MUZAFFARABAD: UK-based businessman and philanthropist Raja Waseem Aslam, who has roots in Khuriatta area of Kotli, Kashmir, and a long-standing association with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has strongly condemned the escalating violence being blamed on the Joint Awami Action Committee in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. He also urged all stakeholders to pursue dialogue and reconciliation. Mr Aslam unequivocally condemned the attacks on police and security forces.