Daily Diary (DD) - Day 242 of 2022

2043hrs:

Day 86 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0828hrs

My punctuality deficit has increased to 211 minutes.

Punctuality percentage: 45 days late of 86 = 52% late

I did say it wasn't as easy as some might think. Another late day to reverse.

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 241 of 2022

1841hrs:

Day 85 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0843hrs

My punctuality deficit has increased to 183 minutes.

Punctuality percentage: 44 days late of 85 = 52% late

One thing is certain. Whenever I have to travel out of Dadyaal the odds of me being late the next morning increase exponentially. It is remarkable that the gains I made yesterday morning were cancelled out precisely today. That is, I arrived at 0717hrs yesterday and thus decreased my punctuality deficit by 43 minutes. Today, I was precisely 43 minutes late!

For those of you who are unfamiliar with my work it is important to understand that I have spent 85 days in a row - without a break - between 0800hrs and 1000hrs at Maqbool Bhat Martyr's Square in Dadyaal. Unfortunately, I have not been punctual on every single day and thus am trying to close the punctuality deficit by arriving earlier than 0800hrs, at every opportunity. I have managed to peg back the deficit from a low of 580 minutes to what it is today viz. 182 minutes.

It may even be in order to make a comparison between the number of days that I've been punctual versus the number of days I haven't:

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Public Policy in AJK connecting with the world's experts in the subject at the London School of Economics:

I am sending my co-citizens this link at a critical stage of our journey towards nationhood and statehood in AJK and ultimately JKA. The 'London School of Economics' describes itself as the world's best institution for the study of Public Policy.

We now have an opportunity to enrol on an online course in our favourite and most appropriate discipline. It is also an opportunity to test our technical aptitude in this subject and compare our on-the-ground experience of 17 years and 5 months with the best of what's available in the world.

The cost to the public: c. $1,300 (US dollars)

We would also like to take this opportunity to give a broad outline of what is required from our people to design and develop a world class system of governance in AJK:

Manpower: 

1,771 - human/data management professionals

Annual Budget:

£20 million (Pound sterling) or equivalent to c. 5 billion PK rupees.

*We are converting at the rate of 250 PK rupees to the pound for simplicity. The actual rate today is c. 258

The past 75 years of occupation/administration/control by others of JKA, connected to the prevailing absence of governance in AJK coupled with the naked priorities of self interest prevalent within our public, may suggest that the broad outline given above is impractical or even illegal.

Practicality:

There are over 5 million people living in or from AJK. At least 40% (over 2 million people) of them have at least a middle-class standard of living or live above subsistence level. What we require is for 100,000 of them to pay a voluntary tax of £200 or c. 50,000 PK rupees in a year. Which amounts to less than 55 pence or less than 137 PK rupees a day.

Legality:

It should be common knowledge amongst our people that JKA is not legally or constitutionally part of any other country. The British Indian empire did not transfer suzerainty or sovereignty of this territory to any other country and neither did they retain it themselves. Furthermore, all the countries that claim or monitor this territory have conditioned their presence or involvement on the local people's reference. It is also clear that these inhabitants hold title to this territory. The Srinagar/Jammu Assembly doesn't exist in practice and the Assemblies in Gilgit and Muzaffarabad do not conform to international law (or the UN template on this region) and are not even recognised as an executive authority by their sponsor Pakistan. 

Thus, we - the people - are the masters of our own destiny. We have been waiting for the world to help us and we never gave serious thought to help ourselves or more appropriately, each other.

We have little time to waste and obviously this governance initiative cannot be implemented by force. The most this action-oriented researcher can do is publicly list those co-citizens who are familiar with this struggle for freedom & world class governance and have the means to finance it, yet deliberately refuse to do so. 

History will be their judge and ours too.

Written on 23/08/2022

Published as:

AJK Public Agency Note: #203729082022

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 240 of 2022

1104hrs:

Day 84 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0717hrs

My punctuality deficit has decreased to 140 minutes.

Punctuality percentage: 43 days late of 84 = 51% late

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 239 of 2022

1423hrs:

Day 83 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0731hrs

My punctuality deficit has decreased to 183 minutes.

Punctuality percentage: 43 days late of 83 = 52% late

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 238 of 2022

1127hrs:

Day 82 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0738hrs

My punctuality deficit has decreased to 212 minutes.

Punctuality percentage: 43 days late of 82 = 52% late

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 237 of 2022

1406hrs:

Day 81 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0820hrs

My punctuality deficit has increased to 234 minutes.

Punctuality percentage: 43 days late of 81 = 53% late

Damn! Another late day today.

