Daily Diary (DD) - Day 331 of 2025

0946hrs:

Countdown to end of 2025: 35 days

Still trying to overcome that first battle of the day, which is usually lost the night before. Just as last night didn't close till beyond 0200hrs this morning, barely an hour before I was supposed to wake up. I did get up at 0845hrs this morning, almost like clockwork, as it is an identical time to yesterday morning. 

I'm still almost 6 hours behind schedule with only 35 days to a possible end!

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Israr Ahmed vs Pakistan (Its Army & Agencies)

We have covered various aspects of this case over the past couple of years. Israr Ahmed has been abducted twice and was severely tortured on the first occasion, simply for expressing his views on social media, as he is entitled to in his right to exercise self determination. Like India, it is extremely conniving for Pakistan to attempt to control that very public opinion which could deliver it legitimacy, if not for their devious attempts to suffocate that very opinion they depend on, in the context of UN resolutions and international law.

Post both his abductions, a detailed video statement was provided by him to JKA PUBLIC AGENCY. Both videos are embedded here for background context:

Video (31/12/2023) Statement 1:

 

Video (14/10/2025) Statement 2:

We'll now try and provide you a chronological account of what has transpired in light of this latest case:

19 May 2025: On the day of his (2nd) abduction (previously being abducted in 2023):

Scenes inside Dadyaal police station whereby the public had effectively laid siege, an hour or so after he was abducted. Their demand: That Israr Ahmed be handed over to them. Reporting is being done by Safeer Kashmiri:

  

The FaceBook video above may also be accessed here.

Nazim Kashmiri (local Dadyaal representative of Israr Ahmed's party JKLF) explaining (in the following video) that the local police is claiming that they have no knowledge of the whereabouts of Israr. Here, Nazim is intimating that they are giving the police appropriate time to trace the whereabouts of Israr, while they - the public - continue to lay siege to the police station:

The FaceBook video above may also be accessed here

20 May 2025:

After many hours of laying siege to the police station by the public, the police were still not forthcoming about Israr Ahmed's whereabouts and thus the public moved on to step 2. They proceeded to Plaak (where the main road between Kotli and Mirpur intersects with the junction of Dadyaal) where they blocked the road indefinitely to traffic:

The FaceBook video above can be accessed here.

The road block from another angle (Plaak bridge leading towards Dadyaal city:

The FaceBook video above can also be accessed here

21 May 2025:

After more than 24 hours of this roadblock at such a critical junction, in the background the police had - under immense pressure from the public - brought Israr Ahmed back from Mirpur to Chakswari police station (His abductees - Pakistan's clandestine agencies with the support of Dadyaal police - had initially taken him to Chaskwari and then to Mirpur the next day). Negotiations with the public ensued and the road was opened on the condition that Israr's case would be dismissed from the courts in Dadyaal forthwith viz. the very next day 21 May 2025. According to Israr Ahmed, there was an undertaking by DC (Deputy Commissioner) Mirpur that Israr's case would be quashed on the aforementioned date. An undertaking which DC Mirpur gave to Saad Ansari Advocate.

From Chakswari police station, Israr was brought to Dadyaal police station on the evening of the 20th (of May) and instead of presenting him in court the next day, as promised by DC Mirpur viz. the 21st (of May) he spent the next night in Dadyaal police station too and was presented before a judge in Dadyaal on the 22nd (of May), who instead of quashing the case granted remand of 5 days to Dadyaal police, during which the police had little conversation with Israr. On the 27th of May, Israr was presented before the judge again and sent to Mirpur jail!

The above events are not novel, rather true to form, going by past experiences of political cases. 

The following is a written statement (in Urdu) from Israr Ahmed upon release (on bail):

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مئی 2025 کو شام تقریبا چار بجے مزودری کر کے گھر واپس جاتے ھوۓ مقامی صحافی سہیل تھب کی سہولت کاری پر ڈڈیال پولیس نے گرفتار کیا اور سیدھا چکسواری تھانے لے گے ۔ 

رات دو بجے چکسواری تھانے سے نکال کر سٹی تھانہ میر پور لے گے ۔

وہاں 20 مئی دن تین بجے کے قریب سعدانصاری، راجہ دانش اور ان کے ساتھوں سے ملاقات ھوہی۔

 ملاقات کے دوران سعد صاحب سے معلوم ھوا  ڈڈیال رات بارہ بجے سے بند ہے، عوام پلاک پل بند کر کے میری غیر مشروط رہاہی کی ڈیمانڈ کر رہی ہے جس کی تفصیل ملاقات پر تنویر صاحب اپ کو بتا دیا تھا

English translation:

On the evening of the 19th of May 2025, at about 4pm after finishing work and on my way home a local journalist namely Sohail of Thub facilitated my arrest by Dadyaal police and they took me straight to Chakswari police station.

