Claim
The Pakistani government is imposing an inhumane blockade of medicine, water, food and electricity in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, which it must stop.
“हम पाकिस्तान सरकार से अपील करते हैं कि वह पाकिस्तान में चिकित्सा, जल, खाद्य और बिजली की नाकाबंदी बंद करे। यह अमानवीय है, देवियों और सज्जनों।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
Contemporaneous reporting from multiple Indian outlets (Tribune, India.com, Republic World, Brighter Kashmir, ANI, Zee News) — citing BBC Urdu, Dawn and AFP — confirms that around the 30 June 2026 broadcast, Pakistani authorities restricted supply routes into Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, cutting off food, medicine, fuel and worsening a power/electricity and water crisis, amid the Joint Awami Action Committee protests and a crackdown that killed roughly a dozen people. The core assertion (an inhumane blockade of essentials that Pakistan should halt) is well-supported. Confidence is held below certainty because Pakistan officially denies any blockade, the item list is slightly loose (electricity and water are more shortage/power-cut effects than deliberately 'blockaded'), and much of the sourcing carries an Indian editorial angle.
Evidence
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Azad_Kashmir_protests Documents the recurring PoK/Azad Kashmir agitation (2024 onward) by the Joint Awami Action Committee over electricity, flour, food and basic services — the backdrop to the 2026 crackdown. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/j-k/as-pak-blockade-continues-pok-protesters-warn-of-reaching-out-to-india/ Reports Pakistani forces maintaining a blockade of supply routes into PoJK, preventing movement of food and essential supplies during the June 2026 unrest. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.india.com/news/world/pakistans-internal-crisis-blockade-imposed-in-occupied-kashmir-cutting-off-food-medicine-supplies-amid-protests-8456862/ States Islamabad choked off the region's access to food, petrol, diesel and medicine to pressure JAAC protesters; notes Pakistan denies restrictions while BBC Urdu, Dawn and AFP report a blockade. ✗ unreachable · HTTP 403
- https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/gilgit-baltistan-protests-pogb-residents-rage-over-massive-summer-power-crisis-block-karakoram-highway-amid-hours-long-outages-2026-07-03-131147 Confirms severe electricity crisis (10-hour power cuts) in PoGB disrupting water, health and daily life during the same period. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://brighterkashmir.com/pojk-unrest-pak-army-blocks-supply-routes-continues-crackdown Reports Pakistan army blocking supply routes and continuing crackdown in PoJK, imposing curfew (Rawalakot) amid the shutdown. ✓ reachable · archived