Day 13 - District (Kotli) wide tour as part of Internal Political Process - AJK
Updated stats of completed interviews of tribal politicians/political workers: 33 of 60
Note: Have proceeded beyond the 50% threshold....
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Our people are so frightened of each other's propensity to sell themselves short.
That has been our history, it is our present but we cannot afford for it to be our future, under any circumstances whatsoever.
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It's always heartening to see locals take the initiative:
An Internal Political Process in AJK
— Tanveer Ahmed (@sahaafi) April 13, 2022
Phase 1 - district Kotli
Day 13 - in tehsil Khuiratta 10/04/2022
Since 1947, what we've demanded others to do on our behalf, we must do ourselves, if we want to survive and flourish. pic.twitter.com/IymtPyIwRV
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Later in the evening we ventured out to Kajrullah on the outskirts of Khuiratta to meet veteran freedom fighter Quayyum Raja:
Subjects discussed in this detailed conversation were:
1) An internal political process in AJK
2) Babu Singh of Kathua, Jammu and his mysterious disappearance amidst an apparent Indian sting operation and a demand for him to be given an opportunity to present his version of developments in public.
3) The role of Britain and its colonial legacy.
4) Remedies and our role as the public of JKA as sovereign entity, both at home and in the diaspora (particularly the UK).
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