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AJK protests continue as PM Shehbaz approves Rs23 billion grant for Azad Kashmir

News Desk

May 13

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday approved an urgent grant of Rs 23 Billion to resolve the issues of people in Azad and Jammu Kashmir (AJK).

The development came after violent protests erupted in the AJK on the Awami Action Committee’s (AAC) call against high electricity bills and taxes.

PM Shehbaz presided over a meeting on Azad Kashmir’s protests in which the grant was approved.

However, AAC leader Shaukat Nawaz said that he refuses to end the protest until they receive a notification affirming that their demands have been accepted.

“Promises have been made in the past as well to dissolve protests. (This time) we will not return believing the political promises,” he said, adding that the government’s seriousness would be trusted when a notification regarding the resolution of their demands would reach them.

The AAC called for a shutter down and wheel-jam strike across the state to protest the electricity price hike and taxes.

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