Overview

• After overnight talks in Muzaffarabad, the federal ministers’ team and the AJK Joint Action Committee signed a 25-point pact, ending a five-day shutdown as traffic and businesses resumed.
• Core measures include ATC cases and judicial commissions on deaths, state compensation and jobs for victims’ families, and new secondary education boards for Muzaffarabad and Poonch.
• The accord sets timelines for legal and administrative steps—revisions to the Local Government Act within 90 days, health-card funding, and power-system upgrades—and creates a monitoring panel led by Kashmir affairs minister Amir Maqam; the prime minister publicly welcomed the deal.
• The military’s media wing condemned aggressive statements from Indian officials, cautioning that any renewed hostilities would draw a fast, forceful response reaching distant targets.
• Security sources reported 14 militants killed in a Khuzdar, Balochistan operation, and the weather bureau upgraded a system to Cyclone Shakti, warning fishermen to avoid deep sea until Oct 5 and signaling rain for coastal districts.