Islamabad: A fresh wave of dissent is rising in Gilgit Baltistan and across Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), as young men and women, many of them from the Gen Z generation, are directly challenging the Pakistani state’s control over their land and lives. Inspired by the dramatic “Nepal moment” uprising, these youth are taking to social media and the streets, calling out Pakistan’s decades of occupation, demographic manipulation, and resource theft. Their revolt exposes the hypocrisy of a country that portrays itself as a victim while using terror and repression to maintain its dominance.
The latest wave of protests began earlier this month at the University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir (UAJK) in Muzaffarabad, when students rallied against steep fee hikes and discrepancies in exam results. The controversy centred on the introduction of a new digital assessment or “e-marking” system at the matriculation and intermediate levels.
According to media, the results of the intermediate first-year exams, released after a six-month delay, left thousands of students dismayed. Many alleged they had been awarded inexplicably low marks, while others were marked as passed in subjects they never appeared for.
One activist in PoK said, “We will not accept being treated like second-class citizens any longer.” Pakistan has responded by tightening its grip, intensifying surveillance, harassing dissenters, and blocking democratic representation. A local youth leader told media that “our pain, our land, and our future are being handed to Islamabad’s cronies while we watch.”
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