Overview

• A region-wide shutter-down and wheel-jam began Monday across PoK, with organizers saying the shutdown could continue indefinitely if demands go unmet.
• The federal government has deployed over 1,000 police from Islamabad with Pakistan Rangers reinforcements from Punjab and conducted flag marches in major towns.
• Authorities suspended mobile, landline and internet services from midnight in an effort to restrict coordination, according to multiple reports.
• Core demands include abolishing 12 assembly seats reserved for Kashmiri refugees, subsidised flour, power tariffs tied to local generation, and renegotiation of hydropower agreements.
• Intelligence sources caution that unrest could escalate and draw diaspora amplification, while local lawyers back the right to strike and urge engagement over force.