Daily Diary (DD) - Day 220 of 2019

0947hrs:

Somehow it seems as if yesterday didn't even happen because I slept through most of it.

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Here is some clarity on article 370, for the uninitiated:

This Indian Supreme Court lawyer says abrogation of Kashmir’s semi-autonomy renders India as an occupier in the region pic.twitter.com/5DkFyoNskA

— Baba Umar (@BabaUmarr) August 6, 2019

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Here's the UN Human Rights Organisation's view from Geneva yesterday:



I also thought it opportune to tweet a message to the above referenced organisation in reference to their 2 annual consecutive reports on Jammu & Kashmir (2018 & 2019):

The world's premier & most resourceful human rights organisation must continue engaging with power 2 provide a deterrence n behalf f d unrepresented people f d world. There is no alternative peaceful & effective means f ensuring a rules based world order. https://t.co/WecQAG90M6

— Tanveer Ahmed (@sahaafi) August 8, 2019

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Just to illustrate one example (in Azaadi Chowk, Muzaffarabad) of many in AJK over the past few days, whereby the Pakistani narrative has been overtaken by the local internal narrative of AJK in protests against the unilateral amendment of Article 370 by the BJP in India:

Meanwhile your Kashmiri brothers slapped on face of Pakistani officials by replacing Pakistani flags with their kashmiri flags while chanting slogans at Azadi chowk Muzaffarabad capital of Pak occupied Kashmir. pic.twitter.com/e9bB8j40zG

— Dïsputēd جی بی ⚠️ (@DisputedGBPak) August 7, 2019

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I always felt that the ghost of Maqbool Bhat will always haunt both India and Pakistan until they vacate the territory of Jammu & Kashmir. This article (written on February the 11th 2014) by a budding writer/economist from Rawalakot is a timely reminder of how India's preemptive unilateral action has not only embarrassed Donald Trump but more so the State of Pakistan who's inherent contradictions over the 'freedom struggle' of Kashmir have exposed it to the hilt:

A valid reminder of Pakistan's inherent contradictions towards the 'Kashmiri Freedom Struggle' Maqbool Butt: Kashmir doesn’t want any of it, no Indian rulers and no Pakistani generals! https://t.co/dJTG5Wrfat via @tribuneblogs

— Tanveer Ahmed (@sahaafi) August 8, 2019

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For some years now, I have opined that Shabana Mahmood is our greatest hope in the British Parliament. Judging from her speeches recorded in Hansard, she comes closest to espousing an internal J & K narrative:



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Yes, it has been a very busy day so far:



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