Overview
- The PoJK administration proscribed the Joint Awami Action Committee under the local Anti‑Terrorism Act on June 5, triggering raids and mass arrests in early June.
- Clashes over a Supreme Court ruling on 12 refugee‑reserved legislative seats left at least 11 people dead on June 8 and contributed to more than 30 reported fatalities in the unrest.
- JAAC leader Shaukat Nawaz Mir was arrested on June 30 and charged with sedition, and authorities have detained hundreds of activists while sealing JAAC offices.
- A mediation team led by OPF chairman Syed Qamar Raza held hours‑long talks on Thursday that produced a one‑week postponement of a planned long march, and Raza denied he was acting for the army chief.
- JAAC began as a 2023 protest movement with a 38‑point charter demanding economic and political reforms, and the current pause will test whether negotiated confidence measures are delivered before the election and whether protests resume.