Muzaffarabad, July 27 -- Thousands of people gathered in Rawalakot in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) on Monday to march towards Muzaffarabad after talks between the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) and the authorities failed to address the demands put forward by the committee.

The march comes amid a 52-day-long protest movement, with demonstrators continuing to press for the release of detainees, withdrawal of cases registered against protesters, and acceptance of their wider demands.

JAAC, earlier, had set a 1:00 pm deadline on July 27 for the authorities to issue an official notification accepting its demands, warning that failure to do so would result in thousands of protesters marching from Rawalakot to Muzaffarabad....