2024 Azad Kashmir protests

2024 Azad Kashmir protests
2024 Azad Kashmir protests
Date	8 May 2024 - 14 May 2024 (6 days)
Location	Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Resulted in	Government accept all of protestors’ demands 23b PKR ($82m) grant given to Azad Kashmir; Government subsidises wheat price; Government subsidises electricity prices; Judicial Commission to review privileges of top officials;
Parties
Government of Pakistan; ; Government of Azad Kashmir;	Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC)
Lead figures
	• Asif Ali Zardari ; (President of Pakistan) ; • Shehbaz Sharif ; (Prime Minister of Pakistan) • Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry ; (President of Azad Kashmir) ; • Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq ; (Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir) •Shaukat Nawaz Mir ; (JKJAAC Chairman) ; •Amjad Ali Khan ; (JKJAAC Core Committee Member) ; •Imtiaz Aslam ; (JKJAAC Senior Leader) ; •Hafeez Hamdani ; (JKJAAC Spokesperson) • Local Parties and Councils (JAAC Claim)
Units involved
	•Azad Kashmir Police •Punjab Rangers •Frontier Constabulary • Punjab Constabulary Protestors
Number
Azad Kashmir Police (80,000); Punjab Constabulary (600); Frontier Constabulary (6 Platoons); Punjab Rangers (1300+);	Unknown; 40,000 (Ex-AJK PM Claim);
Casualties and losses
1 Police Officer killed; 78 Police injured;	Protests 3 killed; 28 Arrested (DC Claim); Pre-Protest 70 Arrested (Minister Claim);

The 2024 Azad Kashmir protests were a series of six day long protests, sit-ins, shutter-downs, demonstrations and wheel-jam strikes starting on 8 May against the Federal Government of Pakistan and the Government of Azad Kashmir, calling for lower prices for wheat, flour, and electricity, in addition to other demands. Many of the protests were organized by the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) of Azad Kashmir, representing a variety of interests including traders, transporters, lawyers and students. The government attempted to preempt a planned demonstration on 12 May by arresting the movement's leaders, which inflamed protests and led to deadly clashes. The protests were the culmination of a year-long movement against price rises and perceived injustices towards Azad Kashmir. The Federal government announced a Rs23 Billion ($82,685,321) grant to Azad Kashmir, which led to subsidized utility rates and wheat prices being announced on May 13, by the Prime Minister of AJK, Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq. On May 14, the JAAC called off the protests, announcing a ‘historic win’ as the government agreed to all demands.