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After days of convulsive unrest successful Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), the national authorities and protesters connected Saturday (October 4, 2025) signed an statement to extremity the ongoing demonstrations that person near astatine slightest 10 radical dormant and hundreds injured.
Violence marred the bid of the portion owing to a strike, which began connected September 29, 2025 erstwhile talks broke down betwixt officials and leaders of the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC), a typical assemblage of protestors.
The protestors had issued a charter of 38 points, urging the authorities to judge them oregon they would instrumentality to the roads, which they did eventually, starring to convulsive clashes with constabulary that killed astatine slightest 10 people, including 3 constabulary personnel. Hundreds of policemen and civilians were injured successful the protests.
As the unrest widened, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif dispatched a high-powered delegation to Muzaffarabad connected Wednesday (October 1, 2025) to find a negotiated solution to the problem.
The team, led by erstwhile premier Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, engaged successful extended discussions for 2 consecutive days, which concluded astir midnight. Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Tariq Fazal Chaudhry announced connected societal media that an statement had been reached betwixt the 2 sides.
“Negotiating delegation has signed the last statement with the Action Committee.... The protesters are returning to their homes. All roads person been reopened. This is simply a triumph for peace,” helium posed connected X.
The transcript of the statement shared by Mr. Chaudhry connected X showed that a elaborate papers with 25 points was signed to extremity the protest, including compensation for those killed successful violence, registering cases of coercion connected the incidents of unit and vandalism resulting successful deaths of constabulary unit and protestors.
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The national authorities besides agreed to acceptable up 2 further intermediate and secondary acquisition boards for Muzaffarabad and Poonch divisions successful PoK.
It was decided that the section authorities would contented funds for the implementation of wellness cards wrong 15 days for escaped attraction of patients and that MRI and CT Scans machines shall beryllium provided, phase-wise, astatine each territory of PoK by the national government.
It was besides agreed that the national authorities would supply PKR 10 cardinal for the betterment of the energy strategy successful PoK.
The size of the Cabinet successful PoK shall beryllium reduced to 20 Ministers and advisors, and the fig of administrative secretaries shall not beryllium much than 20 astatine immoderate fixed time. Some departments would beryllium merged to trim the size of the government.
It was agreed that the Government of Pakistan shall transportation retired a feasibility survey for the operation of 2 tunnels astatine Kahori/Kamser (3.7 KM) and Chaplani (0.6 KM) of the Neelum Valley road. It was besides decided that a high-powered committee comprising ineligible and law experts volition deliberate connected the contented of members of the PoK Assembly. It was besides agreed that steps would beryllium taken for the operation of an planetary airdrome astatine Mirpur.
They besides decided that taxes connected the transportation of spot shall beryllium brought connected a par with Punjab oregon Khyber Pakhtunkhwa wrong 3 months. A monitoring and Implementation committee volition beryllium acceptable up to oversee and instrumentality the agreement.
Friday (October 3, 2025) was the 5th consecutive time of a shutdown, with nationalist transport paralysed. Only motorcycles and a fewer backstage vehicles were seen connected immoderate roads. The communications blackout imposed connected Sunday persisted, drafting increasing resentment from residents.
