The Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) faced escalating tensions with an indefinite lockdown and protests led by the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC) on Monday.

Pakistan has suspended cellular, fibre internet services and mobile phone services across the region. The show of force by the government came as the JKJAAC escalated its campaign, vowing to shut down the region to protest what it calls the decades-long denial of fundamental rights.

The JKJAAC has laid a 38-point charter of demands, which includes removal of perks of the ruling elites, ending 12 seats in the Assembly reserved for Kashmiri migrants who came from the Indian side of the territory, and royalty for hydel power projects in the region.

In Muzaffarabad, Shaukat Nawaz Mir, a core member of the action comm

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