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'PoK unrest result of long neglect in the region'
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morungexpress.com
New Delhi, August 2 (IANS): Decades of neglect in the Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) is snowballing into a movement that may have similarities with the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, according to a media report.
PoK, over the past few years, has been engulfed in unrest, driven by a grassroots movement over economic hardships and entrenched political structures, geopolitics commentator Ravi Verma wrote in 'The Secretariat'.
The current protests in the region have been largely triggered by soaring inflation, high electricity tariffs, and high costs for staple subsidised goods.
Despite attracting over one million tourists annually, local businesses in PoK reportedly receive only 20 per cent of the tourism revenue.
Additionally, PoK residents have been protesting against these terror infrastructures themselves.