Blacklisted agency ruining careers of youth in IIOJK.

ISLAMABAD -- A blacklisted agency engaged by India's Illegally installed Jammu and Kashmir administration to conduct recruitment examinations for government jobs had led to protests in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).

According to various media outlets, mass protests were held in the occupied Jammu and Kashmir this week against the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB). Job aspirants protested in front of the Press Enclave against the hiring of black listed agency APTECH Ltd for the conduct of various exams.

The protesters pointed out that APTECH Ltd had been involved in numerous scams in other parts of the country, including in Rajasthan, Leh, Ambala, and others. 'Many national papers have also highlighted these scams, nothing significant is being done to allay the apprehensions of the job aspirants,' they said.

The Delhi High Court has even imposed a penalty of Rs 1 million on APTECH for alleged malpractices in recruitment.

The protesters raised slogans against the Indian installed administration and demanded that it must investigate as to why paper leak and exam scam issues only occur in the IIOJK.

'All blacklisted companies should be banned in Jammu and Kashmir, until action is taken against these blacklisted companies, no student will sit for any competitive exams,' they asserted.

The protesters demanded that the Lieutenant Governor administration should rise to the occasion and take necessary measures for the larger benefit of the youth of Jammu and Kashmir.

They were of the view that the Indian government had systematically destroyed the complete education system of the IIOJK.

The Kashmiri students time and again had protested against Indian coercive policies deliberately targeting the future of youth.

Social media users in Kashmir have been expressing their anger on Twitter and other social media platforms over the selection of APTECH company by the LG-led administration for conducting the Jammu Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) exams.

APTECH had been penalized by the Supreme Court and was on the blacklists of various states, including Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.

In fact, in 2020, the Mumbai-based company was given a contract for conducting recruitment exams for the 643 posts under the irrigation department. The private firm conducted exams for 397 posts in the first phase with large-scale anomalies in February 2020. Following that, the Gauhati High Court stayed the declaration of...