Pakistan administered Kashmir officials allege outlawed group tried to sabotage regional election
Officials say the banned committee is using armed protesters and weeks of unrest to derail a three-phase vote that has already left dozens dead.
- Violent clashes in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Monday, July 27, 2026, killed at least one person and injured several others during the first phase of legislative assembly elections, disrupting polling in Mirpur.
- The Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee had triggered weeks of civil unrest by demanding abolition of 12 assembly seats reserved for Kashmiri refugees, a move the regional government refused to alter.
- Local activists and the JAAC report at least 20 deaths in Rawalakot, while government officials allege security forces exercised self-defense against armed militants carrying sophisticated weapons.
- Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari alleged electoral malpractice, claiming workers seized 30 polling stations in Chaudhry Yasin's constituency and describing the outcome as "unacceptable."
- India dismissed the elections as a "cosmetic electoral exercise," with Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal asserting that Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh remain "integral and inalienable" parts of India.
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