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PoK refugees stage protest in Jammu

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Press Trust of India Jammu

Raising anti-government slogans, the refugees assembled at Mubarak Mandi Complex in Panjtirthi area of the old city and demanded urgent granting of the one-time settlement package for refugees declared by the Centre.

Carrying placards, nearly 70 refugees of 1947, 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pak wars courted arrest.

The state government had submitted a proposal to the Centre but it has "not been approved" by the union government till date, PoK Refugees Front (POKRF) General Secretary Rachhpal Singh Chib said.

  

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First Published: Jun 30 2012 | 6:05 PM IST

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