MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Jammu and Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) held an emergency online meeting during which the members expressed their serious concern regarding the non-fulfillment of the government’s earlier promises.
This was stated in a press release issued by the committee. The members expressed their concern regarding the non-removal of the names of the members of the movement from the Exit Control List (ECL)and the Provisional National Identification List (PCL) despite the government’s earlier promises given during the meeting held on February 2.
The members of the committee also referred to the case of Mujtaba bin Faiz Farooqui, who is the core committee member of the movement and was denied traveling abroad for Umrah due to the restrictions on his passport.
The members of the committee warned that if the passports of the members of the movement were not restored and the names of the members of the movement were not removed from the ECL and the PCL, the matter would be discussed in detail in the next meeting scheduled for March 30.
Decision on elections yet to be made
The JAAC also announced that a decision has yet to be made on whether to participate in the elections. The leaders announced that a collective decision on this will be announced at the next meeting.
They emphasized that individual decisions by members could harm the movement. They stressed that a collective decision is necessary.
The meeting also condemned the arrest of Ehsan Ali Advocate, chairman of the Public Action Committee Gilgit-Baltistan, along with other activists.
