Rawalakot Police Martyred as Banned JAAC Opens Fire in AJK

Rawalakot – (Web Desk) – Four Rawalakot police martyred and over 20 security personnel injured after activists of the banned Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee opened fire on law enforcement in Azad Kashmir on Monday.

The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Inspector General of Police condemned the attack. A spokesperson said the banned group deliberately targeted security personnel in the firing.

The incident happened just days after the AJK government declared the JAAC a proscribed organisation under anti-terrorism laws. The group had been planning a protest on June 9.

The JAAC has a long history of organising large demonstrations over economic issues and political rights in the region. Several of those protests turned violent, including deadly clashes with police in May 2024 and September 2025.

Federal Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry on Sunday accused the banned group of creating instability. He said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had formed a high-level committee to hold talks with the group and a monitoring committee to ensure agreements were followed.

The minister confirmed the government had fulfilled all its commitments. It had implemented agreed clauses, supported families of those killed and injured in earlier protests, and withdrawn 170 cases registered during demonstrations.

Despite all this, the banned group called for more protests and now carried out this deadly attack.