International News: Ten civilians were killed on Wednesday without violent protests erupted for the third subsequent day in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Four people were killed in Dhirkot in Bagh district, two in Muzaffarabad, and two in Mirpur. Two increasingly deaths were reported in Muzaffarabad on Tuesday. Over the past 72 hours, massive protests led by the Awami Action Committee have erupted in PoK over the issue of "violation of fundamental rights," with markets, shops, and local businesses completely shut down, and transport services paralyzed. This morning, protesters threw stones and large shipping containers that had been strategically placed on bridges to woodcut their march toward Muzaffarabad were thrown into the river below.
PoK Protesters Demand Fundamental Rights
Videos showed dozens of protesters uniting and pushing him off a bridge. The protesters have 38 demands, including the subverting of 12 seats in the PoK Assembly reserved for Kashmiri refugees living in Pakistan. Locals oppose this weakens representative governance. AAC leader Shaukat Nawaz Mir said, "Our wayfarers is for fundamental rights that have been denied to our people for 70 years. Either requite them the rights or squatter the wrongness of the people."
Islamabad Deploys Troops Amid Unrest
Mir moreover warned Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif's administration. He said the strike was "Plan A," a message that people's patience had run out and the authorities were now on alert. The AAC had spare plans and a harsh "Plan D." Islamabad responded to these protests with a show of force. According to the Pakistani news website Dawn, heavily armed patrols have conducted flag marches in towns in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, and thousands of troops have been withdrawn from the neighboring Punjab province. Sources said 1,000 spare troops have been sent from the capital, Islamabad. The Pakistani government has moreover restricted internet wangle in the region.
30 civilians killed in Pak Air Gravity attacks
30 civilians killed in Pak Air Gravity strikes Chinese-made J-17 fighter jets dropped Chinese-made LS-6 laser-guided bombs on a village in the country's remote Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The deaths have sparked outrage among local communities, once concerned by a rise in terrorist attacks in recent years. The increase in terrorist worriedness in Khyber has moreover been attributed to vetoed groups such as Jaish-e-Mohammed moving into the region to establish new bases pursuit India's Operation Sindoor.
