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Police block thousands marching in Pakistani Kashmir
Not letting the mob approach Indian Kashmir is a good call, given the current mood on the other side of the border.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Police have blocked a march by thousands of people in Pak-controlled Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
 who wanted to move toward the highly militarized Line of Control that divides the territory between Pakistain and India.

The marchers are protesting the lockdown in Indian-administered Kashmir.

Police placed shipping containers on the road and deployed a large contingent of officers near Jaskool, 8 kilometers from the frontier to stop the supporters of the Jammu-Kashmir Liberation Front, which announced it intended to cross the frontier to help Kashmiris under Indian oppression.

Abdul Hameed Butt, a leader of the JKLF, said Sunday the protesters would stage a sit-in until the blockade removed.

Police officer Arshad Naqvi said protesters won’t be allowed to continue because of the threat of "unprovoked enemy fire."

India imposed a strict curfew on Aug. 5 after stripping Indian-controlled Kashmir of its statehood.


Posted by: Fred 2019-10-07
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=552073