Pakistan, June 6 -- The Joint Awami Action Committee's (JAAC) persistent avoidance of institutional dialogue and refusal to engage with a designated implementation committee have sparked widespread accusations that the group is deploying deliberate election-spoiling tactics to destabilize the democratic process in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).

The criticism intensifies as the committee maintains its call for a wheel-jam strike on June 9, 2026-the exact date the AJK Election Commission has scheduled for candidates to begin filing nomination papers for the upcoming July 27 general elections.

The government has established formal, legal channels to systematically address the committee's grievances, yet JAAC has repeatedly chosen to bypass ...