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High-Level Team Reaches Muzaffarabad for Talks After Deadly AJK Protests

Negotiators say 90% of the Awami Action Committee’s demands were agreed in earlier talks, but two items need Azad Kashmir constitutional amendments and remain unresolved.

Overview

  • Federal and party leaders including Rana Sanaullah, Ahsan Iqbal, Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Qamar Zaman Kaira, and AJK Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq arrived to meet the Awami Action Committee.
  • Officials confirm multiple fatalities, with three police officers killed and reports of six civilian deaths, and dozens of officers injured, as casualty figures remain inconsistent across briefings.
  • Police and government sources allege armed elements within the demonstrations fired on officers, contributing to the deaths and injuries.
  • Federal representatives reiterate that violence is unacceptable and pledge to implement accepted demands—such as on electricity, wheat, and case withdrawals—through dialogue.
  • The Interior Ministry conveyed that an important meeting in Islamabad was called for Thursday to consider federal options for de-escalation and a negotiated resolution.