Bradford, July 12 -- The sit-in protest staged by the Kashmiri diaspora outside the Pakistani Consulate in Bradford continued for the fifth consecutive day, with demonstrators accusing Pakistan of escalating military repression in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) and demanding the withdrawal of its forces from the region.

Addressing the gathering, Jammu Kashmir National Independence Alliance (JKNIA) chairman Mahmood Kashmiri alleged that Pakistani forces have once again killed four Kashmiris in what he described as a continued campaign of state violence.

He stated that Pakistan is attempting to suppress a peaceful public movement through force but insisted that such efforts would not succeed. "This is a public movement, and pu...