Four Police Personnel Martyred, over 20 Injured in Rawalakot Firing: AJK Police
Authorities say the banned group used a protest as cover for a planned attack that left four security personnel dead and more than 20 injured.
- On Sunday, violent clashes in Rawalakot left four security personnel dead and more than 20 injured after armed elements linked to the banned Joint Awami Action Committee opened fire on law enforcement officers.
- The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Home Department declared the JAAC a proscribed organization on June 5, placing it in the First Schedule under the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Terrorism Act 2014.
- Despite fulfilling commitments and withdrawing 170 cases, Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry accused the group on Sunday of attempting to create instability despite the government's efforts.
- Police officials condemned the incident as a "planned and armed terrorist action," confirming that security has been tightened across the region while legal action against the group's leadership continues.
- With a major protest call scheduled for June 9, the region remains tense following a turbulent period last year when demonstrations over constitutional and governance reforms resulted in at least nine deaths.
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Seeing the prosperity and peace in India's Jammu and Kashmir, the people of PoK have realized that Pakistan has simply betrayed them. Pakistan uses the resources of PoK to develop Punjab and Islamabad. But the people here receive nothing.
Bloodshed in POJK: Four policemen killed, protesters dead as JAAC unrest turns violent
At least four policemen were killed and 20 were injured after fierce clashes broke out with supporters of the newly proscribed Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) in Rawlakot, police said on Sunday. POJK police chief Liaqat Ali Malik has said that four police personnel were killed when demonstrators “attacked” Combined Military Hospital (CMH) on Sunday. Malik claimed the policemen were shot by firearms and shotguns, terming it outright “terroris…
The death of a merchant struck by a police bullet triggered riots in Rawalakot. At the base of tensions the Islamabad government's choice to outlaw the Joint Awami Action Committee, a formation that calls for improved services and political reforms at the local level. Despite the repression called for a protest march that should leave tomorrow.
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