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Thursday, 10 July 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 191 of 2025
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 190 of 2025
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
Monday, 7 July 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 188 of 2025
Sunday, 6 July 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 187 of 2025
Saturday, 5 July 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 186 of 2025
Friday, 4 July 2025
Thursday, 3 July 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 184 of 2025
Wednesday, 2 July 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 183 of 2025
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 182 of 2025
1342hrs:
Driving southwards last night, we inadvertently decided to spend the night at Dhirkot.
We're currently dealing with a very sensitive issue concerning a threat given by local DSP (Deputy Superintendent) Shafiq Mughal, to the father of a prominent local activist Ghazi Khurram Abbasi of Munnasa.
Here's an Urdu note in reference to the threat:
The following is an English translation of an online note released by Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee:
Ghazi Khurram Abbasi - Core Member
Joint Awami Action Committee - Tehsil (Subdivision) Dheerkot
DSP (Deputy Superintendent) Threatens The Father of Ghazi Khurram Abbasi (viz.) Master Abdul Latif Sahaab
The DSP (Shafiq Mughal) conveyed a message in a threatening manner to Ghazi Khurram Abbasi's father, to order his son to renounce his affiliation with the Joint Awami Action Committee and (all) issues of public interest.
Otherwise he (Latif Sahaab's son) would face a fate similar to that of Zarnosh Naseem and his condition (that of Latif Sahaab) would become that of Zarnosh's father Naseem Sahaab.
....end of English translation.
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Monday, 30 June 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 181 of 2025
Sunday, 29 June 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 180 of 2025
Saturday, 28 June 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 179 of 2025
Friday, 27 June 2025
Thursday, 26 June 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 177 of 2025
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 176 of 2025
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
Monday, 23 June 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 174 of 2025
Sunday, 22 June 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 173 of 2025
Saturday, 21 June 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 172 of 2025
Friday, 20 June 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 171 of 2025
Thursday, 19 June 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 170 of 2025
Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 169 of 2025
Tuesday, 17 June 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 168 of 2025
Monday, 16 June 2025
Sunday, 15 June 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 166 of 2025
0449hrs:
Today could prove to be the beginning of yet another era in the history of mankind.
It is possible that by as early as next week, we could obtain confirmation as to whether this new era has indeed begun. Or whether it was another false alarm.
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Judging by what emerged over the course of today, my thoughts earlier this morning have a true ring to them.
We learned of the arrest and subsequent detention of Ayaz Siddique Butt at c. 1300hrs today (1pm). Thus was born the hashtag #Release_Ayaz_Butt .
Here's the short interview we took of Ayaz Butt while meeting him in a room used as accommodation quarters by police employees:
He had not been given any written evidence of the charges against him, even though he had been informed by police sources of his impending arrest more than a week ago and even when he insisted to see such while waiting at the police station.
Thus, there was no written evidence of his arrest and in public interest it was crucial that we obtain Ayaz Butt's statement on video, before any opportunity to divert attention away from the actual (yet always deliberately concealed) complainant viz. the Pakistani Army, could be taken.
As such cases have proliferated in AJK over the past few years in particular, especially in the wake of #RightsMovementAJK there is a very familiar pattern to such arrests and subsequent torture, including detention. A list of such co-citizens targeted by the Pakistani Army - through their clandestine agencies - is almost becoming voluminous:
The following list is not exhaustive but certainly a rising trend whereby the AJK police force is 'forced' to arrest their co-citizens on behalf of protecting 'public opinion as unreservedly in favour of the Pakistani State', to give the impression that when the Pakistani State rhetorically and intermittently reminds the world that it supports the right to self determination of the people of the State of Jammu & Kashmir, it isn't at all hypocritical.
You cannot force a people in any given territory to like you, especially when you exploit their religious emotions in order to ruthlessly exploit their resources and give heavenly meaning to your corrupt existence.
1) Lala Sarfaraz in 2023 (deceased in 2024)
n.b. This writer walked barefoot from Dadyaal to Rajhdhani in the scorching summer heat of 2023, in order to secure Lala Sarfaraz's release after he had strongly urged the Pakistani Army to militarily withdraw from Jammu & Kashmir as per UNCIP resolutions via Facebook posts.
2)
Saturday, 14 June 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 165 of 2025
Friday, 13 June 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 164 of 2025
Thursday, 12 June 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 163 of 2025
🧵 Thread: Justice for Zarnosh & Jabran – Victims of Extrajudicial Killings In Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.
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Two brothers.
Two funerals.
No trial.
No FIR.
Zarnosh Naseem & Jabran were killed without due process, labeled “terrorists” without proof, and denied basic legal rights.
This is a fight for truth and accountability.
#JusticeForZarnosh #JusticeForJabran
2/
Zarnosh was in police custody for 13 days.
Then released.
Weeks later, falsely linked to a murder he didn’t commit — on a day he was at a family wedding (with proof).
When he refused to do their dirty work, they hunted him.
Then killed him.
3/
His wife, Umme Ahmed, breaks her silence:
“He wasn’t a terrorist.
He was running for his life from the real criminals in uniform.
Even animals weren’t harmed by him — yet he was branded a terrorist.”
4/
Jabran – another innocent man – was also killed.
No investigation.
No accountability.
No explanation.
Just silence.
5/
The state arrested elderly women, tortured his aunt, and terrorized the family.
Yet, for 8 months, with all their force, they couldn’t catch him — because he didn’t commit any crime.
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This isn’t just about Zarnosh & Jabran.
It’s about the right to due process, the abuse of power, and fabricated labels used to silence dissent.
