2025 Azad Kashmir protests

2025 Azad Kashmir protests
2025 Azad Kashmir protests
Date	September 29, 2025 – October 4, 2025
Location	Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Resulted in	Agreement reached between the Government of Pakistan and JKJAAC Most demands reportedly accepted;
Parties
Protesters: Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC)	Government of Pakistan; Azad Kashmir; Province of Punjab; ;
Lead figures
	Shaukat Nawaz Mir; Amjad Ali Khan; Imtiaz Aslam; Hafeez Hamdani Asif Ali Zardari; Shehbaz Sharif; Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry; Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq
Units involved
	Islamabad Police; Federal Constabulary; Punjab Rangers; Azad Kashmir Police
Number
Several thousand	Azad Kashmir Police (9,000); Federal Constabulary (3,000); Islamabad Police (2,000)
Casualties and losses
7 killed; 50 injured;	3 killed; 172 injured;

From 29 September to 4 October, the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC) launched a region-wide shutter-down and wheel-jam strike across Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), demanding structural reforms, economic concessions, and an end to elite privileges.

The protest quickly escalated into violent clashes between demonstrators and security forces, resulting in 10 deaths and over 100 injuries. The government claimed to have accepted most of the demands, while protest leaders rejected such claims and called for continued protests until full implementation.