Children have joined ongoing protests in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), highlighting growing public demands for basic rights, better living conditions, and access to essential services. Their participation has drawn attention to the social and economic challenges facing local communities, with demonstrators calling for justice, dignity, education, and greater opportunities through peaceful civic engagement.

The recent statement by Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif against protesters in Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir has once again exposed the widening gap between the rulers and the people living in the region. Instead of listening to public grievances and addressing economic hardships the authorities have chosen intimidation and repression. By calling the ongoing protests the "beginning of sedition" the minister has sent a clear message that dissent will not be toler