Finally! It has taken 47 days of this year to hit the wake up target of 0600hrs. I did try and go to sleep just beyond midnight and after a couple of hours of shut-eye without actually falling asleep, I got up to do some work at c. 0200hrs. By 0300hrs I tried again to sleep and although I did almost succeed on a few occasions - before I knew it - it was already 0600hrs. Not yet enough light to venture off on my morning walk.
Thus, I worked for about half an hour before setting out.
Some of the forest cover behind my house has been burning for the past few days and one can notice the brown mounds where there used to be trees. Just how many matters of the State that the 'governing structure' in AJK abuses is beyond the capacity of any one person to log on a daily basis.
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Our 6th Friday addressing the 'Court of the Public':
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AJK Public Treasury
Introduction:
- is the public finance arm of JKA PUBLIC AGENCY
- which is committed to a 1,000 year peace strategy in Jammu Kashmir & Allied (areas)
- based on ongoing on-the-ground and un-interrupted independent action-oriented public policy research in AJK since April 2005.
Links:
ajkpublicagency.org
facebook.com/ajkpublictreasury/
Theory:
Theoretical terms to understand in the context of a durable solution to conflict in Jammu Kashmir & Allied (areas):
#GeopoliticalNeutrality
#PopularSovereignty
#PublicPolicy
#EcologicalInclusivity
Further insight has been detailed in #AJKAgenda2023 available at:
https://tanveerandkashmir.blogspot.com/2023/07/daily-diary-dd-day-210-of-2023.html
Economy:
The dividends of peace would gradually generate an economy - just in AJK - of 100 billion US dollars a year whereas in the prevailing conflict scenario it is generating effectively nothing (0) as diaspora remittances fuel its relatively miniscule budget (c. 830 million US dollars a year), which itself is used primarily as a commission by the occupying country to appease the pliant local 'Government' of AJK, so that they may be used to control the local population in return for government jobs and contracts/commissions for 'development', which hardly amounts to much more than 10% of the c. 830 million US dollars quoted above.
Meanwhile, the occupying forces extract natural resources and deprive - in the shape of loss of local economy - various economic activities that would otherwise be generated here if it were an independent country. This extraction and deprivation amounts to anything between 10 and 20 billion US dollars a year. Thus, the 'Government' of AJK is selling us for c. 830 million dollars a year while depriving us of 100 billion US dollars a year.
Practice:
Public opinion + public finance = public policy
To get us out of the conflict agenda imposed on us we need to re-invoke religious harmony to secure this durable peace. It will open avenues for regaining the knowledge and technical abilities needed to become a top 20 economy of the world. Our priority to revive the hitherto globally pre-eminent centre of learning in Sharda, as the University of Sharda is precisely in this regard.
We have already achieved a thorough and representative sample of public opinion in AJK (from 2011 to 2016) published in 2017. This became necessary upon understanding that the election system in AJK is unconstitutional (it contradicts its own constitutional origin viz. its declaration of the 24th October 1947, it also contradicts the United Nations conflict resolution template on this region and it also contradicts the occupier's own constitution).
On the 23rd of May 2023 we embarked on #AJKReferendum2023 to clarify whether or not the people here want their own government to deal with all matters of public policy affecting the territory of AJK. Thus far, we have obtained c. 15% of the opinion of all adults above the age of 16 in this territory, including its diaspora.
Overall, the activities of JKA PUBLIC AGENCY are multi-faceted and micro-incremental covering the subjects of security, governance, economy and culture.
Finance is what makes the world go round and generating a $100 billion economy in AJK has its cost, which should and can only be borne by the inhabitants of this territory. The immediate beneficiaries of peace bearing the cost would protect them as well as all those activists working on the ground in AJK, from external interference. Something we haven't been able to achieve in 77 years because our people have been reluctant to pay for peace.
JKA PUBLIC AGENCY will aim to contact each and every citizen of this territory (including the diaspora) whose assets exceed 1 crore Pakistani rupees to request that they share the cost of this peace initiative. It works out to be a fraction of the cost of a cup of tea/coffee or kahwa per day in the UK. viz. 50 pence or £0.50.
The figures quoted below apply to the calendar year 2024 and are equivalent to the monthly amount requested. The amount could also be paid for the year by multiplying the monthly amount by 12.
Monthly
15 - UK pounds
20 - US dollars
20 - Euros
25 - Canadian dollars
70 - Saudi Riyals
70 - UAE Dirhams
5,000 - Pakistani Rupees
Transparency:
A daily financial sheet will be generated at: ajkpublicagency.org
and will also be available at:
facebook.com/ajkpublictreasury/
with the columns Income/Expenditure & Assets/Liabilities without disclosing the identity of anybody.
Accountability:
For those of our citizens who are familiar with the almost 2 decades old ongoing work of JKA PUBLIC AGENCY and who have the means to pay according to the criteria above but decide not to, will after 3 months of being requested be put in a public interest offender's list. After a further 3 months that list will be made public.
Too many of our co-citizens have sacrificed their lives, wealth & honour for the dignity and naturally endowed independence of thinking for the people of this territory. The more they sacrificed, the more they and their families had to suffer.
This burden of responsibility must be shared by all financially able inheritors of this territory. Otherwise we'll only continue fooling ourselves and over time the amount of genuine public activists in this territory will dwindle further, gradually evaporating everything that those who were principled among us stood for.
AJK Public Treasury Note: #E020916020224
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Our daily financial statement:
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