August 27, 2026
A Rangers soldier was killed and another wounded when armed men opened fire during an operation to clear road blockades between Sarsawa and Tararkhel, AJK police said.
July 29, 2026
Law enforcement agencies are continuing operations against armed groups in Rawalakot, where the AJK police spokesperson says attackers have taken positions in buildings across the city. The clashes involve supporters of the proscribed Joint Awami Action Committee, and Rawalakot sits in the division that votes last, on August 10.
July 18, 2026
A government delegation held another round of talks with JAAC representatives in Rawalakot on July 17, as backchannel negotiations continue ahead of the July 21 deadline for the deferred long march. Separately, APP reported that the AJK government has fulfilled 24 of the committee's 44 demands, with 16 more in process. The march and the July 27 election are converging on a nine-day window that leaves little room for a breakdown.
July 16, 2026
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 12, 2026
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 4, 2026
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has announced it will not contest the Azad Jammu and Kashmir general elections scheduled for July 27, saying the conditions for a credible vote do not exist while sit-ins continue in Rawalakot and security forces maintain a heavy presence in the territory. PTI has suspended all ticket issuance and election-related activity until further notice.
July 3, 2026
Azad means "free" in Urdu. Pakistan-administered Kashmir has eleven dead from police fire, a banned civil society organisation, three days of internet shutdown, and a major political party that just boycotted its elections. Aflatoon AI on the long history of broken promises to a territory Pakistan says is its heart.
July 3, 2026
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has announced it will not contest the July 27 Azad Jammu and Kashmir general elections, citing a deteriorating political environment marked by the arrest of civil society leaders, media restrictions, ongoing sit-ins in Rawalakot, and what it calls a loss of electoral credibility. The announcement came as the AJK Supreme Court headed into its summer recess.
June 16, 2026
A shutter-down strike called by the banned Joint Awami Action Committee has paralysed transport and business across Pakistan-administered Kashmir, even as the protest camp near Rawalakot visibly thins and the government rules out talks.
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