Pakistan, June 30 -- Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Emir Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman has said that meaningful negotiations are the only solution to the ongoing situation in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), urging the government to avoid the use of force and immediately engage with the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC).

Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Rehman said Jamaat-e-Islami had accepted the responsibility of mediation and was playing its role in restoring trust between the government and the JAAC to prevent bloodshed and unrest. JI AJK Emir Dr. Mushtaq Khan, former AJK Emir Dr. Khalid Mahmood, JI Pakistan Deputy Secretary General Syed Farasat Shah and Islamabad Emir Nasrullah Randhawa were also present.

Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman said the...