Hajira, (Parliament Times) : Thousands of people protested in the Hajira sub-division. Historic voluntary shutter down and wheel jams were conducted, and the area echoed with slogans against illegal taxes and inflation. All educational institutions and government offices were closed while full participation of stakeholders from all schools of thought, including public action committees, business associations, lawyers, public representatives, and civil society.
According to the details, on the call of the Public Action Committee, All Trader and Bar Association of Azad Kashmir, a complete voluntary shutter-down and wheel jam was also conducted in sub-division Hajira.
From all adjacent cities of Sub-division Hajira, People traveled from distant areas on foot to reach Hajira city and participated in the protest.
The city echoed with slogans against illegal taxes and inflation, the participants circled the city. Officials of the Public Action Committee, officials of traders’ associations, lawyers, public representatives, and people from civil society addressed the meeting.
The participants rejected the government’s electricity bills and other illegal taxes and inflation. From the meeting, President Awami Action Committee Sardar Zahoor, President All Trader Sardar Altaf, Sardar Wajid Ali Advocate, Malik Ilyas, Sardar Zaheer, Muhammad Nazakat, Sardar Naeem Zia, Sardar Naseem Anjum Advocate, Imran Masood, Ijaz Nasha Advocate, Muhammad Ali Fazail, Qari Muhammad Hanif, Sardar Muhammad Ashfaq, Abdul Rehman, Sikandar Hayat, Sardar Altaf, Muhammad Imtiaz, Anjam Azam, Zahid Kashar, Saqib Shaheen, Mirza Ashfaq, Sardar Mohammad Farooq, Shahid Aslam, Sardar Zahid Hanif, Sardar Haseeb and Hafeez Zaidi and others while addressing said that free electricity is our right which we will continue to take.