Muzaffarabad (Pakistan-occupied Jammu Kashmir): Braving bullets and other forms of oppression inflicted by the Pakistani military, lakhs of people staged protest marches and demonstrations across the Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) throughout Tuesday.
By the night, lakhs of Kashmiris from various parts of PoJK were marching towards Muzaffarabad, the capital of the occupied territory, displaying a powerful message of defiance and revolt against 78 years of oppression committed by the Pakistani regime.
A complete shutdown was also observed all over PoJK.
Throughout the day, entire PoJK echoed with slogans and chants against Pakistan, particularly its notorious Army and intelligence agency ISI.
At thousands of demonstration points, speaker after speaker narrated how the Pakistani military has been committing barbarism against Kashmiris on some or the other pretext.
They highlighted that the Pakistani military, even during the current round of agitation, has been killing Kashmiris in cold-blood by firing directly at them even when their protest is peaceful.
Rawalakot has been the worst sufferer, with most of the Kashmiris being killed and injured by the outsider Pakistani military personnel in this Tehsil of PoJK.
According to eye witnesses, the Pakistani military personnel even killed a local Kashmiri Superintendent of Police and four others after they tried to dissuade them from firing at the protesters.
The speeches were punctuated by slogans like “Yeh Jo Dehshat Gardi Hai, Iske Peeche Wardi Hai (Those behind this kind of terrorism are in uniform)”, implying that the Pakistani military is responsible for committing terrorism.
The speakers also pledged, amid strong cheering, the resolve that Kashmiris would no longer be afraid to the occupier Pakistan and its military.
“We will prefer to die than suffer humiliation anymore,” said an elderly man to a large crowd which responded by pledging their resolve to his commitment.
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The people of PoJK have been silently suffering every since Pakistan militarily and forcibly raided in October 1947 and captured these territories which orginally were part of undivided Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir, which had till then not acceded to India.
The present round of agitation is being spearheaded by Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), a conglomerate of various Kashmiri organisations demanding end of Pakistan’s interference in the region besides their rights like human rights and right to livelihood.
JAAC had given a call for an indefinite agitation from June 9 but it started early, thanks to the brutal crackdown by the Pakistani military and affiliated agencies beginning June 7.
With an objective of crushing the agitation even before it started, Pakistan had sent tens of thousands of its military personnel to PoJK, addiing to the lakhs of those already present in the occupied territories.
However, the Kashmiris refused to be cowed down and demonstrated their strong will to fight, particularly after the Pakistani military killed over 200 locals and injured thousands others in cold blood over a span of just 2 days.
Even on Tuesday, Pakistani military personnel fired bullets and teargas shells directly at protesters, causing several casualties.
The cunning military personnel then whisk away the dead bodies to hide the real casualty figure.
The developments are still unfolding. (NVI)
