MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Azad Kashmir government and the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) have finally reached an agreement on key points concerning the territory and a final draft is being prepared in this regard.
A negotiating member of the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee has stated that the final draft of the agreement reached with the government is being prepared, while the subsequent notifications are also under preparation in the Chief Secretary’s office.
The government has appealed the public to remain calm as no forces were moving towards Kohala adding the situation is completely peaceful.
Earlier, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry announced that the final round of negotiations with the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) had begun and an agreement was expected to be signed soon, in a bid to end ongoing unrest in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).
Talks between AJK government and JAAC
Talks between the AJK government and JAAC over elite privileges and reserved seats for refugees broke down last week.
The AJK groups have since staged protests. Fierce clashes between protesters and law enforcers left at least 10 people dead and scores critically injured in the territory.
A high-level government delegation and the civil society alliance held a fresh round of on Thursday, followed by another one on Friday.
Chaudhry, who has been in Muzaffarabad as part of the federal government delegation, took to X and stated that matters between the two sides had been settled.
“[The] final agreement is expected to be signed soon [and] the final round of negotiations is underway,” the federal minister wrote. “Public interests and peace are our priority.”
Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal also said earlier that the government negotiating team was very close to an agreement with the JAAC.
