Civilian unrest, blackouts and clampdown

Across the Line of Control Pushp Saraf pushpsaraf@yahoo.com The entire Pakistan-occupied territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh is on the edge. Normal life has been seriously disrupted. It has been made worse by the closure of mobile data services and broader communication breakdowns. The information blackout has added a layer of uncertainty and fear to an already volatile situation. Either civil rights bodies have been banned under terror laws or their leaders subjected to severe crackdowns. It is, in fact, Pakistan’s heavy-handed treatment of civil society movements and arbitrary arrests of their leaders that has created an extremely tense…