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July 17, 2026

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Express Tribune

PTI Formally Boycotts AJK Election; 846 Candidates From PML-N, PPP, IPP Contest July 27 Vote

PTI has formally declared it will not contest the July 27 AJK Legislative Assembly election, citing the "prevailing political and human rights situation" in the region. With PTI out, 846 candidates from PML-N, PPP, IPP, AJKMC and other parties are competing across 45 constituencies for 3.8 million registered voters. IPP is contesting AJK elections for the first time. Independent candidates have emerged as a significant competitive force.

July 17, 2026

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Daily Pakistan

JAAC Defers Long March to July 21 as PPP Backchannel Talks Buy Time; AJK Govt Accuses Committee of Social Media Incitement

The Joint Awami Action Committee has deferred its long march on Muzaffarabad from July 15 to July 21 after backchannel negotiations reportedly facilitated by the PPP bought the government additional time. The AJK government separately accused the banned committee of running coordinated social media campaigns to "incite people against the state," as the march postponement keeps the crisis alive with the AJK election only ten days away.

July 16, 2026

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Express Tribune

Bilawal Proposes Truth and Reconciliation Commission for AJK; Warns Crisis Is Damaging Pakistan’s Reputation

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari proposed the establishment of an independent Truth and Reconciliation Commission with a broad mandate to examine the AJK crisis, establish facts, consider grievances from all sides and recommend a durable resolution. Addressing party leaders in Muzaffarabad, Bilawal warned that prolonged unrest in AJK would damage Pakistan's case on Kashmir and its international reputation. He also proposed granting AJK observer status in national institutions including the NFC and CCI.

July 16, 2026

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Al Jazeera

Nine Killed in AJK Clashes as JAAC March Stalls; AJK Government Signals Crackdown After Rangers Naik Martyred

At least nine people — seven protesters and two security personnel — were killed in two separate clashes in Azad Jammu and Kashmir on July 15 as the JAAC's planned long march on Muzaffarabad stalled in Rawalakot. Rangers Naik Imtiyaz Ali was martyred in a weapons-cache raid in Rawalakot. The AJK government declared the attack "left no option" but action against the banned JAAC. The cumulative death toll since June 4 stands at 28.

July 15, 2026

AflatoonAI

The Kashmir Images

Before the Vote

Twelve days before AJK goes to the polls, the JAAC is marching on Muzaffarabad with 28 dead and demands unmet. Aflatoon AI on the collision between protest politics and electoral politics in Azad Kashmir — and what the march actually changes.

July 15, 2026

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Arab News

JAAC Long March Begins Wednesday; Convoys Converge on Muzaffarabad as Death Toll Reaches 28

The Joint Awami Action Committee has launched convoys from across Azad Jammu and Kashmir towards Muzaffarabad for a long march on July 15, after government negotiations collapsed and a deadline passed unmet. Security forces have reinforced deployment around the AJK capital to prevent protesters from entering. Twenty-eight people have died since unrest began on June 5, including 23 civilians and five security personnel, with the AJK election now 12 days away.

July 14, 2026

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Arab News

JAAC Warns of March on AJK Capital Muzaffarabad on July 15 if Demands Unmet; New Announcement Threatened

Protest leaders affiliated with the proscribed Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee have warned they will march on the Azad Kashmir capital Muzaffarabad on July 15 if the government fails to meet their demands. JAAC leaders have also said that after July 14 their demands would expand beyond the existing Charter of Demands. The warning comes 13 days before the July 27 AJK Legislative Assembly election, with JAAC actively blockading roads in multiple districts and one person killed in clashes in Poonch on July 12.

July 13, 2026

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Express Tribune

AJK Seeks More Federal Forces for July 27 Poll; PTI Says 4,000-Strong Deployment Turns Region Into ‘Occupied Kashmir’

The Azad Jammu and Kashmir government has formally requested additional federal security forces from the Centre ahead of the July 27 Legislative Assembly election, with AJK authorities citing the volatile environment created by the proscribed JAAC's ongoing agitation. PTI Information Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram responded by accusing the government of deploying 4,000 FC personnel and Rangers to crush a peaceful movement and impose a "month-long communication blackout," comparing the situation to Indian-administered Kashmir. PTI is boycotting the July 27 election.

July 12, 2026

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Dawn

One Killed in JAAC-Police Clashes in AJK’s Poonch as Election Campaign Enters Final 15 Days

One person was killed and several injured in clashes between activists of the proscribed Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee and law enforcement on the road linking Arja and Rawalakot in Poonch district on July 12. Police were attempting to restore an abandoned post at Jindala Cross when JAAC activists, who had blockaded the road, resisted. The incident comes 15 days before the July 27 AJK Legislative Assembly election, which JAAC has threatened to disrupt and PTI is boycotting.

July 11, 2026

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The Nation

AJK Election Campaigns Intensify With 16 Days to Polling; PML-N, IPP, PPP Step Up as PTI Stays Out

Political campaigns in Azad Jammu and Kashmir are gaining intensity with sixteen days remaining before the July 27 Legislative Assembly election. PML-N, the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party, and the PPP-JUI-F alliance are each ramping up constituency-level activity. PML-N held a senior-level strategy meeting in Lahore chaired by Saad Rafique; IPP president Aleem Khan is personally distributing tickets. PTI's boycott leaves a large open field across its former strongholds.

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