Overview
- The AJK government declared the Joint Awami Action Committee a proscribed organisation on Sunday, saying the group moved from rights demands to anti‑state activity.
- Officials said a 36‑day sit‑in and long march around Rawalakot and Poonch has blocked highways and link roads and caused shortages of food, medicine and other essentials.
- Authorities reported that attempts to clear roads were met with gunfire, injuring law enforcement personnel and a bulldozer operator, and that supply trucks were attacked and looted.
- The government warned it will hold JAAC responsible for planned student demonstrations on July 14–15 and a student march to Muzaffarabad on July 15.
- A former JAAC core member publicly urged leaders to withdraw the sit‑in, and officials reiterated that legislative elections will proceed on schedule with security arrangements in place.