PoK Uprising Day 62: Mass Poll Boycott As Aman Khan Compares Pak Army To ‘Prostitutes’

Rebellio
i
Pakista -occupied
Kashmi
(PoK)
has
i te sified
as
civil
u est
e te s
its
thi d
mo th,
with
o
sig s
of
slowi g
dow .
Rawalakot’s
Chi a
Chowk
a d
D-Chowk
have
eme ged
as
the
ce t al
epice t es
of
massive
a ti-establishme t
demo st atio s,
d awi g
thousa ds
of
a g y
citize s
o to
the
st eets.

Faci g
seve e
secu ity
th eats
a d
explicit
boycott
wa i gs
f om
activist
Sa da
Ama
Kha ,
the
Electio
Commissio
of
PoK
i defi itely
postpo ed
polli g
fo
seve
of
the
11
scheduled
seats
o igi ally
slated
fo
August
10.
Voti g
will
ow
p oceed
ac oss
o ly
fou
seats
—
th ee
i
the
Bagh
dist ict
a d
o e
i
Haveli.

Thousa ds
Take
To
St eets
Ahead
Of
Voti g

Despite
electio s
bei g
limited
to
just
fou
seats,
local
p oteste s
have
a ou ced
a
complete
boycott
a d
th eate ed
to
dis upt
voti g
p ocedu es.
Just
48
hou s
befo e
the
polls,
thousa ds
of
me
a d
wome
took
to
the
st eets
of
Bagh
dist ict
i
a
show
of
defia ce,
cha ti g
a ti-Pakista
sloga s
a d
dema di g
a
total
electio
blackout.

Despe ate
to
d um
up
suppo t
72
hou s
ahead
of
polli g,
P ime
Mi iste
Shehbaz
Sha if’s
Pakista
Muslim
League-Nawaz
(PML-N)
a d
Bilawal
Bhutto’s
Pakista
Peoples
Pa ty
(PPP)
held
majo
campaig
allies
i
Bagh.
The
PPP
dispatched
Bilawal
Bhutto,
while
the
PML-N
se t
fo me
I te io
Mi iste
Ra a
Sa aullah.

Howeve ,
the
impact
of
the
boycott
was
evide t
as
visuals
accessed
by
ABP
News
showed
vast
umbe s
of
empty
ed
a d
blue
chai s,
i dicati g
mi imal
local
atte da ce
at
both
ve ues.

Buses
Loaded
With
Outside s,
Mocke y
O
St eets

With
c oss-bo de
bus
se vices
betwee
Pakista ‘s
Pu jab
p ovi ce
a d
PoK
halted
si ce
Ju e
9,
visuals
accessed
by
ABP
News
showed
doze s
of
Pu jab- egiste ed
buses
pa ked
at
the
Bagh
bus
sta d.

Sou ces
said
the
PML-N
had
b ought
pa ty
cad es
di ectly
f om
Pakista ‘s
Pu jab
p ovi ce
to
a tificially
i flate
c owd
sizes
fo
Ra a
Sa aullah’s
add ess.

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political
move
failed
to
eso ate
with
a g y
locals.
I
Bagh,
p oteste s
pa aded
a
deco ated
do key
symbolisi g
P ime
Mi iste
Shehbaz
Sha if,
showe i g
it
with
ga la ds
a d
fake
cu e cy
while
shouti g
sloga s:
“Give
a othe
push
to
the
falli g
walls;
give
a othe
push
to
the
sellouts!”

Ama
Kha
Compa es
Pakista i
Soldie s
To
‘P ostitutes’

Add essi g
thousa ds
gathe ed
at
Chi a
Chowk
i
Rawalakot,
Sa da
Ama
Kha ,
o e
of
the
p omi e t
faces
of
the
civil
up isi g
i
PoK,
lau ched
a
scathi g
attack
o
the
Pakista i
milita y
establishme t.

I
his
add ess
to
the
c owd,
the
Joi t
Awami
Actio
Committee
(JAAC)
activist
explicitly
compa ed
Pakista i
soldie s
to
“p ostitutes”
(tawayaf),
allegi g
that
t oops
we e
killi g
local
civilia s
o
the
o de s
of
ge e als
a d
colo els
st ictly
fo
mo ey.

To
i timidate
the
c owds,
Pakista i
a med
fo ces
eso ted
to
ae ial
fi i g
i
Rawalakot
late
at
ight.
Howeve ,
demo st ato s
emai ed
u dete ed,
ma ki g
61
co secutive
days
of
sustai ed
agitatio .

Ra a
Sa aullah
Softe s
Sta ce
Afte
Calli g
P oteste s
‘Te o ists’

The
escalati g
c isis
has
fo ced
a
visible
shift
i
Islamabad’s
official
postu e.

Just
last
week,
Ra a
Sa aullah,
a
advise
to
P ime
Mi iste
Shehbaz
Sha if,
publicly
b a ded
the
demo st ato s
as
“te o ists”,
claimi g
they
had
o igi ally
bee
t ai ed
yea s
ago
fo
te o
st ikes
agai st
I dia
but
had
ow
tu ed
agai st
Pakista .

Howeve ,
speaki g
i
Bagh,
Sa aullah
completely
cha ged
his
heto ic,
claimi g
that
99%
of
those
p otesti g
we e
“b othe s”.

He
assu ed
that
afte
the
PML-N
gove me t
is
swo
i
i
PoK,
the
admi ist atio
would
di ectly
e gage
with
the
moveme t’s
leade ship
to
esolve
all
pe di g
g ieva ces.

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