Scores of locals and activists in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan recently blocked the Karakoram Highway to express anger over the death of two people after a wooden suspension bridge collapsed in Khanabad village.
Pakistan-occupied Jammu Kashmir (PoJK) witnessed violent clashes for several days over high prices in which four people were killed and over 100 injured.
Sardar Nasir Aziz Khan, the central spokesperson for the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP), highlighted the issues and adversities faced by the people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (Pok) adding that they were deprived of jobs and industries.
In Muzaffarabad city of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, employees of the Maternal New-born and Child Health (MNCH) program protested the government's decision
Political activists held protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and flagged Pakistani atrocities and subjugation of rights of people in its occupied territories
PoK/Gilgit Baltistan, 23 January 2024: - Renowned Kashmiri activist Amjad Ayub Mirza has said that if the demands of the people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan are not met by February 5, then they will have no choice.
People in Gilgit-Baltistan are protesting for months now. All political, religious and social organisations are demonstrating against government’s decision to increase wheat prices and end subsidies.
In a horrifying incident in Diamer District of the illegally occupied territory--Gilgit Baltistan, a group of terrorists ambushed a local bus, killing nine and injuring at least 26.
A senior journalist from Gilgit Baltistan, Yousuf Nashad is expressing his anger against the ruling dispensation in Pakistan. People in his region are forced to live in harsh conditions as Pakistan has denied basic rights to them.
The anger of locals in Pakistan occupied Kashmir is rising against those sitting in Islamabad. People reeling under high prices of essential items are left with no other option but to express their outrage on streets.
A large group of people from the Awami Action Committee in Pakistan occupied Kashmir held a protest against the hefty electricity bills and high prices of natural gas. Blaming the government for being negligent and discriminatory
These protesters, mostly women, in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) are demanding their rights as they accused the government of leaving them in the dark.
These protesters, mostly women, in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) are demanding their rights as they accused the government of leaving them in the dark.
People from all walks of life in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (POK) took to the streets in a region-wide protest against a range of issues they have been grappling with for an extended period.
Massive protests have rocked Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) as outraged citizens rise against exorbitant electricity bills that have hit households across the area.
Pakistan occupied Kashmir has been grappling with the cascading effects of Islamabad's policies, leaving its residents in distress. The region has long endured what locals describe as "second-class treatment" since its invasion in 1947.
A variety of grievances such as high inflation, arbitrary imposition of taxes, soaring electricity bills and many other issues have broken the residents of Pakistan occupied Kashmir.
In the illegally occupied territory of Gilgit Baltistan, widespread injustice plagues the Shia community. They are not seen as equals by the Sunni majority in Pakistan. Places essential to their faith, including places of worship, educational institutions
Muzaffarabad, PoK, 22 August 2023: - Protests erupted in Pakistan occupied Kashmir as residents and civil society members took to the streets to protest against the alarming surge in inflation that has severely impacted their daily lives.
A number of doctors associated with the Gilgit-Baltistan Young Doctors Association rallied against a contentious bill that increased the retirement age for government hospital doctors to 65 years.
Massive protests have swept through Pakistan occupied Kashmir as people have taken to streets to demand what they say was always theirs. They chanted slogans for freedom and demanded rights to be accorded to them at par with people in the other region.
These residents of the Rawalakot region in Pakistan occupied Kashmir are holding a demonstration to voice their grievances against a series of pressing issues affecting their daily lives.
Many activists and students are out on streets in Muzaffarabad city of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). They are against the administration for the negligence they have shown towards the basic human rights of the people for over the last seven decades
Strikes at colleges and universities in Pakistan occupied Gilgit Baltistan is a new normal. At the Karakoram International University, the teachers and other staff members are on a strike due to non-payment of their salaries.
- Strikes at colleges and universities in Pakistan occupied Gilgit Baltistan is a new normal. At the Karakoram International University, the teachers and other staff members are on a strike due to non-payment of their salaries.
The area in front of the legislative assembly in Pakistan occupied Kashmir is teeming with local body councilors who are still waiting to be included in the system, seven months after the local body elections.
Out of around 300 Pakistani nationals who were killed in the tragic incident where a boat carrying around 800 people capsized off the coast of Greece, 30 Kashmiris, hailing from the Pakistan-held Kashmir region were also found dead.
Tens of hundreds of people took to streets in Pakistan’s Kohistan region as they demanded death penalty to a Chinese national who allegedly committed blasphemy.
Businessmen and locals took to streets of Hunza district in the illegally occupied Gilgit Baltistan to protest against what they called brazen abuse of power by the Assistant commissioner.
PoK, 12 December, 2022: - Women health workers in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir took to the streets against the local administration and Pakistan government for what they called an arbitrary decision of the authorities to terminate them.
A large number of students of Mirpur board took to streets in Muzaffarabad of Pakistan occupied Kashmir to demonstrate against the government for its negligence towards the region’s education system
Astore, Gilgit Baltistan, 01 November, 2022: - Scores of people gathered in Kalshai Tatwan of illegally occupied Gilgit Baltistan’s Astore region to protest against the rapidly deteriorating health system.
Gilgit Baltistan, 18 October, 2022: - Protests against an unprecedented surge in taxes have gained momentum across illegally occupied Gilgit Baltistan.
Shopkeepers across the illegally occupied territory of Gilgit Baltistan observed a shutter down strike in the region against what they call imposition of unjust taxes on them.
Local Residents in illegally occupied PoK have been continuously facing the state-inflicted inflation that has further worsened their already oppressed life.
