These are part of a long list of demands the alliance has outlined in a 38-point charter in which it also demanded that hydropower projects be renegotiated to benefit local communities.
The AAC called for mass protest after talks were held between its leaders and government officials over the weekend.
An AAC leader reportedly said that the protest is a result of pent-up frustration due to state neglect for the last few decades. “Our campaign is not against any institution but for the fundamental rights denied to our people for over 70 years. Enough is enough. Either deliver on rights or face the wrath of the people,” Firstpost quoted AAC leader Shaukat Nawaz Mir as saying.
BIG—Massive protest in POJK
Roads blocked, shops shut, internet suspended. Additional reinforcements deployed to control protestors. Situation tense! pic.twitter.com/ArxU45xV35— R.A.W Commentary (@R_Analysis_W) September 29, 2025
The Shehbaz Sharif government has since shut internet and phone services. Most shops are shut, and roads remain blocked as the AAC has launched a “shutter-down and wheel-jam” strike.
United Kashmir People’s National Party (UKPNP) leaders have called for global intervention to the unrest in PoK. The party’s spokesperson Sardar Nasir Aziz Khan took to X calling on the United Nations and governments of China, Switzerland, the UK, the US, to condemn internet blackout in the region.
“This digital blackout is a blatant attempt to silence dissent and isolate the people from the world during a critical moment of peaceful resistance,” Khan said in the post.
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