Muzaffarabad:
A shutter and Wheel-Jam hit Azad Jammu on Monday and cashmere (AJK), called by the Jammu Cashmire Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC), paralyzed life in large districts before turning into violence after clashes in Neelum Bridge.
Led by the central chief of JKJAAC, Shaukat Nawaz Mir, the strike put Muzaffarabad, Mirpur, Poonch, Neelum, Bhimber and Palandari. The markets remained closed, the roads were blocked and the Internet services were limited in a large part of Muzaffarabad, with the exception of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa areas.
Fixed, cellular and private internet networks have also been largely suspended.
Tensions broke out when activists of the Muslim conference, organizing an “Aman march” parallel to the support of merchants wishing to keep the businesses open, confronted with JKJAAC demonstrators in Neelum Bridge. Supporters of the Muslim conference, including the leader of the Raja Party Saqib Majeed and his brother, would have opened fire to the demonstrators.
“The incident, captured in viral images on social networks, clearly shows that people shoot the crowd,” said journalist Farhan Ahmed Khan. Four demonstrators were injured; One of them, Sudheer, died later in the hospital.
In the evening, nearly 5,000 people gathered in Lal Chowk, where Shaukat Nawaz Mir delivered a 17 -minute inflamed speech.
He condemned the dismissal, accused the authorities of trying to organize “another May 9” by their “touts” and insisted that JKJAAC has no hostility towards state institutions or the Pakistani army.
MIR announced that a demonstration would take place with the body of Sudheer in Chehlabandi on Neelum Road, demanding a tree and a post-mortem, which had not been completed.
He also called on other events to Lal Chowk on Tuesday afternoon. “The false sequences are broadcast to suggest that everything is normal,” he said, promising to continue protests until the requests are satisfied.
Wider protests
Demonstrations have spread beyond Muzaffarabad, thousands of people rallying in sensitive areas through the AJK under the leaders, including Sardar Aman Khan.
The roads were blocked and the cities paralyzed. In the United Kingdom, demonstrations took place in London and Bradford, where Raja Amjad Ali Khan addressed to the Pakistani consulate.
“We have no quarrel with any institution or the army,” said Raja Amjad Ali. “Brand demonstrators as traitors only serve the enemies of Pakistan. This movement includes all schools of thought and only seeks the rights of the people.”
Federal Minister for Kashmir, Ameer Muqam, urged dialogue, recalling that he and Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry had tried to negotiate with JKJAAC a few days earlier.
The talks failed, he said, as the requests related to the reforms of 12 seats and privileges of the AJK assembly based in Pakistan for civil servants required constitutional amendments.
The AJK government has not yet published an official declaration. Dismissal reports on ambulances have been refused. Jkjaac argued that the demonstrators brandishing Baton symbolized the peaceful nature of their movement.
Meanwhile, law enforcement organizations said they had brought legal action against people involved in vandalism and riots.
“No one will be authorized to disrupt daily life for its malicious programs,” said security officials, promising “strict legal action against any person damaging public goods or encouraging troubles”.
