Unheard voice of the much-led miseries! PoK people come out in protest fighting for basic necessities in Karachi

Karachi, July 29: Proclaiming the parts as their, hovering illegal hold on these places, Pakistan has deliberately taken control of places of Balochistan, Gilgit Baltistan, Sindh province by exploiting them. Not just the people, Islamabad has been exploiting the natural resources which the places have been blessed with leaving the masses cry for basic necessities. People and activists of Sindh have come out in protest voicing outside Karachi press Club to fulfil their demands as they shouted the slogans; stop water shortage, stop censorship of media, stop illegal immigrants in Sindh.

The region of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir has not just been left bereft of its natural resources due to indiscriminate exploitation by Pakistan but its people too are thrown into a life of misery. They are deprived of basic necessities like water shortage; censorship of media and illegal immigration in Sindh province has also added up to the much-led misery. Voicing their stance before the government the people and the activists held protests in Karachi.

 

The water of the rivers Neelum and Jhelum have also been diverted on the pretext of the generation of hydroelectricity for the people. When people protested against the construction of these hydropower projects, they were told that the region would get a surplus power supply and water once the project is complete. But things turned out to be opposite when its construction completed. Ever since the Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project has been inaugurated, the lives of people have turned into a nightmare.

Most of the 1,500 MW of energy produced from this plant is transferred to the provinces of Pakistan, especially the pampered province of Punjab. And now with no water and power in the region, the people here are reeling under darkness. Untimely and prolonged load-shedding has taken a heavy toll on the people of the region. The region has very few industries and even these are subjected to power outages, leading to incomplete work and unemployment.

Prime Minister Imran Khan has made tall claims of providing PoK people life at par with the other citizens of the country, but they are not even getting half of it and the situation is poised to deteriorate further with a rise in energy-demand of Pakistan.

The region, which has been used both as for exploitation and as a dump yard, will be plundered again to satisfy Pakistani needs.