Day 175 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.
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Attendance = 100%
Punctuality = 63%
111 days on time or early of 175
Punctuality surplus = 15 minutes
Punctuality Consistency Status = 7 days
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We're into our 3rd week of a weekly live transmission on JKTV, providing an update of the status of public affairs in our territory:
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Today we're witnessing local (municipal) elections in AJK for the first time in 31 years. Polling is being conducted in a phased manner - division by division - beginning with Muzaffarabad division today.
Khurshid Uz Zaman Abbasi Sb has been kind enough to invite me to this marathon transmission today, broadcasting live from Washington USA:
You can access the programme from this link too.
I took part in the discussion at 2:48:10
I spoke in 2 batches before my connectivity totally gave way at around 3:27:00
From 3:01:40 to 3:08:30 and 3:11:29 to 3:19:25
Many thanks to former chief justice of the AJK supreme court Syed Manzoor Gillani and senior journalists Syed Tassaduq Hussain (living in Calgary, Canada and candidate for local elections there) & Ibrahim Gul (former PTV director for AJK and now living in South Korea) for their kind words too.
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My take on concerns about human rights in Qatar, given the attention received in the wake of the World Cup being hosted there:
Most global human rights groups are of the view that the World Cup being held in Qatar is a means to open engagement on all those issues that are regional in some respects and global in others. Qatar has a global media channel and wants to excel in hosting discussion on some of the most uncomfortable problems of the world. It has brought something into existence that didn't exist before. Global spotlight.
Furthermore..
Morality and Legality.
Power and Principles.
Who can exercise what?
In our #PublicPolicyAJK approach to conflict resolution in the region we have understood that the public of JKA - without exception - have been denied their right to exercise freedom of assembly, association, expression, movement and recourse to law including international law.
We include all our politicians and all claimants to nobility in this territory, as victims of this very well structured militarised governance module.
We apparently had no democratic, ethical, legal or peaceful outlet/forum to address our concerns.
But we do.
What do our own legal experts say?
What would be the legal perspective of our 4 neighbours:
1) Afghanistan
2) China
3) India
4) Pakistan
AJK Public Agency Note: #194527112022
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