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Sunday 10 April 2022

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 100 of 2022

1757hrs:

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:

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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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