Daily Diary (DD) - Day 290 of 2019

2248hrs:

Missed out on yesterday's entry without even realising until the early hours of this morning, while driving back - down South - from Muzaffarabad.

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 288 of 2019

1403hrs:

Pushing on..even from a position of standstill......We were denied entry to Chakothi bazaar 3 days ago. Our purpose was merely to investigate the sentiments of the local people, in relation to the dharna (sit-in protest).

Today we decided to use some moral pressure in numbers (34 co-citizens in total) to convince our local administration to explain to the 'shadows' operating in this territory without legal reference, to not obstruct public interest here.



The police at the containers offered to take us to the DC (Deputy Commissioner), who they insisted was all-powerful in making such a decision to allow us (3 co-citizens and 2 policemen) to proceed to Chakothi. Of course, the DC isn't all-powerful at all. The latter also ensured that he wasn't available......we made a fruitless trip to Chinari and onto Hattian without a trace of him anywhere.

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In the late afternoon, the following news emerged:

Finally @Un delegates decided to Visit #LOC chakothi and to meet #JKLF leadership tomorrow.

Thousands of Kashmiri people sitting on protest from 10 days near cease Fire line ( #LOC )#KashmirNeedsAttention

— Usman Tariq Chughtai (@UsmanTariqUSK) October 15, 2019

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Another female perspective taken yesterday. This lady was also on a 24 hour hunger strike at the time of interview:



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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 287 of 2019

1819hrs:

Day 11 of the 'Freedom March' and Day 9 of camping out at Jaskol, 7 kilometres from the LOC.

After 12 co-citizens began a 24 hour hunger strike at 5 pm yesterday, another 28 co-citizens including 3 female citizens decided to conduct a similar hunger strike for 24 hours, which began at 10am this morning:

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This is amongst the more biting commentaries of Dr. Nazir Gilani:

Kashmiris — on both sides of cease fire line https://t.co/pTioQVRXca via @dailytimespak

— Syed Nazir Gilani (@JKCHR) October 13, 2019

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Meanwhile, another large event (process possibly) is shaping up over the next few days. It's destination, the centre of power in AJK viz. Muzaffarabad:

Bagh(POK): #TeamPNA continued Signature campaign regarding 21 Oct Muzafarabad March for Quit Jammu Kashmir Movement. #NoIndia #NoPakistan #StopKillingUs #QuitJammuKashmirMovement #IndependentJK #PNA #StandWithPNA #MuzafarabadMarch21Oct19 pic.twitter.com/FZM9t0PenL

— JKPNP (@JKPNP3) October 14, 2019

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This clip merits introspection:



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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 286 of 2019

1259hrs:

Today, I'm going to spend a bit more time at the dharna (sit-in protest) at Jaskol, about 7 kilometres from the LOC, where thousands of our co-citizens have camped or visited since the 6th of October.

I might even deliver a live video or two, if I get the opportunity.

We did try here but the connection was alas, not strong enough:



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Meanwhile, our female co-citizens do not want to be left behind in this pursuit of relieving Srinagar:

Larg Numbers of women's join #JKLF sit-in (Dharna) at jeskool Near Chakothi #LOC #Pakistan Administered #Kashmir pic.twitter.com/6QEQt6YUuw

— Amiruddin Mughal (@MughalAmiruddin) October 13, 2019

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Gilgit Baltistan needs as much attention as us, if not more:

Our people are systematically subjugated to think they are slaves and their decisions are supposed to be taken by Pakistan.
Just see the 7 decades of history, how every single person talking about rights has been disappeared or tortured or killed.
Army used us as a colony.

— Gilgit-Baltistan (G'lit-B'listan) (@GBpak) October 13, 2019

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Haveli, which is more commonly referred to as 'Forward Kahuta' faces similar repression to that of Gilgit Baltistan. Haveli is remote as well as surrounded by the Indian army on 3 sides (East, North and South):

F.Kahota(POK):Police has arrested PNA activists for pasting posters regarding 21 Oct Muzafarabad March of Quit JK movement #NoIndia #NoPakistan #StopKillingUs #QuitJammuKashmirMovement #IndependentJK #PNA #StandWithPNA #MuzafarabadMarch21Oct19 @farooq_pm @UNHumanRights @RT_com pic.twitter.com/7Mza61OqIf

— JKPNP (@JKPNP3) October 13, 2019

Translated thus:

In Forward Kahuta the administration have imposed Section 144 and workers of PNA (People's National Alliance) have been arrested for the alleged crime of putting up posters (in public spaces). 


Zoheb Arif, Tayyib Riaz, Zahid Hussain, Abdullah Haseeb and Mehboob ul Haq have been detained in the police station. PNA strongly demands that the arrested workers be released immediately 

4 hours later: 

کہوٹہ:پی اين اے کا خوف، پوليس نے چار گھنٹے بند رکھنے کے بعد کارکن چھوڑ ديے مگر سارے پمفلٹس، جھنڈے ضبط۔اغواہ ہو جانے کی دھمکياں۔يہاں اپنے حق مانگنے پہ جبر اور سری نگر کی آزادی کے ڈرامے #QuitJammuKashmirMovement #IndependentJK #PNA #StandWithPNA #MuzafarabadMarch21Oct19 pic.twitter.com/Gg9gbSEcEn

— JKPNP (@JKPNP3) October 13, 2019

Translated thus:

Kahuta: The fear of PNA (People's National Aliance). The (local) police released the political workers after detaining them for 4 hours. However, all pamphlets and flags were confiscated. 

Repeated threats of kidnapping (of political workers) were made. Demanding one's rights here (in AJK) invokes force (repression from the State) and (a continuing) drama over the freedom of Srinagar. 

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Although this footage was recorded a couple of days ago, it does have a good portion of English commentary by yours truly:



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A press conference at Jaskol to update us all of the current status of JKLF's 'Freedom March' from Bhimber to Srinagar via Chakothi:



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Sharda:



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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 285 of 2019

1519hrs:

We had consulted with AC (Assistant Commissioner) Hattian a couple of days ago... 

Here's an explanation of what happened today, in Urdu:



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This could be footage from a couple of days ago when various parts of Neelam came under fire from the Indian side of the 'fence':

Look how people of #Kashmir surviving During Cross #LOC heavy Shelling on both sides of Line of control
Try to listen sound of mortar bombs in #NeelumValley Pakistan's administered Kashmir pic.twitter.com/SuPagak9Fm

— Usman Tariq Chughtai (@UsmanTariqUSK) October 11, 2019

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I'm really glad that the BBC decided to give space to this civilisational pursuit, that took place on the 4th of October. The footage is all ours:



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Highlighting climate activists once again:

In London presumably

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