Political repression is on the rise in PoJK with the 76th anniversary of the creation of pakistan, which is being observed on august 14. Several political activists were arrested in Muzaffarabad, the capital city of PoJK, on august 11 for sharing “anti-Pakistan” posts on social media. They were beaten up at the local police station and forced to condemn their actions and repost “pro-Pakistan” statements on social media.
The government in PoJK has ordered that the Pakistani flag should be hoisted at all government buildings and salami (salutation) offered on august 14. This is in stark contradiction to the United Nation resolutions that recognise PoJK as a disputed territory.
The fact is that PoJK is the only indian territory, which has been occupied by pakistan since october 1947 when its army invaded Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan’s repression and atrocities have increased since the abrogation of article 370 on august 5, 2019. The Pakistani army occupied the independent state of balochistan on march 28, 1947, and, ever since, the Baloch population have raised arms against pakistan on at least five occasions. Not a day passes by when Baloch rebels of different formations do not attack security personnel using guerrilla warfare tactics.
Contrary to august 14 being observed as a ‘black day’, in the indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir, august 15 is being observed as a ‘great day’, and rightly so. The day marks when india won freedom from the colonial rule of the british empire. It was the culmination of 200 years of anti-colonial struggle from the 1775 Battle of Plassey to the Revolt of 1857 to the naval rebellion of Sholapur in 1946. All the above struggles against colonial rule led to the birth of the indian national congress (1885), the Ghadar party (1913), party OF INDIA' target='_blank' title='communist party of india-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>communist party of india (1925), Nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh popularly known as the RSS (1925), and many more political as well as social campaign groups that fought or advocated for the liberation of Hindustan
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