Political activists in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) have staged protests and expressed their resentment against the Pakistan Army and the regime, claiming that they have been treated as ‘second-class citizens’..

New Delhi: India and Pakistan, though different pieces of the same land, have always been against each other with diplomatic animosity over most issues; the biggest being Kashmir. Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), is a part of Jammu and Kashmir, India which was overtook by Pakistan in 1947; while United Nations and other international organisations call it Pakistani-Controlled Kashmir or Pakistan Administered Kashmir, India calls it ‘Pakistan Occupied Kashmir’. In a new controversy with respect to the disputed area, political activists in PoK have openly protested against the Pakistan Army and have claimed that they have been treated as ‘second-class citizens’ for several decades.

People, Political Activist In PoK Protest Against Pak Army

As mentioned earlier, the people in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are showing anger and resentment against Islamabad as they have been treated as second-class citizens for the past several decades. While addressing a rally in Muzaffarabad, political activists in PoK openly expressed their anger and sorrow against the Pakistan Army and the regime.

Leader Of Ongoing Protests, Toqeer Gilani Said..

A prominent political activist and the leader of the ongoing protests in PoK, Toqeer Gilani, said: “The Pakistan administration has been saying that they will always stand with us, and will always fight for the rights of our people. But anyone who is friends with the Pakistani establishment, will not need a foe anyway. You may ask the Afghans, you may ask the Palestinians, and you can also ask us about the atrocities they are inflicting upon us.” Gilani also mentioned that the administration of Pakistan has been inflicting atrocities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Political Activist Questions Pakistan’s Administration

“They did not even forgive the national leaders, who had served the country more than once, putting them behind bars after declaring them traitors. The administration now has fallen to breaking political parties, destroying cultures, and traditions, and capturing land everywhere,” he said in his public address. He added, “What sort of an administration is this? What sort of a democracy is this? And what sort of Islam is this? There is no bigger lie than this in the history of mankind”.

Gilani further said: “The Pakistani administration even today is not ready to listen and grant us the freedom that we ask for. The administration continues to call us anti-Pakistan and anti-Islam. All intend to take away what belongs to us, the people of PoK. Even today, the people whose forefathers have destroyed our lands, are not letting us improve our economic condition”.

In another news, as quoted by Pakistani Ambassador to Tehran in an Al Jazeera report, nine Pakistanis have been killed by gunmen at the South-Eastern border area of Iran. Pakistani ambassador to Tehran Muhammad Mudassir Tipu has also expressed his shock and has condoled the deaths.

(Inputs from ANI)