Rawalakot (Pakistan-occupied J&K), June 18: Taking its brutality to another level, the Pakistani regime has choked supplies of goods, including rations, medicines and other essential items, to the landlocked occupied Jammu and Kashmir as the massive agitation by Kashmiris against the illegitimate Pakistani rule continues even after 12 days.
Lakhs of people of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK) have been staging continuous dharna in Rawalakot, which has become the nerve centre of the agitation after Pakistani forces killed and injured hundreds of locals by firing bullets and teargas shells on June 8.
Marches, rallies and demonstrations are also being held in other parts of POJK where gatherings chant slogans against Pakistan and its military, particularly the Army Chief Asim Munir.
Speakers at these rallies and demonstrations are demanding that Pakistan should exit POJK as it has committed enough oppression and brutalities against locals in the occupied territories over the last 78 years after militarily annexing the region.
The mood of the protesters makes clear their resolve to compel the Pakistani regime to bow.
In a bid to crush the agitation, the Pakistani regime has imposed an economic and food blockade on POJK, stopping supplies of goods, including rations, to the landlocked region.
Hundreds of trucks laden with rations and other essential items are stranded outside POJK as they have been stopped by the Pakistani military from entering the region.
The Pakistani forces have also stopped supplies of medicines to hospitals and halted healthcare facilities in POJK.
However, these barbaric measures have failed to break the resolve of Kashmiris whose anger is increasing by such brutal actions, which further expose the fascist face of the Pakistani regime.
The outraged Kashmiris openly declare that instead of begging with Pakistan, they would resort to opening routes towards India and get the supplies from there.
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Meanwhile, demonstrating exemplary spirits, scores of Kashmiris, in a convoy of motorbikes, transported ration and other essential items into Rawalakot through secret routes today, breaching the Pakistani cordon.
The convoy came into Rawalakot from Nakhnal, bringing dry ration, food items and other essential items to be delivered to the participants of the sit-in.
More convoys, with ration and relief materials, are en route Rawalakot from other areas, according to locals.
“Despite all the obstacles, closures and difficulties, this spirit of public cooperation and solidarity is proof that the people stand by their rights and their people,” said a local who has been participating in dharna for over a week. (NVI)
