Significant number of Fitna Al Khawarij terrorists present among AJK protesters: information secretary

AJK Information Secretary Muhammad Rashid Hanif claimed a significant number of Fitna Al Khawarij terrorists, linked to banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, were present among protesters of the proscribed Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC). Security forces reported armed militants using modern weapons and human shields, resulting in one police death and five injuries, with a foreign suspect arrested in Rawalakot.