One killed, dozen injured in police-mob clash.

MIRPUR -- One person was killed and scores others including policemen were injured as a result of a street battle between an unruly group of protestors and the police in AJK's capital city Muzaffarabad on Tuesday.

The riot police clashed with the mob, comprising activists of Jammu and Kashmir People's National Alliance, consists of over 27 Kashmiri nationalist political groups and organisations. The ill-fated person who lost life was identified as an elderly citizen Aslam Abbasi.

Police stormed the Central Press Club Muzaffarabad where the PNA leaders including its Central Chairman Raja Zulfiqar Ahmed were addressing news conference to unveil the objectives of holding of the protest demonstration on Tuesday. Several of the participants including journalists were wounded after the Police teargassed and forced entry into the Press Club building.

The AJK chief secretary has ordered an immediate high level probe into the incident including the alleged attack by the Police on central Press Club building situated at Bank Road.

Earlier, Police had rounded up at least two dozens of the demonstrating PNA activists when their Protest March attempted to move to Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Hall where the session was in progress to discuss the deteriorating Kashmir situation. The Police mob clash occurred when Police tried to stop the mob moving ahead by resorting to heavy baton charge besides teargassing the crowd to disperse.

Latest reports spoke of the arrest of dozens of PNA activists including the Jammu Kashmir National Awami Party Sardar Liaquat Hayat Khan. The injured including local journalists were rushed to the hospital for medicare.

The J and K Public Rights Party's Chairman Shehzad Khurshid Rathore who was also affected by tear gas strongly condemned the police highhandedness and described it the state offensive.

J and KPNA Chariman Raja Zulfiqar Ahmed, Chairman of his own faction of Jammu Kashmir Liberal Front Sardar Muhammad Sagheer Khan, Secretary General of PNA Sardar Liqauat Hayat Khan, Supreme Head of Liberation Front Rauf Kashmiri, Central President NSF Ibrar Latif, Senior Vice Chairman Liberation Front Raja Mazhar Iqbal earlier led the Protest March started from the AJK University Ground for the AJK Legislative...