AJK PM refutes NYT report on misuse of community bunkers along LoC.

MIRPUR (AJK) -- :Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Thursday categorically rejected a report carried by the US daily 'The New York Times' (NYT) on an alleged case of harassment in a community bunker along the Line of Control (LoC).

The AJK prime minister, in a statement, termed the story baseless, saying not a single quote from any AJK government official and documentary evidence about the misuse of community bunkers in the Neelum Valley was cited.

Farooq Haider asked 'The New York Times' to focus on the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) where Indian occupation forces were killing innocent people and political workers instead of publishing false and imaginary stories about the brave and civilized people of the AJK.

"The paper should not publish such news reports without any audio and video evidence that bring a bad name to any community," he said, adding no such incident had been reported.

The AJK prime minister said the private community bunkers were being constructed in all the bordering areas along the LoC while the foreign newspaper misled its readers that the bunkers had only been constructed in the Neelum Valley.

'More than 30 percent population of the AJK live in an area of 750 kilometres near LoC happily despite the unprovoked firing of Indian forces on their houses. The foreign newspaper...