(30 Sep 2023)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

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Muzaffarabad, Pakistan-administered Kashmir – 30 September 30
1. Protesters holding sticks and raising hands chanting slogans against power supply company
2. Wide of protest
3. Various of police confronting protesters
4. Police arresting a protester
5. Police bandaging an injured police officer
6. Low angle shot of protesters shoes left behind, with police lines in background
7. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Ishtiaq Gilani, police officer:
“We have registered cases against these protesters. Now we are arresting them. We arrested them because they damaged government property, they did criminal acts. So we arrested them for acting against the government.”
8. Protesters
9. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Muhammad Mudasir, protester:
"The electricity bills that we threw into the river, with which we made paper boats and threw into the river, they were from a private company. They weren't important government documents over which they launched such a big raid. There was a baton charge on us. Police raided on our houses, they disrespected our women.“
10. Police lines moving forward
11. Wide of clashes between protesters and police

STORYLINE:
Hundreds of people rallied in Muzaffarabad, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Saturday to protest against higher prices of utilities bills.

They chanted slogans against government and power company.

Protesters threw electricity bills of a private electricity company into the river.

The police arrested many protesters and used tear gas.

"We arrested them (protesters) because they damaged government property, they did criminal acts," said police officer Ishtiaq Gilani.

Pakistan's annual inflation rate was 27.4% in August, according to data released by the state-run Bureau of Statistics.

Pakistan was on the verge of default before securing a lifeline deal with the International Monetary Fund.

As part of the conditions for the bailout package, Pakistan was required to reduce subsidies that had been in place to cushion the impact of rising living costs.

This likely contributed to the increase in prices, especially energy costs.

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