{"id":53112,"date":"2024-05-15T07:44:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T07:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/?p=53112"},"modified":"2024-05-15T07:44:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T07:44:05","slug":"jaishankar-suggests-pojk-residents-compare-their-situation-to-jk-counterparts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/15\/jaishankar-suggests-pojk-residents-compare-their-situation-to-jk-counterparts\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaishankar Suggests PoJK Residents Compare Their Situation to J&amp;K Counterparts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>New Delhi, May 15:<\/strong> External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has addressed the ongoing unrest in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), highlighting the comparison residents there might be making with their counterparts in Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There is evident ferment in PoJK, observable through various media channels. While the analysis of this situation is intricate, it&#8217;s undeniable that individuals in PoJK are likely comparing their circumstances with those in Jammu and Kashmir,&#8221; remarked EAM Jaishankar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that individuals across the border perceive themselves as under occupation, facing discrimination, and being treated unfairly, which likely fuels such comparisons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding the possibility of merging PoJK with India, Jaishankar reiterated India&#8217;s stance, asserting that part of Kashmir has always been and will remain an integral part of India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Until recently, there was less discussion about PoJK, particularly when Article 370 was in place,&#8221; Jaishankar noted. He mentioned past instances, such as the unanimous parliamentary resolution in the 1990s, prompted by pressure from Western countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recent violent protests in PoJK, triggered by a rise in electricity prices, have resulted in casualties, with three individuals killed and six injured due to Pakistani security forces opening fire on protesters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, May 15: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has addressed the ongoing unrest in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), highlighting the comparison residents there might be making with their counterparts in Jammu and Kashmir. &#8220;There is evident ferment in PoJK, observable through various media channels. While the analysis of this situation is intricate, it&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,30,54],"tags":[1032,1240,128,1033,2276],"class_list":{"0":"post-53112","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jammu","8":"category-kashmir","9":"category-latest-news","10":"tag-earlypostdaily","11":"tag-jaishankar","12":"tag-jammu-and-kashmir","13":"tag-latestnews","14":"tag-pojk"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53114,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53112\/revisions\/53114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}