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Thursday, 14 May 2026

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 134 of 2026

1152hrs:

It was in the evening (yesterday) that I learned of the death of my eldest cousin sister, who despite living most of her life in the UK - unbeknown to her and the rest of us - had just spent the last year of her life back home in AJK. 

She was due to return to the UK this coming week but of course the Almighty had other plans. 

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Wednesday, 13 May 2026

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 133 of 2026

1726hrs:

I feel that I have finally - after a lacklustre month and a bit - hit the right groove, in order to turbo-boost #RightsMovementAJK .

For those of you unfamiliar with what has transpired over the past 3 years in AJK and if what happens in this territory affects you in any way at all - irrespective of wherever you may be living in any other part of the world - then I humbly suggest you follow this daily weblog, as we try and bring you all major developments on the ground here in real-time.

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Tuesday, 12 May 2026

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 132 of 2026

2017hrs:

Still battling to get the basics right. If I can get them right, then a whole new vista of opportunities will emerge in this territory.

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Monday, 11 May 2026

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 131 of 2026

1927hrs:

Still a distance from getting that all-important daily routine right. Yet I am equally certain that I will get it right, sooner rather than later. 

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کیا ہمیں حقیقی عوامی حکومت چاہئیے کہ نہیں؟


سب کچھ موجود ہے۔ غلطی یہ ہوسکتی ہے کہ ہم یہ توقع کریں کہ سب کچھ کسی ایک فرد، یا کمیٹی، یا پارٹی، یا کسی اور تنظیمی شکل میں موجود ہے۔ جس جس چیز کی کمی ہے 'حقِ ملکیت' اور 'حقِ حکمرانی' کے حصول کے لیے(اے جے کے) آزاد جموں و کشمیر میں، وہ دراصل سب موجود ہے۔


طے یہ کرنا ہے کہ کس کے پاس کونسی صلاحیت ہے (گورننس اور اسٹیٹ کرافٹ ایک مشینری کا نام ہے اور ریاست کا ہر باشندہ ایک پرزے کی مانند ہے)، اور ان صلاحیتوں کے تناظر میں کس کس فرد نے کونسی کونسی ذمہ داری اٹھانی ہے۔ 


اصل سوال جو اس عوام نے ایک دوسرے سے پوچھ کر - ایک دستاویزی شکل میں عوامی مینڈیٹ ظاہر کرنا ہے دنیا کے سامنے - جس کی بنیاد پر ایک نیا نظام قائم ہوگا آزاد جموں و کشمیر (اے جے کے) میں، جو باقاعدہ طور پر ریاست کے ممکنہ متحدہ علاقہ جات (جے کے اے) سے رابطہ کرے، اور ان کے اندر انسانی حقوق کے مسائل کو حل کرنے میں فعال کردار ادا کرے

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Sunday, 10 May 2026

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 130 of 2026

1206hrs:

Reached home (in Sehnsa) at about 0500hrs this morning, after a day's trip out to Rawalakot, to commemorate the 3rd anniversary of what gradually emerged as the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC). 

A central secretariat (for the territory of AJK) was established a few steps away from the spot in Supply Bazaar yesterday, where this public rights movement began 3 years ago.

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Public Finance Update:

Number of co-citizens who have paid their share (over 20 years): 
17
Number of co-citizens who have paid a portion to date, since direct public funding began in 2012:
215
Number of co-citizens who have promised to pay:
86
Number of co-citizens I have directly contacted since the 9th of October 2025 (of total 5,000):
790

Cash in Hand: -76,480
Cash Deposits: 272,242
Immediate Debts: 0

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Social Welfare Budget (Zakat/Sadqa):

Current Deposits: 257,000 
Arrears: 22,776 (pending from 17/03/2026 - money that has been spent elsewhere momentarily but needs to be rightfully returned to this fund)
Distributed (today): 0
Balance: 257,000

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Saturday, 9 May 2026

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 129 of 2026

0342hrs:

Another false start and I fear there could be a few in a row, judging from how matters are materializing on the ground in AJK. 

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Public Finance Update:

Number of co-citizens who have paid their share (over 20 years): 
17
Number of co-citizens who have paid a portion to date, since direct public funding began in 2012:
215
Number of co-citizens who have promised to pay:
86
Number of co-citizens I have directly contacted since the 9th of October 2025 (of total 5,000):
785

Cash in Hand: -69,280
Cash Deposits: 272,352
Immediate Debts: 0

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Social Welfare Budget (Zakat/Sadqa):

Current Deposits: 257,000 
Arrears: 22,776 (pending from 17/03/2026 - money that has been spent elsewhere momentarily but needs to be rightfully returned to this fund)
Distributed (today): 0
Balance: 257,000

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Friday, 8 May 2026

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 128 of 2026

0340hrs:

Yes, this is a false start like many before. Yet, it must be different in an important way too. 

