Tens of thousands of people participate in KashmirHour rally across Pakistan to protest against New Delhi's actions in Indian-administered Kashmir
Kashmiri men gather at a market near the Line of Control – the de facto border between Pakistan and India – in Chakothi sector in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. August 29, 2019.
The Pakistani national anthem and an anthem for Kashmir played across television and radio, while traffic came to a standstill, traffic lights were switched off and trains stopped, as part of Prime Minister Imran Khan's campaign to draw global attention to the plight of the divided Himalayan region. "We must send a strong message to Kashmiris that our nation stands resolutely behind them," Khan wrote on Twitter.
The BBC said several residents in numerous villages talked of beatings with cables and electric shocks as well as threats to prevent them from protesting.
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