Muzaffarabad
The National Federation of Students (NFS) organised a protest and long march at various locations in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK). The members of NFS had organised the protest to raise their issues of overpriced electricity and the revocation of subsidised wheat.
Zulfiqar Baig, a senior member of the NFS during the protest, stated, we are presenting our demands of cheaper electricity and wheat. The government had previously demanded a time of one month to solve this issue, but nothing has happened yet. However, if the government is still not able to keep up its promises after the time gets over, we are ready to take adequate action.
Baig further stated, flour these days is being sold at PKR 1600 for a bag of 20 kg. This rate has been continuing since June 2022, and we have been protesting ever since. But the rates have not been reduced by the government even today.
When we had last met with the authorities, it was mutually decided that subsidies would be given to the people of PoK but, my village, which is under ward 19 of PoK is still suffering. Out of the 1200 houses in my village only 250 have been given the mutually decided subsidies, it means just like my village, the majority of the people of PoK still do not receive any subsidies, he added.
