What's driving the rising unrest in Pakistan-administered Kashmir?

What's driving the rising unrest in Pakistan-administered Kashmir?  MEE correspondent on Tue, 08/04/2026 - 18:36 Frustration over basic affordability has mushroomed into a broader critique of the region's governance Protesters burn tyres along a road after clashes with police in Muzaffarab

The BBC is the first media organisation to gain access to the city and speak to people on the ground in Rawalakot.

Second round in regional elections held amid deadly clashes and heightened tensions over demands for electoral reforms.

Last week, Pakistani Defense Minister Khwaja Asif described protesters “as enemies like India."

In the last two months, over 100 people have been killed across the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in clashes between security officials and protesters led by the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC)