Shutdown call shakes PoJK as Islamabad threatens force; public anger over corruption meets global spotlight on Pakistan’s terror links.
Shutdown call in PoJK sparks tensions as govt threatens force. Citizens demand rights, lawyers back strike, activists expose Pakistan at UN.
Pakistan-occupied Jammu Kashmir (PoJK) is on edge. A shutdown call by the Neelum Valley Public Action Committee, led by Shaukat Nawaz Mir, has triggered a standoff between ordinary citizens demanding rights and a government that has vowed to respond with force.
Mir, speaking on behalf of the committee, as quoted by ANI, said that the region’s people have been pushed to the limit by years of neglect, corruption, and broken promises. From healthcare to education, clean water to infrastructure, citizens say they are starved of basic services while political patronage and bribery swallow resources.
“The people’s patience has reached its limit,” Mir declared, calling the shutdown a direct response to Islamabad’s failure to deliver.
Government warns of crackdown
