Overview
- AJK Inspector General Liaquat Ali Malik publicly rejected negotiations with unnamed anti-state violent elements in remarks made on July 18–19.
- He said there would be no leniency for people who killed or desecrated police officers and described those acts as beyond the scope of any dialogue.
- Malik warned that violent actors had threatened to behead security personnel and had attacked civilians, citing an alleged abduction in which a man had both legs broken.
- The police chief vowed the state would pursue perpetrators with full force to restore law and order and signaled continued operational action by security forces.
- He drew a clear line between policing and politics by saying any political negotiations or settlements should be conducted by elected leaders, not the police.