What happened to them can happen to anyone.
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📢 We demand:
•Judicial inquiry into the killings
•FIR for Jabran’s murder
•Transparent investigation
•End to false “terrorism” labels
🗓️ On June 12, Zarnosh’s family will gather at Bagh DC Office.
Join them. Raise your voice. Stand for justice.
8/
History will ask:
Where were you when they were killing sons without trials?
If we stay silent now, we fail them — and ourselves.
✊🏽 Speak up.
Retweet.
Show up.
#StopExtrajudicialKillings @UNHumanRights @UN @hrw @amnesty @BBCWorld @cnni #RulingEliteAJK
#JusticeForZarnosh
#JusticeForJabran
#HumanRights #POJK
#PakistanOccupiedKashmir
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Wednesday, 11 June 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 162 of 2025
Tuesday, 10 June 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 161 of 2025
Monday, 9 June 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 160 of 2025
Sunday, 8 June 2025
Saturday, 7 June 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 158 of 2025
Friday, 6 June 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 157 of 2025
Thursday, 5 June 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 156 of 2025
Wednesday, 4 June 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 155 of 2025
Tuesday, 3 June 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 154 of 2025
Monday, 2 June 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 153 of 2025
Sunday, 1 June 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 152 of 2025
Saturday, 31 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 151 of 2025
Friday, 30 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 150 of 2025
Thursday, 29 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 149 of 2025
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 148 of 2025
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 147 of 2025
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Monday, 26 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 146 of 2025
Sunday, 25 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 145 of 2025
Saturday, 24 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 144 of 2025
Friday, 23 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 143 of 2025
0949hrs:
Waking up in Sudhangali. With intense greenery and crisp air to remind us that we live in the most precious territory in the world.
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Thursday, 22 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 142 of 2025
2338hrs:
Waking up in Bagh. An industrious city if any city in AJK can be described as such.
I forgot to log this entry in the morning and it took much ingenuity to fulfill this chore close to the stroke of midnight.
Net connectivity was totally absent at the residence where we stayed in Sudhan Gali. Thus, we had to search for it in the woods of the region.
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Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 141 of 2025
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 140 of 2025
Monday, 19 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 139 of 2025
Sunday, 18 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 138 of 2025
Saturday, 17 May 2025
Friday, 16 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 136 of 2025
Thursday, 15 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 135 of 2025
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 134 of 2025
Tuesday, 13 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 133 of 2025
Monday, 12 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 132 of 2025
Sunday, 11 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 131 of 2025
Saturday, 10 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 130 of 2025
Friday, 9 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 129 of 2025
Thursday, 8 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 128 of 2025
Wednesday, 7 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 127 of 2025
Tuesday, 6 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 126 of 2025
Monday, 5 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 125 of 2025
Sunday, 4 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 124 of 2025
Saturday, 3 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 123 of 2025
Thursday, 1 May 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 121 of 2025
1534hrs:
Rain is looming after undergoing a much warmer climate in Sehnsa compared to Sharda.
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Wednesday, 30 April 2025
Tuesday, 29 April 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 119 of 2025
Monday, 28 April 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 118 of 2025
Sunday, 27 April 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 117 of 2025
Saturday, 26 April 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 116 of 2025
Friday, 25 April 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 115 of 2025
Thursday, 24 April 2025
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 113 of 2025
Tuesday, 22 April 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 112 of 2025
2135hrs:
It's hard to fight where everything is even more limited than in Mirpur division but what is a fight if it is not hard?
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Monday, 21 April 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 111 of 2025
0937hrs:
My first normal day in Sharda. We are effectively dealing with a system that may as well be 10,000 years old. Bringing it up to date in 2025 is a huge challenge, which we have no option but to surmount.
Let's see how this challenge unfolds, day by day.
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Sunday, 20 April 2025
Saturday, 19 April 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 109 of 2025
Friday, 18 April 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 108 of 2025
0948hrs:
Writing from Keran while taking refuge from the rain.
Still hoping to reach Sharda on my 20th anniversary of returning to my motherland by 1800hrs.....
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I did reach the chinar tree in Sharda before the sun went down.
Though I still have approximately 15 kilometres to cover on foot, from the Basic Health Centre (BHU) in Chaangan to that chinar tree in Sharda.
Thursday, 17 April 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 107 of 2025
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 106 of 2025
Tuesday, 15 April 2025
Monday, 14 April 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 104 of 2025
Sunday, 13 April 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 103 of 2025
Saturday, 12 April 2025
Friday, 11 April 2025
Thursday, 10 April 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 100 of 2025
Wednesday, 9 April 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 99 of 2025
Tuesday, 8 April 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 98 of 2025
Monday, 7 April 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 97 of 2025
Sunday, 6 April 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 96 of 2025
Saturday, 5 April 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 95 of 2025
Friday, 4 April 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 94 of 2025
Thursday, 3 April 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 93 of 2025
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 92 of 2025
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 91 of 2025
Monday, 31 March 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 90 of 2025
2357hrs:
I have come mighty close to losing everything again...with barely 3 minutes to spare...
Inexcusable!
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Sunday, 30 March 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 89 of 2025
Daily Diary (DD) - Day 191 of 2025
2113hrs: A day spent mainly at home today, although I did venture out as far as Gulpur. I will be resuming my daily drive to Kotli tomorrow,...
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1415hrs: We will be using today's date to provide a documented timeline of content and communication generated with respect to the trans...
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2318hrs: Net connectivity was sporadic and almost absent throughout the day today, due to security measures to ensure the annual parade on t...