‘Discontent answered with bullets’: MEA slams Pakistan over PoK crackdown

NEW
DELHI:
The
mi ist y
of
exte al
affai s
o
Tuesday
slammed
Pakista
fo
its
o goi g
c ackdow
o
p oteste s
i
Pakista -occupied
Kashmi ,
calli g
upo
the
i te atio al
commu ity
to
hold
the
cou t y
accou table
fo
the
“g oss
violatio
of
huma
ights.”Du i g
the
bi-weekly
p ess
b iefi g,
MEA
spokespe so
Ra dhi
Jaiswal
said
that
public
disco te t
i
PoK
was
a swe ed
with
bullets
a d
blackouts.”We
would
like
to
highlight
the

huma
ights
violatio s
bei g
committed
i
Pakista -occupied
Kashmi
a d
othe
pa ts
of
the
cou t y.
We
call
upo
the
i te atio al
commu ity
to
hold
Pakista
accou table
fo
its
misdeeds,
abuses
a d
g oss
violatio s
of
huma
ights,
i cludi g
agai st
its
ow
people,”
Jaiswal
said.”Ove
the
last
seve al
mo ths,
we
have
see
la ge-scale
p otests
i
PoK,
i cludi g
du i g
a d
befo e
the
electio s.
Public
disco te t
was
a swe ed
with
bullets,
blackouts,
ep essio
a d
opp essio .
Mo e
tha
90
people
have
bee
killed
a d
ma y
mo e
i ju ed.
This
has
made
ews
ac oss
the
wo ld,”
he
added.The
ema ks
came
as
at
least
90
people,
i cludi g
p oteste s,
secu ity
pe so el
a d
bysta de s,
we e
killed
i
clashes
du i g
Ju e
a d
July.

The
ba ed
Joi t
Awami
Actio
Committee
(JAAC)
has
bee
stagi g
p otests
i
Pakista -occupied
Kashmi
(PoK)
si ce
Ju e
ove
the
co te tious
12
efugee
seats.
It
has
alleged
that
Pakista ‘s
establishme t
ma ipulates
these
seats
to
i stall
a
p ime
mi iste
of
its
choice
to
lead
the
so-called
PoK
gove me t.Mea while,
the
thi d
phase
of
electio s
i
Pakista -occupied
Kashmi
(PoK)
was
held
o
Mo day
i
fou
co stitue cies,
amid
viole ce
a d
allegatio s
of
iggi g.
Polli g
sta ted
i
Poo ch
Divisio ’s
Bagh
a d
Haveli
dist icts
at
8
am,
while
electio s
i
seve
co stitue cies
have
bee
i defi itely
postpo ed.Clashes
betwee
Pakista
Muslim
League-Nawaz
(PML-N)
a d
Pakista
Peoples
Pa ty
(PPP)
wo ke s
we e
epo ted
i
some
a eas
as
the
egio ‘s
electio
commissio
classified
most
of
the
803
polli g
statio s
as
“se sitive
o
highly
se sitive”.

Afte
the
fi st
a d
seco d
phases
of
polli g,
which
we e
ma ed
by
viole t
p otests
a d
we e
held
o
July
27
a d
August
2,
espectively,
voti g
was
scheduled
fo
Mo day
i
11
co stitue cies
of
the
Poo ch
Divisio
i
Pakista -occupied
Kashmi .
The e
a e
53
seats
i
the
so-called
PoK
Legislative
Assembly
–
45
a e
di ectly
elected,
while
eight
a e
ese ved
fo
wome ,
tech oc ats
a d
cle ics.The
seco d
phase
of
polli g
o
August
2
was
ma ed
by
viole ce
a d
allegatio s
of
iggi g.
O e
pe so
was
killed
a d
seve al
othe s
we e
i ju ed.The
phase
also
i cluded
voti g
fo
the
12
efugee
seats,
which
a e
at
the
ce t e
of
the
o goi g
co t ove sy.Pakista
Muslim
League-Nawaz
(PML-N)
swept
the
seco d
phase,
wi i g
16
seats,
while
Pakista
Peoples
Pa ty
(PPP)
secu ed
the
emai i g
five.
I
the
fi st
phase
o
July
27,
PML-N
wo
i e
of
the
13
seats,
while
PPP
wo
fou .
With
the
fi st
two
phases
combi ed,
PML-N
has
al eady
secu ed
24
seats.

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