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Public Finance Update:

Number of co-citizens who have paid their share (over 20 years): 
17
Number of co-citizens who have paid a portion to date, since direct public funding began in 2012:
215
Number of co-citizens who have promised to pay:
86
Number of co-citizens I have directly contacted since the 9th of October 2025 (of total 5,000):
780

Cash in Hand: -62,750
Cash Deposits: 272,998
Immediate Debts: 0

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Social Welfare Budget (Zakat/Sadqa):

Current Deposits: 257,000 
Arrears: 22,776 (pending from 17/03/2026 - money that has been spent elsewhere momentarily but needs to be rightfully returned to this fund)
Distributed (today): 0
Balance: 257,000

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Thursday, 7 May 2026

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 127 of 2026

1325hrs:

Picking up pace in Mirpur.

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Public Finance Update:

Number of co-citizens who have paid their share (over 20 years): 
17
Number of co-citizens who have paid a portion to date, since direct public funding began in 2012:
215
Number of co-citizens who have promised to pay:
86
Number of co-citizens I have directly contacted since the 9th of October 2025 (of total 5,000):
775

Cash in Hand: -140,950
Cash Deposits: 371,686
Immediate Debts: 0

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Social Welfare Budget (Zakat/Sadqa):

Current Deposits: 257,000 
Arrears: 22,776 (pending from 17/03/2026 - money that has been spent elsewhere momentarily but needs to be rightfully returned to this fund)
Distributed (today): 0
Balance: 257,000

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Wednesday, 6 May 2026

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 126 of 2026

2213hrs:

Moving with intent now, after effectively a month's hiatus. I will restart my ambition to get to sleep at 0300hrs and wake at 0800hrs. I know that - in the main - I have been unsuccessful for the past year of trying.

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Public Finance Update:

Number of co-citizens who have paid their share (over 20 years): 
17
Number of co-citizens who have paid a portion to date, since direct public funding began in 2012:
215
Number of co-citizens who have promised to pay:
86
Number of co-citizens I have directly contacted since the 9th of October 2025 (of total 5,000):
770

Cash in Hand: -139,550
Cash Deposits: 372,366
Immediate Debts: 0

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Social Welfare Budget (Zakat/Sadqa):

Current Deposits: 257,000 
Arrears: 22,776 (pending from 17/03/2026 - money that has been spent elsewhere momentarily but needs to be rightfully returned to this fund)
Distributed (today): 0
Balance: 257,000

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Tuesday, 5 May 2026

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 125 of 2026

2214hrs:

Still holding back. 

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#NoElectionAJK2026

An inside-out approach to resolving any notion of conflict or territorial claim on Jammu Kashmir & Allied (areas) 

جموں کشمیر و متحدہ علاقہ جات کے متعلق کوئی بھی تنازع یا (بیرونی) علاقائی دعوے کے کسی بھی تصور کو حل کرنے کا - ایک اندر سے باہر کی جانب - حکمت عملی


We have moved on from the 'combatting of narratives' stage, to one where we are creating our own future, having also undergone and continuing to introspect. 

ہم 'بیانیوں کی لڑائی' کے مرحلے سے آگے بڑھ چکے ہیں، اور اب ہم اپنا مستقبل خود تخلیق کر رہے ہیں، جبکہ ہم مسلسل خود احتسابی کے عمل سے بھی گزر رہے ہیں۔ 


We identify and are included in those who qualify as descendants of erstwhile (subjects ref. 20 April 1927 SSR) Jammu & Kashmir State. 

ہم ان لوگوں میں شامل اور شمار ہوتے ہیں جو سابقہ ریاست جموں و کشمیر کے باشندوں کی اولاد کے طور پر اہل ہیں (حوالہ: 20 اپریل 1927ریاستی باشندہ اصول)۔


We must be legally and administratively distinguished, to protect ourselves from narratives of claimants viz. China, India, Pakistan; unless any one of us is so voluntarily inclined to favour an external narrative, at the cost of an internal narrative. 

