Weeks of anger over food shortage and runaway inflation has snowballed into massive anti-government demonstrations in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and illegally held Gilgit Baltistan.
People from all walks of life in nearly all parts of the occupied regions blocked highways and burnt tyres to express their resentment against the government.
"People are out on streets because there is no food, there is no flour, and in PoJK, in one day, they have increased the price of wheat by 1,200 rupees. People are fed-up. The government depots for flour are locked. There is no flour there. People in almost every city of PoK are protesting, even students, lawyers, civil society and women are protesting." said Amjad Ayub Mirza, a PoK activist.
He also said that people of PoK are ready to join the Indian Union.
The ripple effects of the crisis, however, are even more worrisome in PoK and Gilgit Baltistan as people here have already been discriminated against historically.
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