By Asif ShahzadISLAMABAD (Reuters) -At least eight people have been killed in four days of violent protests in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, Pakistani officials said on Thursday, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif set up a committee of senior officials to resolve the ongoing clashes. Only limited information has so far reached the outside world about the full extent of the protests, which broke out when thousands of people from nearby towns converged on regional capital Muzafarabad on Monday. BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, TRANSPORT SHUT SINCE MONDAYThree policemen and five civilians have been killed so far, two security officials in Islamabad told Reuters. The officials said clashes between demonstrators and police had not abated since the protests began on Monday. A member of the committee, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, said he hoped “that we will resolve all these issues through negotiations”.