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Pakistan Sends Senior Delegation to AJK as Protest Deaths Mount and Blackout Persists

Officials say they accepted most demands, leaving two that require constitutional changes.

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)
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)
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

  • At least nine people, including three police officers, have been reported dead and more than 200 injured during days of clashes in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, according to official tallies and multiple outlets.
  • A high-powered federal team including Rana Sanaullah, Ahsan Iqbal, Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, Qamar Zaman Kaira and others reached Muzaffarabad for talks, with ministers saying negotiations are underway.
  • Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered a transparent probe, urged restraint by security forces, pledged assistance for victims and said he would personally oversee the process upon return.
  • The government says roughly 90% of the AAC/JAAC’s 38-point charter has been agreed, while abolishing 12 refugee-reserved seats and cutting cabinet posts require constitutional amendments.
  • Markets and transport remain shut under a phone and internet blackout, with reports of tear gas, live fire and reinforcements deployed as protesters continue marches and activists raise the issue at the UNHRC.