A shutdown strike was ongoing in parts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, 10 June 2026. Clashes occurred between law‑enforcers and supporters of the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC). The AJK government ordered sedition proceedings against two JAAC leaders and announced a Rs10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of four JAAC figures. AJK Prime Minister Faisal Mumtaz Rathore urged a return to talks or the negotiating table. The Joint Awami Action Committee is a banned or proscribed political committee.

According to Dawn, five people were held from Muzaffarabad on suspicion of links to foreign agencies. Dawn also reported that several people were feared dead and two police officers were among scores injured.

Independent‑Pakistan.com reported that clashes left eleven people dead, including four law‑enforcement officers. The outlet added that JAAC has pressed the regional government on economic and political grievances, notably the abolition of subsidised quotas for government jobs and university seats for Azad Kashmir residents. Violence erupted late Sunday night in Rawalakot, and officials described the violence as a coordinated, paramilitary‑style assault on security forces.

Pakistantoday.com.pk reported rallies held in Mirpur, Bhimber and Kotli districts under JAAC’s call for a long march toward Poonch division and onward to Muzaffarabad. In Mirpur, hundreds assembled outside Quaid‑i‑Azam Cricket Stadium before marching toward Plaak bridge, where another rally from Dadyal was led by Khawaja Mehran Arshad.

Accounts differ on the jurisdiction of sedition. Legalclarity.org noted that in U.S. law, sedition refers to organized efforts to use force against the government or to incite others to violently resist its authority. The same source also stated that treason is a federal crime, while sedition is a state crime that consists of inciting rebellion or violence against the government. Legalclarity.org further explained that federal law criminalizes seditious conspiracy, defined as two or more people agreeing to use force against the United States government, under 18 U.S.C. § 2384.