Youth Protest Against Job Regulation Act In PoK; Slam Pak Govt For 'Discrimination'
A massive protest against the Imran Khan-led Pakistan government erupted in
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's (PoK) Muzaffarabad on Tuesday after the youth took
to the streets to demand a rollback of the Job Regulation Act. The protestors
stated that the Act which promises jobs to the youth was 'discriminatory', and
alleged that the Pakistan government and Ministers were only extending the
jobs to their friends, acquaintances, or those with allegiance to the ruling
PTI through it.
Taking to the streets of Muzaffarabad protestors demanded the rollback of the
'black law' accusing the Pakistan government of using it to engage in
nepotism, corruption, and suppression of the educated youth in PoK who truly
deserved the jobs.
Youths in PoK protest against the job regularisation act, call it discriminatory and suppressive. Protesters demanded the rollback of a job regularisation law (15.06.21) pic.twitter.com/xMJGsqkubx
— ANI (@ANI) June 16, 2021
"We have witnessed the incompetence of the government for the last five years.
When it came to employment they only kept sloganeering but ultimately cheated
the youth. The people sitting inside the assembly have inducted their own
relatives and boot-lickers of their party through this black law. The educated
youth were denied the opportunity. We will not step back from the protest
until we don't reclaim our rights," said protestor Raja Aqib Safeer Khan.
Land Grab By Pakistan Army Exposed
This is not the first time that residents of PoK have exposed the oppression
that they were facing at the hands of Pakistan. Just weeks ago, a PoK resident
showed the Pakistan Army's attempts to take over land belonging to the
residents of the region in a shocking video. The resident revealed that the
Pakistan Army was systematically taking over private lands which belonged to
the common people across the region, to further their own agenda.
While recording the video, the resident said, "My purpose of shooting this
video is to show you the activities of the Pakistan Army here. This is my
brother's property, and a tent can be seen here which belongs to the army.
They have made a proper staying arrangement on land that belongs to us. There
are several other army tents on this land."
"When I directly asked them (army officers), they told me that they would
leave in two days. A few hours later, they said they would leave after five
days. When I asked them that whose permission did they take to enter our land,
they had no answer. This seems to be notorious. All the children, women, and
elderly people of this area pass by all the time. Some officers stand here in
a particular area every morning and whistle. This is a nuisance," the resident
stated.
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