South Asia and Beyond

The Plight Of PoJK: Repression, Discrimination, Deprivation

 The Plight Of PoJK: Repression, Discrimination, Deprivation

In the new map released by India after J&K was bifurcated into two union territories last year, areas under Pak occupied Jammu & Kashmir (PoJK)—PoK & Gilgit-Baltistan were shown as part of Indian territory.

NEW DELHI: A saga of discrimination, denial of constitutional rights, violation of land rights of its people, misuse of terror laws to silence voices of dissent, enforced disappearances and economic deprivation—this in a nutshell is the situation of Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir (PoJK) in the decades since it was ‘illegally occupied’ in 1947...Read More

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