Pak cracks down on protests in POK against rising cost of living, around 20 feared dead - The Times of India
Around 20 civilians are feared killed, several are missing, and around 200 were injured in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's Rawalakot and neighbouring areas, after Pakistani security forces fired on people protesting against the rising cost of living. The death toll from months of civil unrest is estimated to more than 200.The military has been accused of using rocket-propelled grenades and drones at agitators protesting against soaring electricity tariffs, wheat subsidy cuts, heavy taxation and violence against local civil rights activists.