People to watch August 14 as ‘Black Day’ in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir: Report

Ahead of the 77th Independence Day celebration in Pakistan on August 14, a number of political activists and youth organisations in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have determined to watch it as “Black Day” as a mark of protest in opposition to the atrocities of the Pakistan authorities.

According to a report from the information company ANI, police in PoK’s Muzaffarabad district additionally arrested and tortured a number of individuals for his or her alleged anti-Pakistan posts on social media.

They have been additionally pressured by the police to delete their anti-Pakistan posts and put up statements supporting the institution. The residents of PoK have protested in opposition to the atrocities of the Pakistan authorities.

In addition, individuals from violence-hit Balochistan, a province in southern Pakistan, have additionally determined to mark August 14 as a “Black Day” and have fun August 15 as a Great Day.

This comes amid an assault on a convoy of Chinese engineers engaged on the Beijing-financed Gwadar Port in Pakistan by a suicide squad, Majeed Brigade, of the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA).

“BLA Majeed Brigade today targeted a convoy of Chinese engineers in Gwadar. The attack is still ongoing,” the separatist group mentioned in an announcement.

According to BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch, two ‘fidayeens’ of BLA Majeed Brigade, Naveed Baloch alias Aslam Baloch of Dasht Nigor and Maqbool Baloch alias Qayim Baloch of Geshkor Awaran, focused a convoy of Chinese engineers in Gwadar right this moment. He referred to as the assault ‘a self-sacrificing operation’.

Edited By:

Sudeep Lavania

Published On:

Aug 13, 2023