Daily Diary (DD) - Day 290 of 2019

2248hrs:

Missed out on yesterday's entry without even realising until the early hours of this morning, while driving back - down South - from Muzaffarabad.

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I would describe the following as 'pro-activism'. That is, anticipating the threat level for public rights activism in AJK:

Canada:South Asian Peace Forum wrote a letter to intl HR orgs including HR Pak,foreign offices of North America & EU informing them about #PNA ‘s #MuzafarabadMarch21Oct19 .SAPF requested them 2 make sure that Pak & POK govt must not stop or use any kind of force against marchers pic.twitter.com/U1dkHwtRo9

— JKPNP (@JKPNP3) October 17, 2019

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The following quote is symptomatic of our status:

Do you agree?#GilgitBaltistan pic.twitter.com/VrKMFITqUw

— Gilgit-Baltistan (G'lit-B'listan) (@GBpak) October 17, 2019

Translated thus:

It is unfortunate that the land of Gilgit Baltistan has always been fertile for foreigners but detrimental for locals.

Nawaz Khan Naji (Member of the Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly)

End of translation....

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Amongst the last speeches of the JKLF 'Freedom March' from the 4th of October to the 16th, by its president (AJK & GB Zone) Toqeer Gilani at Jaskol, in the presence of the AJK prime minister yesterday:



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For the sake of clarity and context, here is the relevant portion of the video footage where words were exchanged between the PM of AJK and myself:



Transcription translated into English thus:

Raja Farooq Haider:

Our responsibility...This is our responsibility - of Kashmiris - that we have to save our State (of J & K) and also save the State of Pakistan. Remember this advice of mine...(repeat) remember this advice of mine. If no-one is watching our back, it will become very difficult for us. Remember this advice of mine. Don't ever forget this (point). Oh my brother of Kotli..he's shaking his head (vigorously) indicating No - No. I'm looking at him from here. 

(Interjection from someone close by: "Tanveer Sahaab"). 

Ok.Tanveer. Right. 

(My response: "I don't agree with you!")


Fine. You don't agree with me. So, I want to say.....

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The women of Jammu & Kashmir will choreograph our deliverance from occupation. Parveena Ahangar is one of them:



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Was this inevitable?



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