The situation in the Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) Muzaffarabad city has once again deteriorated and the authorities have decided to shut down internet services once again in the wake of a stand-off due to protests against electricity and taxes.
AJK: Internet services shut down in Muzaffarabad. Protesters in Muzaffarabad pelted stones at Rangers personnel and damaged Rangers vehicles. In response, Rangers force used tear gas shelling on the protesters.
Joint Action Committee (JAC) representatives said they would continue their protest until their demands are fulfilled and authorities to issue notification.
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Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq has announced that the government accepted “all demands of Awami Action Committee (AAC)” and “notified subsidies on food and electricity” after violent protests further intensified in the region on the fourth day.
“No one can reject two fundamental demands regarding cheap roti [bread] and electricity,” PM Anwar said while addressing a press conference in Islamabad on Monday, adding that PM Shehbaz Sharif assured of his all-out support to address issues of the AJK people.
He clarified that the government had neither intentions to disrupt peaceful struggle of the AJK people nor it would try to impact any such struggle in future.
He said that the government exhibited tolerance and patience despite violations of the law and added that more than 100 policemen were wounded in violent clashes with the protesters, whereas, not a “single marcher was injured”.
Accepting all demands placed by the AAC, the AJK government issued a notification regarding subsidies for power and food commodities. He hoped that peace would be restored in the region after implementation of the much-anticipated notifications.
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