MUZAFFARABAD:

Negotiations between the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) and a federal government team temporarily stalled on Thursday, despite high-level efforts to defuse the ongoing crisis in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).

The federal delegation, comprising senior political figures Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, Ahsan Iqbal, Rana Sanaullah, Amir Muqam, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and others, arrived in Muzaffarabad for talks with JAAC leaders Amjad Ali Khan, Shoukat Nawaz Mir, and Anjum Zaman Awan.

However, Mir announced that the talks would not continue until the government lifted the communication blackout and restored mobile and internet services. He added that the committee needed more internal consultations before resuming discussions later on Thursday night.

Talking to the media

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