Daily Diary (DD) - Day 329 of 2019

1701hrs:

Rolling along.......

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I was getting ready to go to sleep when I came across this video. The presider was none other than an old friend of mine - James Astill - who was with me in Iraq in 2005. How the world has progressed in my absence while I'm........didn't allow me to sleep for a while:



One will notice that throughout this conversation there was very little mention of the internal narratives in Jammu & Kashmir. There was a lot about what India, Pakistan and the international community may or may not do. This is the missing part of the conversation which will actually help all of us navigate our way towards a solution.

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We've been encountering some problems with my assistant Saddam Sheikh's Facebook account. Our daily videos since the 21st (of November) were being uploaded to his Facebook account which has been suspended for 30 days. He has created another account to circumvent this issue but of course Facebook isn't handling billions of accounts using rudimentary technology. I'm not sure why his account was suspended except that a post of his that had a portrait of Yasin Malik was deemed - by Facebook - to be against community guidelines. We asked them to review their decision and I've also asked Saddam to refrain from creating further accounts as he will not be able to avoid detection. As a result of this dilemma, I am unable to embed a couple of posts related to today's activity at AJK University.

Thus, I am providing links for those of you who wish to watch them:

At the Main Campus of AJK University in Muzaffarabad after discussing a proposed lecture, pending since December the 21st 2018.

A Welcoming Gesture for Fresh Students by Law Student Saleem Wani

Today was Day 5 of our current journey in Muzaffarabad.

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Opening Bal. 0

X:
86 - Easypaisa fees
34 - Towards SS2 easypaisa debt.
500 - Diesel
470 - Breakfast/lunch for 3 - (Rice and Pothi dhaal for 2 and Chicken Haleem with roti for 1 and kahwa x 2
39,720 - Spouse
70 - Printouts
20 - Tyre pressure
20 - 7 photocopies
250 - B & H cig
20 - Dry dates
100 - Paperwork
100 - Capstan and sweets
500 - Diesel
500 - Hotel room
230 - Dinner (with eggs and dhaal/roti/kahwa x 2)

Y:
5,000 - Spouse 
39,720 - (200 pounds incl. 70 pounds from MR in UK and the rest viz. 130 pounds from family KSA UK)

Material/in kind support:
Kahwa x 2 - AM 
Bakarkhaani - at AJK University - Main Campus - MD
Kahwa - MD
Kahwa x 3 and Kulchas x aplenty - MD
300 - Paid towards hotel room - AM
Dry dates - KA

SDF (Self Determination Fund - in other words 'public funding' requests):
MD - ?

Abbreviations:

Bal. - Balance
X - Outgoing
cig. - cigarettes
Y - Incoming
MR - Mirpur
UK - United Kingdom
KSA - Sehnsa
AM - Athmaqam
MD - Muzaffarabad
KA - Khuiratta

Closing Bal. 2,100
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