Daily Diary (DD) - Day 234 of 2019

1718hrs:

Another day of protest in Dadyaal. On this occasion most of the bazaar (market) was closed too.



On this occasion, the chairman of the newly created Jammu Kashmir People's National Alliance (JKPNA) Zulfiqar Ahmed Advocate was invited to explain this new development in AJK, in the wake of India's seemingly unilateral action to downgrade and bifurcate its controlled part of the territory on the 5th of August.

The subsequent announcements were made:

As the poster suggests, JKPNA plans an AJK wide protest in all ten districts of the territory.

Here is a list of their 7 main demands (both in Urdu and translated by me in English):

1 of 7:

The curfew imposed in Indian occupied Jammu Kashmir should be ended forthwith.

2 of 7:

The permanent division of the State of Jammu Kashmir is un-acceptable (repeat) un-acceptable.

3 of 7:

The formation of a joint constituent assembly including Pakistani-administered Jammu Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan is the correct procedure/process towards resolving the Kashmir dispute. 

4 of 7:

The fundamental stakeholders of the Kashmir dispute are the 20 million people (citizens/public) of the State of Jammu Kashmir.

5 of 7:

The State Subject Rule (20th April 1927) should be immediately reinstated in all parts of Jammu Kashmir.

6 of 7:

The mass murder of the Kashmiri public on both sides of the ceasefire line should end.

7 of 7:

Prisoners of the State ( of conscience) in Srinagar and Gilgit Baltistan should be unconditionally released at once.

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I also took this opportunity to interview Zulfiqar Ahmed Advocate and probe JKPNA's strategy in public interest:



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Earlier, in the initial hours of this date I felt compelled to post the following:

For those of you who cannot read the text of the FB post above:

There are 5 countries trying to permanently divide the J & K of 1947 in a hurry: China, India, Pakistan, UK and the US of A.

Hurrying matters which concern millions of people has to be the work of the devil.

All 5 paid relatively more 'lip service' to local public opinion here in 1947, than they are doing today.

We have what they don't have: time, time and more time to develop an internal political process, with democratic reference and citizen's legal/constitutional prerogative.

Unless someone can explain to me what is beyond local and global protests or marching or crossing the LOC?

End of FB post text....

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