After weeks of violent unrest in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), where protesters took to the streets over various grievances, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s PML-N appears to be adopting a softer approach towards the demonstrators, according to a PTI report.
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“When the PML(N) government will be formed with two-third majority, it will sit with [Joint Awami] Action Committee representatives. The Pakistan government has denied civilian deaths, dismissing these claims as “overly exaggerated. Rana Sanaullah, PM’s adviser, addressing a rally on Saturday, said that 99 per cent of the PoK protesters are “patriotic brothers. The tensions escalated as the elections in the region began on July 27.
This comes ahead of the third phase of “elections” in PoK. Promising dialogue, the Prime Minister’s adviser also said the political party’s representatives would meet members of the banned JAAC soon. Their first task will be to resolve this issue,” Sanaullah said. Pakistan’s ex-minister: Pakistan’s former foreign minister, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, also expressed “concern” over the unrest in PoK.
Earlier in June, the regional government officially banned the JAAC.
