
campaig
f om
August
14
as
thei
demo st atio
agai st
the
Pakista
gove me t
e te ed
its
66th
day.

The
civil
disobedie ce
call,
to
begi
o
Pakista & squo;s
I depe de ce
Day,
has
bee
a ou ced
to
p otest
agai st
state
at ocities
a d
eco omic
exploitatio .

U de
this
civil
disobedie ce
campaig ,
eside ts
of
PoK
will
efuse
to
pay
elect icity,
wate ,
a d
gas
bills,
a d
will
e fo ce
a
complete
boycott
of
i come
tax
payme ts
ac oss
the
e ti e
egio .

A ou ci g
the
decisio ,
Imtiaz
Aslam,
a
membe
of
the
Awami
Actio
Committee
(AAC),
appealed
to
the
public
a d
busi ess
commu ity
i
PoK
to
immediately
halt
all
tax
payme ts
to
p otest
agai st
the
heavy-ha ded
tactics
a d
viole ce
by
Pakista i
secu ity
fo ces.

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P otests
Co ti ue

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I te ve tio

I
additio ,
the
p oteste s’
o ga isatio ,
the
Awami
Actio
Committee
(AAC),
a ou ced
that
the
U ited
Natio s
should
take
fo mal
cog isa ce
of
the
Pakista i
milita y’s
alleged
at ocities
i
Pakista -occupied
Kashmi
(PoK)
u de
the
1948
UN
esolutio .
Acco di g
to
the
AAC,
PoK
emai s
a
disputed
te ito y,
a d
give
that
the
Pakista i
a my
is
co ti uously
fi i g
at
civilia s
a d
blocki g
esse tial
food
supplies,
Pakista
has
completely
failed
to
fulfil
its
admi ist ative
espo sibilities.
Fu the mo e,
the
AAC
highlighted
that
a
plebiscite
was
supposed
to
be
co ducted
i
PoK
u de
the
1948
UN
esolutio ,
which
Pakista
has
failed
to
ca y
out
to
date.

Mass
Rallies
Ac oss
Rawalakot
a d
Ma dhol

Massive
a ti-Pakista
p otests
we e
staged
ac oss
the
egio
o
Thu sday.
I
Ma dhol,
la ge
umbe s
of
wome
took
to
the
st eets
to
demo st ate
agai st
milita y
at ocities.
Mea while,
i
Rawalakot,
ove
90,000
people
assembled
at
the
local
Eidgah
g ou d,
the
o igi al
epice t e
of
the
up isi g,
f om
Ju e
9
to
Ju e
27
to
egiste
thei
p otest.
P oteste s
had
bee
camped
at
Chi a
Chowk
a d
D-Chowk
si ce
July
27,
but
the
demo st atio
was
shifted
back
to
the
Eidgah
g ou d
to
accommodate
the
ove whelmi g
c owds.

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Di ect
Compa iso
with
Jammu
&
Kashmi ‘s
Healthca e
I f ast uctu e

Add essi g
the
c owds
i
Rawalakot,
Sa da
Uma
Nazi ,
Co e
Membe
of
Awami
Actio
Committee,
slammed
the
Pakista i
milita y,
compa i g
its
viole t
c ackdow s
i
PoK
to
its
ope atio s
i
Khybe
Pakhtu khwa
a d
Balochista .

Emphasisi g
the
seve e
lack
of
basic
i f ast uctu e,
Nazi
poi ted
out
that
despite
spa i g
4,000
squa e
miles,
PoK
does
ot
possess
a
si gle
fully
equipped,
mode
hospital.
I
co t ast,
Jammu
&
Kashmi ,
I dia
boasts
six
supe -speciality
medical
i stitutio s
f om
S i aga
to
Jammu,
offe i g
healthca e
se vices
vastly
supe io
to
top
Islamabad-based
facilities
like
the
Pakista
I stitute
of
Medical
Scie ces
(PIMS)
o
Al-Shifa
Hospital.
Nazi ,
du i g
the
add ess,
also
stated
that
whe
the
people
of
PoK
dema d
hospitals
a d
esse tial
se vices,
they
a e
met
with
bullets.

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