Projecting himself internationally as a peacemaker, Pakistan's army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, has unleashed domestic repression, with the latest being in a territory fictionally called "Azad Kashmir".
While violence in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa remains endemic, protests have now broken out at several places in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) demanding freedom from alien (Pakistan army) rule. In all three theatres of conflict, Pak establishment squarely blames India and alleges the latter's "alliance" with Israel to destabilise it.
