pakistan occupied kashmir

Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) are regions in Pakistan that have long been neglected in various domains such as education, youth unemployment, poverty, infrastructure, healthcare, and food security

Pakistan govt told Islamabad HC that a poet who is in police custody in PoJK cannot be brought to the court as he is in "foreign territory"

While raising the issue of land leasing, the Gilgit Baltistan parliament member questioned the sale of guest houses to the industrialists of the Punjab Province.

"Those who are praising Pakistan, I want to tell them that PM Modi has lifted more people out of poverty than the entire population of Pakistan. If they lived in India they would not have died of hunger and would have received free ration," he said.

 In a veiled swipe at the country's first prime minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and the Congress, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said India lost its hold on Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) due to "someone's weakness or mistake".

The Pakistani rangers, a paramilitary force under the Pakistan Army, opened fire in Muzaffarabad, killing at least four citizens protesting against inflation and exploitation in PoJK.

Shaukat Nawaz Mir, a poJK leader, said, “Put any tag on us, but as long as God is with us, you cannot harm us. Let us live in peace. If you raid people’s houses again and arrest them, there will be no peace. I am saying this openly."

The protesters have demanded that electricity should be provided to consumers as per the production cost of hydel power in PoJK. After protests were held for months, a ministerial committee vowed that the cost would be worked out "because the government was committed to providing relief to its people."

Union Home Minister Amit Shah emphasised yet again that Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) is an integral part of India. Amit Shah also added that the residents of PoK are Indian citizens irrespective of their religion.

Residents of Gilgit-Baltistan have been staging protests against hike in subsidised wheat price and massive power outages in the region.