Overview

• Negotiators in Muzaffarabad signed a 25-point deal that ended five days of demonstrations, with roads and markets reopening and detainees slated for release.
• Delivery targets include establishing two new secondary education boards in Muzaffarabad and Poonch within 30 days and releasing health‑card funds within 15 days, with a monitoring body meeting every 15 days.
• The accord provides anti‑terrorism cases and judicial inquiries into protest deaths, compensation equal to officials for those killed, Rs1 million for the injured, and government jobs for eligible heirs.
• Structural measures span Rs10 billion to upgrade the power system, capping the AJK cabinet at 20, revising the local government law in 90 days, merging accountability bodies, and preparing feasibility studies for key road tunnels.
• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif welcomed the settlement as ISPR warned India over provocative statements and security sources reported 14 militants killed in a Khuzdar operation, while the PMD said a depression strengthened into Cyclone Shakti and advised fishermen to avoid deep sea through October 5.