JAAC long march
\nProtesters moved towards entry point of Barakot after talks between the ministerial team and the committee failed
\nMUZAFFARABAD
\nPresident Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry on Saturday directed the government to withdraw the controversial presidential ordinance that triggered protests in the region. According to a statement, the president wrote a letter to AJK Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq, directing the government to release all persons detained under the \u201cPeaceful Assembly and Public Order Ordinance, 2024\u201d.
\nThe statement said the AJK government immediately initiated action on the president\u2019s instructions. The development comes after the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) began staging long marches against the contentious presidential ordinance and their arrested activists towards AJK entry points after talks with the committee formed by the government failed.
\nThe wheel-jam and shutter down strike called by the JAAC entered third day in several cities across the region with markets, business and shopping centres remain closed. Meanwhile, the committee also called to stage a long march today. The JAAC, a coalition of civil society activists advocating for rights in the region, is protesting against the \u201cPeaceful Assembly and Public Order Ordinance, 2024\u201d, which was suspended by the AJK Supreme Court this week.
\nDespite the suspension of the ordinance, JAAC\u2019s core committee member Shaukat Nawaz Mir said that the strike would take place unless the ordinance is repealed by the government formally and until their activists are released. Mir had also said that further negotiations will take place tomorrow (Sunday) while the committee will also give a call to \u201cbesiege\u201d the legislative assembly in the region.
\nThe protesters have moved towards entry point of Barakot after talks between the ministerial team and the committee failed. The entry points in the Poonch division and the Kohala and Palandri entry points have also been blocked by the protesters.
\nMoreover, the protesters have also staged a sit-in at the point connecting Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and AJK while others coming from Rawalakot, Bagh and Dhirkot reached the Kohala entry point. On the other hand, Information Minister Pir Mazhar Saeed claimed that the government has released all the prisoners. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
JAAC long march Protesters moved towards entry point of Barakot after talks between the ministerial team and the committee failed MUZAFFARABAD President Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry on Saturday directed the government to withdraw the controversial presidential ordinance that triggered protests in the region. According to a statement, the president wrote a letter to AJK Prime Minister […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-448134","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n