Protests against price hikes have continued for the fourth day in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, with demonstrators and police clashing, officials said.
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan — Demonstrators and police clashed as protests against price hikes continued for a fourth day in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, authorities said Monday.
At least two people, including a police officer, were killed and 100 others injured in the violence that has gripped the region since Friday.
Pakistan-controlled Kashmir’s Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq has met with protest organizers and said he would reduce wheat and electricity prices, which many see as a market barometer. However, violence continued throughout Monday in the capital Muzaffarabad and its suburbs.
The disputed Himalayan region is divided between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan. The two South Asian neighbors have fought three wars since gaining independence from British colonial rule in 1947.
Pakistan narrowly avoided defaulting on its external debt last year after the International Monetary Fund and several friendly countries offered loans. Pakistan’s monthly inflation rate briefly exceeded 40%, but fell to 17% ahead of talks with the IMF for a new bailout.
