Large scale protests that erupted recently across Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir have now been suspended after violent clashes and an agreement with the authorities. While Pakistani authorities have portrayed the deal as a "restoration of peace", the local residents have termed it as a temporary truce born out of exhaustion and repression instead of resolution, a report has detailed.

The protests led by the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC) and supported by various civic groups started as a mass movement against years of political neglect, economic exploitation, and social discrimination by Pakistani authorities, a report in UK-based newspaper for British Asians, Asian Lite highlighted. Unrest in PoJK was witnessed over several weeks in September, with violent clash

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