ISLAMABAD:

The Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Aaeen-e-Pakistan (TTAP) on Thursday voiced concern over the ongoing unrest in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), calling for the territory's prime minister to step down.

A strike has brought life to a standstill in AJK amid a communications shutdown after negotiations between the JAAC, the AJK government, and federal ministers over elite perks and reserved refugee seats broke down, triggering unrest and clashes.

Addressing a news conference in the federal capital on Thursday, TTAP Senior Vice President Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar said the people of Kashmir were demanding an end to the 12 reserved seats for refugees, which he alleged were being used by the establishment and Islamabad for political engineering. "In light of the ongoing unrest in Kashmir, the prime

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