Claim
Last month the Pakistani government banned the Joint Awami Action Committee, and several leaders of the anti-Pakistan movement were either arrested or killed.
“पाकिस्तान की सरकार ने पिछले महीने जॉइंट आवामी एक्शन कमेटी पर बैन लगा दिया था और पाकिस्तान के खिलाफ आंदोलन करने वाले कई नेताओं को या तो उन्होंने गिरफ्तार कर लिया था या फिर उनकी हत्या कर दी गई थी।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
The core assertions are correct as of the broadcast date: the Joint Awami Action Committee was proscribed under the anti-terrorism act on 5 June 2026 ('last month'), a crackdown followed with ~72 JAAC affiliates and later leader Shaukat Nawaz Mir arrested (bounties placed on four core leaders), and JAAC members were killed — police acknowledged three JAAC members dead in Rawalakot, with 20+ killed overall in the unrest. Minor caveats: the ban was formally issued by the Azad Jammu and Kashmir government (which operates under Islamabad's oversight) rather than the federal Pakistani government, deaths occurred in clashes rather than targeted assassinations of leaders, and labeling JAAC an 'anti-Pakistan movement' is the anchor's framing of what is primarily a rights-based protest movement. These nuances do not overturn the factual substance of the claim.
Evidence
- https://www.dawn.com/news/2005462 AJK government banned the Joint Awami Action Committee under the anti-terrorism act on 5 June 2026, declaring it a proscribed organisation — 'last month' relative to the 2 July 2026 broadcast. ✗ unreachable
- https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/06/pakistan-terrorism-designation-of-protest-movement-marks-dangerous-escalation-in-jammu-and-kashmir-crackdown/ Amnesty International confirms the June 2026 terrorism designation of the JAAC protest movement and the accompanying crackdown. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://tribune.com.pk/story/2611764/72-held-in-ajk-crackdown-as-govt-defends-jaac-ban Around 72 people affiliated with the banned JAAC were arrested in an 18-hour crackdown after the ban. ✗ unreachable
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/06/30/pakistan-kashmir-police-arrest-leader-violence/3b0d3c66-74ad-11f1-b665-5f8be87f3787_story.html JAAC leader Shaukat Nawaz Mir, one of four core leaders with Rs10 million bounties, was arrested on 30 June 2026. ✗ unreachable
- https://tribune.com.pk/story/2612038/three-jaac-members-killed-as-ajk-police-claim-rawalakot-siege-cleared AJK police confirmed three JAAC members were killed in Rawalakot clashes; overall death toll from the June 2026 unrest exceeded 20. ✗ unreachable