Pakistan, June 9 -- Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Faisal Mumtaz Rathore has invited the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), a civil rights alliance, to resume talks with his government on reserved seats for refugees and other outstanding issues, Rathore's office said on Monday, after clashes killed seven people in the region.

The violence erupted in Rawalakot, a city in the Poonch district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), where authorities accused members of the recently banned Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) of attacking security personnel and laying siege to a military-run hospital. JAAC denied the allegations and said security forces had opened fire on peaceful protesters.

The unrest marks the most serious escalati...