Federal govt says most of JAAC's demands from Oct 2025 accord fulfilled

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry has claimed on Sunday that most of the Joint Awami Action Committee’s (JAAC) demands, agreed between the JAAC and the government last October, had been fulfilled. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Tariq Fazal said  that thirty-five out of 38 demands have been accepted by the government.

He claimed negative propaganda was being spread that the government has fulfilled only three out of 38 demands, emphasising that the solution to the issue cannot be violent demonstrations and dialogue should be the way forward.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister asked if the unrest was an attempt at portraying Pakistan and AJK as separate entities; is it an attempt to weaken Pakistan’s relation with AJK; is it an attempt to draw parallels between the people of India-occupied Kashmir and AJK, and lastly, is this an attempt to weaken the Kashmir cause?

He claimed that the government had not disregarded the JAAC’s demands; however, he pointed out that, “when we talk to them about resolving issues through dialogue, they respond with violent demonstrations; these are two contradictory approaches”. 

“The clauses that are yet to be implemented, we can still sit down and talk about them,” he said, reiterating that the solution was not violence and taking law and order into one’s hands. 

Parliamentary Affairs Minister said that certain actors were attempting to create a situation of unrest ahead of the July 27 elections in AJK. “Attempts are being made that the violent protests that have happened in the region in the past can be revived,” Chaudhry said, recalling the unrest in the region in September-October 2025.

He recalled that the JAAC was formed in September 2023 and at the time, they had three demands: subsidy on flour, decrease in electricity prices and reduction in elite privileges. 

“We requested that June 9 call be postponed by 8-10 days so we can hold consultations with our senior leadership and work towards a solution,” the minister said, affirming that the government had never refused to discuss the status of the seats. 

Fazal Tariq Ch took note of what he called a false narrative circulating on social media that the government had failed to meet all the demands outlined in the October 2025 agreement with the JAAC.