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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dalvinder45" data-source="post: 225503" data-attributes="member: 26009"><p><h3>India on Friday said the protests witnessed in several parts of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are a "natural consequence" of Islamabad's continued policy of systemic plundering of resources from the region that remains under its "forcible and illegal" occupation.</h3><h3><img src="https://im.rediff.com/news/2024/may/17pok-protests.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></h3><h3>IMAGE: People hold a banner as they chant slogans in support of an alliance of civil rights groups protesting in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, demanding the government give the region a subsidy on electricity and wheat prices in the face of rising inflation, during a demonstration in Karachi on May 13, 2024. Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters</h3><h3>India also asserted that the entire Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh "have been, are and shall always remain integral parts of India".</h3><h3>Violent protests erupted in PoK over rising costs of food, fuel and essential utilities as Pakistan reels under a severe economic crisis.</h3><h3>"We have seen reports on protests in several areas of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir," external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said at his weekly media briefing.</h3><h3><img src="https://im.rediff.com/300-300/news/2024/may/14pok.jpg" alt="Unrest in PoK: 3 killed in firing, teargas shelling" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></h3><h3><a href="https://www.rediff.com/news/report/unrest-in-pok-firing-teargas-shelling/20240514.htm" target="_blank"><h4>Unrest in PoK: 3 killed in firing, teargas shelling</h4></h3> <h3></a></h3><h3><a href="https://www.rediff.com/news/report/violent-strike-over-high-prices-in-pok-enters-day-4/20240513.htm" target="_blank"><h4><img src="https://im.rediff.com/300-300/news/2024/may/13pok.jpg" alt="Violent strike over high prices in PoK enters Day 4" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></h4></h3> <h3></a></h3><h3><a href="https://www.rediff.com/news/report/violent-strike-over-high-prices-in-pok-enters-day-4/20240513.htm" target="_blank"><h4>Violent strike over high prices in PoK enters Day 4</h4></h3> <h3></a></h3><h3>He was responding to a question on the protests in PoK.</h3><h3>"We believe that it is a natural consequence of Pakistan's continued policy of systemic plundering of resources from these territories which remain under its forcible and illegal occupation," Jaiswal said.</h3><h3>"Such exploitative policies deny the local people, rights over their own resources and the benefits thereof," he said.</h3><h3>"We reiterate that the entire Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh have been, are and shall always remain integral parts of India," he added.</h3><h3>Two days ago, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar asserted that Pakistan-occupied Kashmir was, is and will always be part of India.</h3><h3>"I have no doubt in my own mind that someone living in PoK is comparing their situation with someone actually living in Jammu and Kashmir, saying that how is it that people today are actually progressing there," he said.</h3><h3>Earlier this month, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said India will never give up its claim of PoK but it won't have to capture it with force because its people, on their own, would want to be part of India after seeing the development in Kashmir.</h3></blockquote><p></p>

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