Muzaffarabad – After five days of violent unrest that left at least 10 people dead and hundreds injured, the Pakistan government and protest leaders in Pakistani side of Kashmir (PoK) signed a 25-point agreement late Friday night to end the mass demonstrations that had paralysed the region.

The deal, reached following marathon negotiations between a federal delegation and the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC), comes as a relief to residents of the mountainous territory where a strike called on September 29 had escalated into deadly clashes with security forces.

The protests erupted when talks collapsed between officials and the JKJAAC, a representative body of traders, activists and civil society groups that had tabled a 38-point charter of demands earlier this year.

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