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Pakistan Sends High-Level Team as Deadly Kashmir Unrest Enters Fragile Talks

Negotiations remain fragile because protest leaders refuse to proceed under a communications blackout.

Members of Awami Action Committee chant slogans as they attend the funeral prayers of three victims, who were killed in Wednesday's clashes between police and protestors, in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/M.D. Mughal)
People sit around the bodies of three victims, who were killed in Wednesday's clashes between police and protestors, before their funeral prayers, in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Oct. 2, 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)
Police officers stand on a bridge, as they stop the protesters of the Awami Action Committee, during a protest following a shutter-down strike in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

Overview

  • At least nine people, including three police officers, have been killed, with officials reporting more than 170 police injured and about 50 civilians wounded.
  • Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appealed for calm, ordered restraint by law enforcement, and expanded a federal committee that traveled to Muzaffarabad for talks.
  • JAAC representatives paused discussions and insist they will not continue until mobile and internet services are restored across the region.
  • Authorities say they have accepted about 90% of the protest coalition’s 38-point charter, with disputes persisting over issues requiring constitutional changes such as the 12 refugee assembly seats.
  • Amnesty International called for immediate, impartial investigations into the violence and warned that the ongoing communications shutdown is fueling panic and misinformation.