MUZAFFARABAD: Jam­­mu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC) leader Shaukat Nawaz Mir has said that the six-month deadline given to the government for the implementation of the charter of demands will complete on June 6.

“Morally, we are bound to wait until this period ends. However, we have now finalised the demands in accordance with the as­­pirations of the people ac­­ross the entire state, and these will be annou­nced from this stage to­­day,” he told reporters as thous­a­nds of people from across Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) converged on Muzaffarabad to attend the grand rally organised by the Jammu Kashmir Jo­­­int Awami Action

Com­mittee (JKJAAC) — a coalition of civil society gro­ups — to pay tribute to the martyrs of a rights movement.

Vehicular caravans adorned with colourful AJK flags began arriving at the city’s historic Upper Adda — popularly refer­red to as Lal Chowk due to its resemblance to Sri­nagar’s iconic square — late in the afternoon, where they were warm-ly welcomed by large crowds from all three districts of Muzaf­farabad division amid thunderous sloganeering.

Organisers had set up a large stage at the venue, with thousands of chairs arranged for participants.

Published in Dawn, May 25th, 2025