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Finally, it appears Asmaad Aslam of Tithrinote on the LOC in Hajeera will be home soon:

Juvenile Justice Board, Poonch Issues Release Order of Asmad Ali https://t.co/YNN8RPOInL via @Change Many thanks to #IndianCivilSociety & Rahul Kapoor in particular for tirelessly pursuing this child's release.#JKASovereignty

— Tanveer Ahmed (@sahaafi) August 25, 2022

I felt it necessary to input the following comment at the petition website cited above:

I think this is a major achievement on the part of Indian civil society. Congratulations.

At this stage we will forego the description of him as a Pakistani, which he legally and constitutionally isn't. Nevertheless, pursuing his release tirelessly is a significant gesture of goodwill, on the part of Rahul Kapoor in particular.

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Today was also 'Meeting the AC' day. Regular followers of this weblog will know that we like to keep our local administration and municipality engaged with all developments at Maqbool Bhat Martyr's Square. The following letter explains to the Assistant Commissioner (AC) that even at this late stage of the gardening season we would still like the administration and municipality to play a part in financing the beautification of the Square. They are always welcome to aid us in cleaning and gardening too.

Here's the latest written communication: 

Note that the last time we communicated was on August the 3rd. That was the 4th time since we began communicating on the 15th of June. Hence, the above is communication exhibit number 5.

However, the AC 'explained' that the municipality doesn't have any money and that we are welcome to do whatever is necessary to beautify the Square. We have promptly forwarded his written remarks to the municipality.

In the meantime, the president of the trader's association in Dadyaal, namely Anwar Daar has assured us that he will obtain a written MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) from the AC. Meanwhile, he suggests that we continue public funding to pay for the metal grills that we need to fortify the Square from animals.

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 236 of 2022

1037hrs:

Day 80 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0857hrs

My punctuality deficit has increased to 214 minutes.

Being punctual consistently without fail is a highly evolved skill. Despite decreasing our deficit from a high of 580 minutes a few weeks ago down to 157 minutes yesterday, one is disappointed to go behind once again. The euphoria of many days of decreasing the deficit is less than the disappointment of increasing the deficit, albeit even for a day. The plus side is that this setback today makes me more determined to never be late again.

There are no valid excuses for such a lapse but I did work throughout the day yesterday before travelling in the evening and not sleeping till way beyond 0200hrs this morning.

Punctuality Review over 80 days (with some statistics):

Day(s) - Time of Arrival at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal (hrs)

n.b. I had declared the timing of my daily sitting over the next 365 days to be between 0800hrs and 1000hrs.

 

1 -  0800

2 -  0803

3 -  0804

4 -  0806

5 -  0759

6 -  0756

7 -  0804

8 -  0805

9 -  0756

10 - 0805

18 minutes late (as aggregate over 1st 10 days)

6 days late of 10 (viz. 60% late)

11 - 0805

12 - 0757

13 - 0803

14 - 0755

15 - 0802

16 - 0806

17 - 0809

18 - 0802

19 - 0808

20 - 0804

31 minutes late (as aggregate over 2nd 10 days)

Which is a total of 49 minutes late over 20 days

8 days late of 10 (viz. 80% late)

Which accumulates as 14 days late of 20 (viz. 70%)

21 - 0821

22 - 0807

23 - 0804

24 - 0803

25 - 0819

26 - 0808

27 - 0758

28 - 0808

29 - 0808

30 - 0808

84 minutes (i.e. 1 hour 24 minutes) late (as aggregate over 3rd 10 days)

Which is a total of 133 minutes late over 30 days

9 days late of 10 (viz. 90% late)

Which accumulates as 23 days late of 30 (viz. 77%)

31 - 0823

32 - 0831

33 - 0838

34 - 0853

35 - 0759

36 - 0805

37 - 0759

38 - 0801

39 - 0812

40 - 0756

157 minutes (i.e. 2 hours 37 minutes) late (as aggregate over 4th 10 days)

Which is a total of 290 minutes late over 40 days

7 days late of 10 (viz. 70% late)

Which accumulates as 30 days late of 40 (viz. 75%)

In total over the next 40 days I have to make up for 290 minutes of poor punctuality in the first 40 days (i.e. 4 hours and 50 minutes!)

41 - 0827

42 - 0919 (deficit in total: 396)

43 - 0807

44 - 0803

45 - 0725

46 - 0822

47 - 0758

48 - 0905 (456)

49 - 0833

50 - 0931 (580)

290 minutes (i.e. 4 hours 50 minutes) late (as aggregate over 5th 10 days)

n.b. I was as late in these past 10 days as I was throughout the whole first 40 days. Which means that my punctuality is rapidly dwindling!

