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Deadly Clashes Grip Pakistan-Administered Kashmir as Protest Caravans Push Toward Muzaffarabad

Officials claim most protest demands are already met, inviting talks.

Members of the Awami Action Committee, a civil rights alliance, chant slogans during a rally demanding subsidized food, electricity and other services in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/M.D. Mughal)
CORRECTS HAME: Police officers fire tear gas shell to disperse members of the Awami Action Committee, a civil rights alliance holding a rally demanding subsidized food, electricity and other services, in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/M.D. Mughal)
CORRECTS NAME: Police officers fire tear gas shell to disperse members of the Awami Action Committee, a civil rights alliance, holding a rally demanding subsidized food, electricity and other services in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/M.D. Mughal)
People transport the body of a person, who was killed in the clashes between police and demonstrators demanding subsidies on food, cheaper electricity and other concession, at a hospital in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/M.D. Mughal)

Overview

  • Widespread strikes, road blockades and a near-regionwide communications blackout continued as Jammu Kashmir Joint/Awami Action Committee convoys advanced on the capital despite heavy security.
  • Casualty counts diverged across outlets, with Express Tribune reporting at least nine dead including three police, the Associated Press citing three police and one civilian dead, and others reporting eight or more civilian fatalities.
  • Authorities said 172 police officers and 50 civilians were injured, while independent tallies put the overall injured at more than 100 as clashes escalated in Dhir Kot, Muzaffarabad and Mirpur.
  • Reports described live fire, shelling and even aerial firing by security forces, though police said they refrained from returning fire as videos showed street battles and protesters toppling container blockades into rivers.
  • AJK Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq said roughly 90% of the movement’s 38-point charter has been accepted and urged renewed negotiations, noting that scrapping 12 reserved refugee seats and reducing ministers would require legislation.