Protesters call off march in AJK after demands met

Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), an alliance of civil rights group, on Tuesday called off a protest march in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) after several days of clashes over high prices in which four people were killed and over 100 injured, officials said.

Protesters called off the march a day after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif approved a grant of 23 billion rupees]2 to help meet most of their demands, which included subsidies on flour and electricity prices.

The alliance’s head...