PaJK's Movement at Crossroads: Rise, Impact and Future of JAAC - Part-II

The second part of this three-part series examines how Pakistan-administered Kashmir’s Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) was transformed from a negotiating partner into a proscribed ‘terrorist’ entity on 5 June 2026, reshaping the conflict and deepening the political crisis. It explores the expanded powers the state gained through the ban, the long Rawalakot sit-ins and their unequal economic burdens, and the movement’s growing international profile via diaspora lobbying and UN attention. The piece also details the strategic risks now confronting both JAAC and the state: exhaustion and fragmentation within the movement, regional isolation,…