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Pakistani Kashmir unrest

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Protests in Pakistan-administered Kashmir have turned deadly, the Financial Times reports, confronting Pakistan's military leadership with one of its sharpest domestic challenges in a territory at the centre of the dispute with India.

Pakistan-administered Kashmir is part of the territory disputed between Pakistan and India. Protest movements there put local residents at odds with the central authorities in Islamabad, currently under military leadership, making unrest in the region both a domestic and a geopolitical question.

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Deadly protests in Pakistani Kashmir challenge military leadership

The Financial Times reports that a wave of protests in Pakistan-administered Kashmir has turned deadly, confronting the country's military rulers with one of their sharpest domestic challenges. The unrest is unfolding in a territory at the centre of the dispute with India.