Police blocked a march Sunday by thousands of
protesters in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir who wanted to move toward the highly militarized Line of Control that divides the territory between
Pakistan and India.
The marchers are protesting the lockdown in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Police placed shipping containers on the road and deployed a large contingent of officers near Jaskool, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from the frontier to stop the supporters of the Jammu-Kashmir Liberation Front, which announced it intended to cross the frontier to help Kashmiris under Indian oppression.