ہمیں قانونی اور انتظامی طور پر منفرد ہونا چاہیے، تاکہ ہم دعویداروں یعنی چین، بھارت اور پاکستان کے بیانیوں سے اپنا تحفظ کر سکیں؛ الا یہ کہ ہم میں سے کوئی رضاکارانہ طور پر کسی بیرونی بیانیے کو اندرونی بیانیے کی قیمت پر ترجیح دینا چاہیے۔


The world has prevented us from exercising self-determination (to use their parlance) and we have also refrained from seeking internal solutions - an inherent right we possess - which has to supersede any external claim (as documented in the UN framework). 


دنیا نے ہمیں (عملی طور پر) خود ارادیت (جو ان کی اصطلاح ہے حقِ ملکیت اور حقِ حکمرانی کے لیے) کے استعمال سے روکا ہے اور ہم نے بھی اندرونی حل تلاش کرنے سے گریز کیا ہے، جو ہمارا فطری حق ہے، اور جسے کسی بھی بیرونی دعوے پر فوقیت حاصل ہونی چاہیے (جیسا کہ اقوام متحدہ کے فریم ورک میں دستاویزی ہے بحوالہ دعویٰ اور حق میں قانونی فرق)۔


Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee JK #JAAC has been most successful to date, since 1947 and even compared to public movements pre 1947, in mobilising the public (of AJK in particular and its diaspora). 

1947

سے لے کر آج تک، اور حتیٰ کہ 1947 سے پہلے کی عوامی تحریکوں کے مقابلے میں بھی: جموں کشمیر جوائنٹ عوامی ایکشن کمیٹی

JK #JAAC

عوام کو متحرک کرنے میں سب سے کامیاب رہی ہے (خاص طور پر اے جے کے اور اس کے تارکین وطن کے تناظر میں)۔


It should not and cannot become a part of the colonial governance set-up in AJK. 

اسے آزاد جموں و کشمیر میں قائم نوآبادیاتی طرزِ حکمرانی کا حصہ نہیں بننا چاہیے اور نہ ہی بن سکتا ہے۔


It has achieved everything it has and will continue to deliver to the public in the short as well as medium and long term, as long as it remains outside this colonial set-up, which has been well designed by Britain: to stifle public interest and most certainly any legal or administrative move towards internal #OBMs or Ownership-Building Measures (ref. Richard Bonney academic quote & critique of Tanveer Ahmed). 

اس نے جو کچھ بھی حاصل کیا ہے اور جو کچھ وہ مختصر، درمیانی اور طویل مدت میں عوام کو فراہم کرتی رہے گی، وہ اسی صورت میں ممکن رہے گا جب تک یہ اس نوآبادیاتی ڈھانچے سے باہر رہے، جسے برطانیہ نے بڑی مہارت سے عوامی مفاد اور کسی بھی قانونی یا انتظامی قدم کو دبانے کے لیے ڈیزائن کیا تھا, جو اندرونی یا ملکیت سازی

#OBMs

کے اقدامات کی طرف لے جائے (حوالہ: رچرڈ بونی کا تنویر احمد کی تحقیق کے متعلق علمی قول اور تنقیدی جائزہ)۔ 


General Elections or Legislative Assembly elections should take place but not before fulfilling the conditions of inclusivity, transparency, meritocracy and accountability; as outlined in the JK JAAC public statement at Maqbool Bhat Martyr's Square in Dadyaal on 31 March 2026.

عام انتخابات یا قانون ساز اسمبلی کے انتخابات ہونے چاہئیں، لیکن اس سے پہلے شمولیت، شفافیت، قابلیت اور احتساب کے شرائط پورے ہونے چاہئیں؛ جیسا کہ

JK JAAC

  کے عوامی بیان میں 31 مارچ 2026 کو مقبول بٹ شہید چوک، ڈڈیال میں واضح کیا گیا۔


JKA PUBLIC AGENCY Note: #EU162304052026

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Public Finance Update:

Number of co-citizens who have paid their share (over 20 years): 
16
Number of co-citizens who have paid a portion to date, since direct public funding began in 2012:
215
Number of co-citizens who have promised to pay:
86
Number of co-citizens I have directly contacted since the 9th of October 2025 (of total 5,000):
765

Cash in Hand: -36,950
Cash Deposits: 271,157
Immediate Debts: 0

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Social Welfare Budget (Zakat/Sadqa):

Current Deposits: 257,000 
Arrears: 22,776 (pending from 17/03/2026 - money that has been spent elsewhere momentarily but needs to be rightfully returned to this fund)
Distributed (today): 0
Balance: 257,000

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 134 of 2026

1152hrs: It was in the evening (yesterday) that I learned of the death of my eldest cousin sister, who despite living most of her life in th...