JI launches jirga for Kashmir dialogue

Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Sunday announced the formation of a “grand” Kashmir peace jirga to facilitate dialogue between the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government and the banned Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), as the party stepped up efforts to help restore peace and normalcy in the region.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the party’s Central Majlis-e-Shura, chaired by JI Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman at Mansoorah, Lahore. 
According to a party statement, the jirga will engage both the government and the JAAC, with restoring peace and resolving the ongoing crisis in AJK identified as its foremost objectives.