‘Situation is getting worse…’: PoK activist alleges mass arrests, economic blockade in PoK

Jul 03, 2026

Glasgow (Scotland), July 3, 2026 (ANI): PoK activist from Scotland, Amjad Ayub Mirza said, “The situation in Pakistani-occupied Jammu and Kashmir is getting worse by the hour. After the arrest of the leader of Joint Awami Action Committee Shaukat Nawaz Mir, so far more than 600 workers and activists of the committee have been arrested... On 5th of July, that was usually celebrated or observed as Kashmir Solidarity Day, in the name of the people of Kashmir Valley, is now being observed against Pakistan. Not only in PoJK, but also there are thousands of people who are going to turn up in London and on the 5th of July and protest against brutalities committed by Pakistan in Pakistani-occupied J&K... The situation is very precarious because Pakistan has created an economic blockade and there is no food, they are not allowing any food in to PoJK... Also, they have created a massive blockade for travel. So people who have to go to the hospital or people who had been somewhere else and want to return home, they are stranded. And they are using drones for surveillance of the Rabla court sit-in, where thousands of people have gathered for the past more than three weeks now. And the gathering is increasing...”