Muzaffarabad traders to resume business Sunday, distance from JAAC

Markets and public transport in Muzaffarabad division will reopen Sunday, marking a significant shift after weeks of shutdown during an ongoing agitation in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). Traders and transporters announced the resumption of normal operations following assurances from the administration regarding security and uninterrupted fuel supplies.

At a press conference, representatives of traders' bodies and the transporters' union declared their dissociation from the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC). This group had recently been proscribed. The traders stated they had initially backed the JAAC's movement, which focused on public issues like subsidized electricity and flour.

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markets and public transport would resume normal operations from Sunday after the administration assured them of security and uninterrupted fuel supplies

However, they alleged that the movement had strayed from its original objectives. The decision to resume business signals a potential weakening of the widespread shutdown that had gripped the region.

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they alleged that the movement, which they had initially backed over public issues such as subsidised electricity and flour, had deviated from its original objectives