The Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC) has called for mass sit-in demonstrations across Pakistan-occupied Jammu Kashmir (PoJK), alleging that security deployments and blockades have disrupted access to basic education and healthcare in several parts of the region.
Addressing a meeting in Rawalakot, JKJAAC leader Umar Nazir Kashmiri urged students, parents and civil society members to participate in the protests, while announcing plans for solidarity marches by the Kashmiri diaspora in the United Kingdom and Europe.
The main demonstration has been scheduled at 1:30 pm in Dhirkot in the Poonch division. Organisers have appealed to women and female students to lead the protest, with families asked to bring children in school uniforms carrying school bags to highlight what they described as restrictions on education.
The committee has also called for simultaneous solidarity rallies in the Mirpur and Muzaffarabad divisions, where educational institutions are reportedly functioning in parts of the region.
According to the JKJAAC, the protests are aimed at pressing authorities to remove security blockades and restore normal access to schools and hospitals. The committee alleged that security forces have occupied educational institutions and major medical facilities in sensitive areas, while curfews and security cordons have restricted civilian movement.
The JKJAAC also announced solidarity marches in Birmingham and Italy and appealed to the Kashmiri diaspora across Europe to participate.
The mobilisation comes amid continuing tensions between civil society groups and authorities in PoJK, with the JKJAAC demanding restoration of educational and medical services and release of detained activists.
