Jammu, July 26 -- Civil unrest in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) entered its 48th consecutive day on Sunday, with thousands of protesters gathering in Rawalakot ahead of a planned "Long March" to Muzaffarabad after negotiations between the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) and the Pakistani authorities reportedly collapsed.
The march is scheduled to take place on Sunday, coinciding with the regional legislative assembly elections, and is being projected by the organisers as a decisive phase of the ongoing agitation, which began as a civil disobedience movement but has now evolved into a broader political campaign.
The deadlock became apparent late Saturday when JAAC leader Sardar Umar Nazir announced that talks with the Paki...