Bradford, June 11 -- The chairman of the Jammu Kashmir National Independence Alliance (JKNIA), Mahmood Kashmiri, has strongly criticised the Pakistani government during a protest held by British Kashmiris outside the Pakistani Consulate in the United Kingdom, accusing Islamabad of using force to suppress dissent in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK).

Addressing demonstrators, Mahmood Kashmiri claimed that the authorities had failed to silence the people of PoJK despite what he described as killings, injuries, torture, and arrests. He said the ongoing movement was aimed at securing the rights of the people and stated that force could not extinguish popular demands for justice and political freedoms.

The protest drew members of th...