Muzaffarabad [PoJK], At least one police officer was killed and 90 others injured in violent clashes during the ongoing protests and shutdown strike in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK). Mirpur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP Kamran Ali) Sub-Inspector Adnan Qureshi died after being shot in Islamgarh town, where he was arrested on a rally to Muzaffarabad via Kotli and Poonch districts, Dawn reported on Saturday. Was deployed along with other police personnel to stop the incident. Under the banner of the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), JAAC, which has traders at the forefront in most parts of the region, is demanding an end to electricity, subsidized wheat flour and subsidies according to hydropower generation costs in the PoJK. elite class privileges
On Wednesday-Thursday night, police arrested around 70 JAAC activists during raids on their and their relatives' residences in Muzaffarba and Mirpur divisions, leading to serious clashes in Dadiyal on Thursday. The committee had later announced a shutter-down and wheel-jam.The strike was called on Friday, a day ahead of their planned long march towards Muzaffarabad today. Amid the strike on Friday, heated clashes were witnessed between police and protesters in various areas of Muzaffarabad. Dawn reported that authorities have piled up mud on the roads leading to Muzaffarabad. Apart from making more arrests, people should be stopped from moving towards the city. Eyewitnesses said full-scale attacks took place in Muzaffarabad division and Poonch division, SSP Yasin Baig said at least one police officer and a young boy were injured, police used tear gas shells and aerial firing in some areas, Kotli At least 78 policemen were injured in "attacks by miscreants under the cover of protest" in the district, including Deputy Superintendent of Police Ilya Janjua and two revenue department officials in Rehan Gali, SSP Mir Muhammad Abid said in a statement. 59 policemen were injured, while another 19 policemen were injured in Sahansa.A press release from Baroyan District Headquarters Hospital Kotli said that apart from the 59 injured policemen, nine injured protesters were also brought for treatment, SSP Abid said some police officers were also injured in Doli Jattan, JAAC's Spokesperson Hafeez Hamdani made this clear while talking. Dawn.com says the Action Committee has nothing to do with violence, "It seems that such elements have been deliberately created among the protesters to discredit the struggle which aims at anything other than the legitimate rights of the people." There is nothing,” he said. Addressing a press conference, PoJK Finance Minister Abdul Majeed Khan said the government had "exercised maximum restraint and is ready for dialogue to resolve all contentious issues peacefully." Issues should be resolved through dialogue and our doors are always open for dialogue. But this resolution should not be misconstrued as a weakness of the government,” he said PML-N regional president Shah Ghulam Qadir described the entire situation as “unfair” and called on all actors to play their role in maintaining peace. Did.He said he had spoken to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and alerted him about all the demands of the protesters, "He expressed concern and I request all PML-N office-bearers to talk to the action committee leaders.. .So that this movement remains peaceful for their demands,” he said, adding that Qadir also urged the PoJK government to open the door to talks. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) regional general secretary Chaudhry Tari Farooq said, “If powerful and responsible circles in Pakistan are concerned about the people... they should pay immediate attention before it is too late. Former POJK chief and senior PML-N leader Raja Farooq Haider urged the protesters to protest peacefully and not to take law into their own hands and damage government properties to resolve their demands. Expressed condolences and called for an end to the "anarchy".
On Wednesday-Thursday night, police arrested around 70 JAAC activists during raids on their and their relatives' residences in Muzaffarba and Mirpur divisions, leading to serious clashes in Dadiyal on Thursday. The committee had later announced a shutter-down and wheel-jam.The strike was called on Friday, a day ahead of their planned long march towards Muzaffarabad today. Amid the strike on Friday, heated clashes were witnessed between police and protesters in various areas of Muzaffarabad. Dawn reported that authorities have piled up mud on the roads leading to Muzaffarabad. Apart from making more arrests, people should be stopped from moving towards the city. Eyewitnesses said full-scale attacks took place in Muzaffarabad division and Poonch division, SSP Yasin Baig said at least one police officer and a young boy were injured, police used tear gas shells and aerial firing in some areas, Kotli At least 78 policemen were injured in "attacks by miscreants under the cover of protest" in the district, including Deputy Superintendent of Police Ilya Janjua and two revenue department officials in Rehan Gali, SSP Mir Muhammad Abid said in a statement. 59 policemen were injured, while another 19 policemen were injured in Sahansa.A press release from Baroyan District Headquarters Hospital Kotli said that apart from the 59 injured policemen, nine injured protesters were also brought for treatment, SSP Abid said some police officers were also injured in Doli Jattan, JAAC's Spokesperson Hafeez Hamdani made this clear while talking. Dawn.com says the Action Committee has nothing to do with violence, "It seems that such elements have been deliberately created among the protesters to discredit the struggle which aims at anything other than the legitimate rights of the people." There is nothing,” he said. Addressing a press conference, PoJK Finance Minister Abdul Majeed Khan said the government had "exercised maximum restraint and is ready for dialogue to resolve all contentious issues peacefully." Issues should be resolved through dialogue and our doors are always open for dialogue. But this resolution should not be misconstrued as a weakness of the government,” he said PML-N regional president Shah Ghulam Qadir described the entire situation as “unfair” and called on all actors to play their role in maintaining peace. Did.He said he had spoken to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and alerted him about all the demands of the protesters, "He expressed concern and I request all PML-N office-bearers to talk to the action committee leaders.. .So that this movement remains peaceful for their demands,” he said, adding that Qadir also urged the PoJK government to open the door to talks. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) regional general secretary Chaudhry Tari Farooq said, “If powerful and responsible circles in Pakistan are concerned about the people... they should pay immediate attention before it is too late. Former POJK chief and senior PML-N leader Raja Farooq Haider urged the protesters to protest peacefully and not to take law into their own hands and damage government properties to resolve their demands. Expressed condolences and called for an end to the "anarchy".
