Pakistan, Aug. 2 -- Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has welcomed the willingness of the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) to engage with the party's proposed Truth and Reconciliation Commission, describing it as a positive step towards resolving the ongoing crisis in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). His remarks came as unrest and violence continued in parts of the region ahead of the second phase of the AJK Legislative Assembly elections.

Bilawal said he had received JAAC's response to his proposal, along with the group's own recommendations, and pledged to review them carefully. He described the proposed Truth and Reconciliation Commission as a possible institutional mechanism that could help re...