Cumulative punctuality deficit over 50 days = 580

8 days late of 10 (viz. 80%)

Which accumulates as 38 days late of 50 (viz. 76%)

51 - 0736

52 - 0744 (540)

53 - 0754 

54 - 0759 (533)

55 - 0750 

56 - 0753 (516)

57 - 0735 

58 - 0748 (479)

59 - 0748 

60 - 0840 (507)

73 minutes were gained (as aggregate over 6th 10 days).

Thus, we've beaten the punctuality deficit for the first time.

Cumulative punctuality deficit over 60 days = 507

1 day late of 10 (viz. 10%)

Which accumulates as 39 days late of 60 (viz. 65%)

61 - 0718 

62 - 0742 (447)

63 - 0804 

64 - 0749 (440)

65 - 0735 

66 - 0847 (462)

67 - 0713 

68 - 0712 (367)

69 - 0746

70 - 0748 (341)

166 minutes were gained (as aggregate over 7th 10 days).

Thus, we've beaten the punctuality deficit for the second time (in a row).

Cumulative punctuality deficit over 70 days = 341

2 days late of 10 (viz. 20%)

Which accumulates as 41 days late of 70 (viz. 59%)

71 - 0741 

72 - 0800 (322)

73 - 0744

74 - 0756 (302)

75 - 0738

76 - 0749 (269)

77 - 0735 

78 - 0725 (209)

79 - 0708 

80 - 0857 (214)

127 minutes were gained (as aggregate over 8th 10 days).

Thus, we've beaten the punctuality deficit for the third time (in a row).

Cumulative punctuality deficit over 80 days = 214

1 day late of 10 (viz. 10%)

Which accumulates as 42 days late of 80 (viz. 53%)

In these 80 days, we dropped our punctuality deficit to a peak of 580 minutes (9 hours and 40 minutes!) on Day 50.

However, by Day 80 we have pegged it back to 214 minutes (3 hours and 34 minutes).

We were late on:

6 days of 10, in 1st 10 days

8 days of 10, in 2nd 10 days

9 days of 10, in 3rd 10 days

7 days of 10, in 4th 10 days

Thus, we were late on 30 of the first 40 days! (viz. 75% late!) and by 290 minutes in total!

8 days of 10, in 5th 10 days

1 day of 10, in 6th 10 days

2 days of 10, in 7th 10 days

1 day of 10, in 8th 10 days

Thus, we were late on 12 of the second 40 days (viz. 30% late) and we actually gained 76 minutes in punctuality, though overall (over 80 days) our punctuality deficit still has 214 minutes to make up for (from the first 40 days)

Total: 42 days late of 80 = 53% late!

By Day 40 we were 75% late, thus we have gained an improvement of 22% in punctuality.

In short, we have improved our punctuality markedly, especially since Day 50. 

Review on Day 40 can be accessed here

*Percentages given are to the nearest whole number

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 235 of 2022

1905hrs:

Day 79 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0708hrs

My punctuality deficit has decreased to 157 minutes.

Today was my earliest arrival to date. Gaining me 52 minutes against my punctuality deficit.

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 234 of 2022

2251hrs:

Day 78 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0725hrs

My punctuality deficit has decreased to 209 minutes.

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Amongst the multitude of tasks I undergo on a daily basis are responding to comments on my Youtube channel at: ajkpublicagency.xyz

I would just like to share an important piece of information regarding the cultural heritage of Chamb, the southernmost urban centre of AJK. It was sent to me by a co-citizen barely 6 kilometres across the LOC whose family lived here pre 1971. After the war between both countries in that year, this area was one of those pieces of JKA that were swapped by both countries:

@Tanveer Ahmed ji, I am residing hardly six KM away (via Manawar Tawi) from the village Chak Pandit.

Chhamb was a big town having a big hospital, post office, vetenerary hospital, police station and higher secondary school.

Moreover Chhamb was popular for Sweet Palang -Tor (Milk cake).

(It was a) Very busy bazar with its culture heritage. The Festival of Baishakhi was celebrated with pump and show in this town.

Thanks 🙏 and God bless you.

..end of Youtube comment

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 233 of 2022

1115hrs:

Day 77 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0735hrs

My punctuality deficit has decreased to 244 minutes.

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From one of the horse's mouths, so to speak:

Any justification what has been given during recent past is null and void now. @farooq_pm https://t.co/Ql6KuvJUjX

— Azhar Mushtaq (@azharmk) August 21, 2022

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