Daijiworld Media Network – Muzaffarabad

Muzaffarabad, Sep 29: Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) is bracing for one of its biggest uprisings in decades as the Awami Action Committee (AAC) launches a “shutter-down and wheel-jam” strike from Monday, demanding long-denied political and economic rights.

Internet services were cut at midnight and heavy security has been deployed across the region to prevent mobilisation. Heavily armed convoys staged flag marches through major towns, and thousands of troops were moved in from Punjab. Islamabad has also dispatched an additional 1,000 police personnel to reinforce local forces.

AAC, a civil society alliance, is pressing a 38-point charter that includes abolishing 12 assembly seats reserved for Kashmiri refugees in Pakistan, subsidised flour, fair

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