3 killed in Azad Kashmir in security forces firing

Three local civilians were killed in Pakistan-controlled Azad Jammu and Kashmir during an anti-inflation protests by the country's paramilitary Rangers.

Pakistan news media the dawn said this in a report on Tuesday (May 14).

As per details in The Dawn, paramilitary rangers opened fire on protesters during clashes. The region's capital of Muzaffarabad has seen protests against high prices of wheat flour and inflated electricity bills.

Pakistan-occupied Kashmir remained tense as the strike against high prices of wheat flour and inflated electricity bills and taxes entered its fifth day on Tuesday, forcing the Pakistan government to allocate 23 billion Pakistani rupees (PKR) for immediate release to the region to quell the simmering unrest.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif approved ₹23 billion for immediate release to the region after the negotiations between the protesters and the regional government ended in a deadlock.