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Pakistan softens its line on PoK protesters after days of hard rhetoric
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Pakistan’s government will likely open talks with PoK protest leaders after the election phase, but the shift in language will not resolve the underlying rights and economic grievances driving the unrest.

This is a notable rhetorical retreat under pressure. It suggests Islamabad is trying to lower the temperature without conceding the underlying grievances in PoK.

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This is a notable rhetorical retreat under pressure. It suggests Islamabad is trying to lower the temperature without conceding the underlying grievances in PoK.

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Pakistan’s ruling PML-N is softening its stance on protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Adviser Rana Sanaullah called 99 percent of Joint Awami Action Committee supporters patriotic and said the party would talk to them after the upcoming PoK election phase. The shift follows harsher language from defence minister Khawaja Asif, who had called protesters enemies of Pakistan and tied them to India.

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Pakistan softens its line on PoK protesters after days of hard rhetoric

The ruling PML-N is now calling most Joint Awami Action Committee supporters patriotic and signaling talks after the election phase.

Times of India·1h ago
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