MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government has registered a case against Khawaja Mehran Arshad, a key leader of the proscribed Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), for targeting the country’s security architecture.
The FIR was formally lodged by the Civil Secretariat Police Station after intelligence and local monitoring units verified the contents of Arshad’s address delivered at Dreck, Rawalakot on June 14.
According to official sources, Arshad originally hailing from Dudial, Mirpur publicly incited Kashmiri personnel serving in the armed forces of Pakistan to revolt against their institution.
Senior officials stated that the speech marks a dangerous departure from the civic and economic narrative the JAAC originally claimed to represent. “The state displayed maximum tolerance when the group raised domestic economic demands, but actively inciting mutiny in the military crosses the ultimate constitutional red line,” an official stated.
“This is no longer dissent; it is an overt act of rebellion against the state’s security apparatus.”
Legal experts confirm that APC Section 124-A specifically addresses sedition and anti-state acts aimed at inciting hatred, contempt, or rebellion against the state and its vital institutions.
The development comes just weeks after the AJK Home Department proscribed the JAAC under the Anti-Terrorism Act following a string of violent confrontations, attacks on law enforcement, and disruptive blockades across AJK.
Security analysts argue that the timing and nature of Arshad’s remarks point to a deeper, more malicious agenda orchestrated at the behest of external adversaries.
Investigators are currently probing financial and digital footprints to identify potential linkages between the JAAC core committee and hostile foreign elements looking to exploit local fault lines.
The state has vowed to take an unyielding action against all facilitators of the network, reiterating that while peaceful negotiation remains open for civic groups, zero tolerance will be extended to entities attempting to orchestrate institutional anarchy.
