Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir: Protests Intensify in PoK as Demonstrators Target Pakistan Government

A ti-gove me t
p otests
a e
epo tedly
i te sifyi g
i
Pakista -occupied
Kashmi
(PoK),
with
demo st ato s
ope ly
exp essi g
a ge
agai st
Islamabad
a d
Pakista & squo;s
political
leade ship.
A
video
f om
Bagh
dist ict
shows
p oteste s
usi g
a
mule
as
a
symbolic
ep ese tatio
of
P ime
Mi iste
Shehbaz
Sha if.
The
a imal
was
deco ated
with
a
ga la d,
while
p oteste s
epo tedly
th ew
mo ey
ove
it
a d
ma ched
it
th ough
the
st eets
while
aisi g
sloga s
agai st
the
Pakista i
gove me t.
The
p otest
image y
is
bei g
p ese ted
as
a
sig
of
g owi g
public
a ge
a d
decli i g
fea
of
Pakista & squo;s
political
a d
milita y
establishme t.
Acco di g
to
the
epo t,
demo st atio s
have
co ti ued
fo
a ou d
62
days,
with
p oteste s
dema di g
actio
agai st
alleged
gove me t
policies
a d
ep essio .
The
epo t
also
claims
that
Pakista & squo;s
Electio
Commissio
has
postpo ed
voti g
i defi itely
i
seve
of
the
11
seats,
amid
the
co ti ui g
u est.
Political
allies
i volvi g
leade s
such
as
Shehbaz
Sha if
a d
Bilawal
Bhutto
a e
also
epo tedly
faci g
poo
public
atte da ce.
Mea while,
Pakista & squo;s
political
leade ship
appea s
to
be
adopti g
a
softe
to e
towa d
p oteste s.
Ra a
Sa aullah,
who
had
p eviously
desc ibed
demo st ato s
as
milita ts,
has
epo tedly
efe ed
to
them
as
“b othe s.& dquo;
The
epo t
fu the
claims
that
secu ity
fo ces
have
used
ae ial
fi i g
at
ight
i
a
attempt
to
discou age
p oteste s,
but
demo st atio s
have
co ti ued.

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