World News | People in PoK grapple with multifaceted crisis

muzaffarabad [PoK] 4th April (ANI): The impact of Pakistan’s recession has been far-reaching and devastating. Already grappling with a multifaceted crisis, the situation of the people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) is rapidly deteriorating.

They struggle to even procure essential food and commodities, let alone lead a life of dignity or affluence. Residents who blame local and federal governments for corruption and smuggling say they bear the brunt of the country’s economic disaster.

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The suffering of the PoK people does not stop there. While there wasn’t enough food on their plates, the 17- to 18-hour load shedding affected even their bleak prospects of employment. While businesses were brought to a standstill by lack of power, students and professionals had to endure hours in the dark.

The Pakistan-occupied Kashmir region is responsible for most of Pakistan’s electricity needs, but it does not receive the minimum amount of electricity itself. For seven and a half years, the people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir have been treated as civilians by successive Pakistani governments. Whenever any crisis befalls Pakistan. The plight of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is automatically multiplied.

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Nasser Ahmed, a local resident of Muzaffarabad, PoK, said, “I have been coming here to buy flour for the past two days. Earlier, the Pakistani government announced that the poor would get wheat flour for free. Forget it.” Free flour , I came here to get the subsidized flour, but I didn’t receive it. “

“A private car with no license plate and full of flour was here for hours, but the flour was not distributed to civilians. They were either smuggled or distributed to friends,” he added.

PoK, another local resident from Muzaffarabad, said: “Our rivers, our natural resources are directly or indirectly controlled by WAPDA (Water Power Development Authority), whether it is Mangala Dam, Neelum Jhelum hydropower project or in different Other small projects established in Pakistan-occupied parts of Kashmir. Electricity generated from these projects was diverted to the National Grid. (ANI)

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