During the night at 2am I was taken out from Chakswari police station and shifted to City police station Mirpur.

There (in Mirpur on the next day) on the 20th of May 2025, at around 3pm I met lawyers Saad Ansari, Danish Raja and other colleagues of theirs. 

During this meeting, I learned from Saad Ansari that from midnight last night Dadyaal was under lockdown (enforced by the public), the public had subsequently closed the bridge at Plaak and were demanding my unconditional release, the details of which I submitted to (independent researcher) Tanveer Ahmed when I met him.

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Here is what happened from that day till date:

List of court dates since:

عدالت پیشی تاریخ

1st date: 22 May 2025 - Outcome: 5 days remand at Dadyaal PS

2nd date: 27 May 2025 - Outcome: Israr sent to Mirpur jail

(Israr released on bail on the 2nd of June 2025)

3rd date: 28 June 2025 - subsequent date given 

4th date: 21 July 2025 - ditto

5th date: 9 August 2025 - ditto

6th date: 23 August 2025 - ditto

7th date: 8 September 2025 - ditto

8th date: 20 September 2025 - ditto

9th date: 9 October 2025 - ditto

10th date: 20 October 2025 - ditto

11th date: 5 November 2025 - ditto

12th date: 27 November 2025 - ditto

13th date: 10 December 2025 - ditto

14th date: 27 December 2025

I had asked Israr Ahmed to write a short summary of the proceedings at each court appearance:

3rd date - 28 June 2025:

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جون کو میرے وکیل راجہ علی زمان نے جج صاحب کو بولا یہ جعلی کیس ہے بس اتنی بات ھوہی اور اگلی تاریخ دے دی۔

English translation:

On the 28th of June my lawyer Raja Ali Zaman informed the judge that this was a false case. This is the only conversation that happened and a subsequent hearing date was given.

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4th date - 21 July 2025:

 جج صاحب موجود نہیں تھے

English translation:

Judge was absent

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5th date - 9 August 2025:

جج صاحب موجود نہیں تھے

English translation:

Judge was absent

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6th date - 23 August 2025:

اج مورخہ 23اگست کو میری ایک ایسے جھوٹے کیس میں   پانچویں دفعہ عدالت حاضری تھی۔

صبح نو بجے عدالت کے دروازے پر کھڑا ھوا ھوں گیارہ بجے کے قریب میرا بلاوا ھوا۔

میں جج کے سامنے کھڑا ھوا ہی تھا منشی صاحب نے مجھے پیغام دیا اپ کی پیشی پینڈنگ ہے۔

پھر مجھے دو کے قریب حج کے سامنے پیش کرنے کے بجاۓ جج صاحب کے ساتھ بیٹھے جو تاریخیں دیتا ہے اس کے دفتر بلا کر اگلی اٹھ ستمبر کی تاریخ دی۔ پچھلی چار تاریخوں پر دو دفعہ جج نہیں بیٹھے دو دفعہ جج کے سامنے پیش کر کے اگلی تاریخ دی گو بحث تک نہیں ھوہی۔

میرا جرم بھی نہیں، جعلی کیس میں ذلیل کیا جا رہا ہے۔

English translation:

Today, on the 23rd of August I appeared before the court for the 5th time (in fact 6th time) in a false case. I stood from 9am in front of the courtroom's door and I was summoned inside at 11am. Just as I stood in front of the judge, the clerk conveyed a message to me that my appearance remained pending.

Then at 2pm, instead of presenting me before the judge, I was taken to the office of the court reader (who gives out future dates) and given a subsequent date to appear before the court on the 8th of September. Now, in the last 4 court appearances, the judge was absent on 2 occasions and on the other 2 occasions I was presented before the judge and simply given subsequent dates to appear. Thus, no actual proceedings have taken place. 

I haven't even committed a crime, I am being disgraced on the basis of a false case. 

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7th date - 8 September 2025:

 جج صاحب موجود نہیں تھے  

English translation:

Judge was absent

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8th date - 20 September 2025:

 جج صاحب موجود نہیں تھے  

English translation:

Judge was absent

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9th date - 9 October 2025:

پیشی اج نو اکتوبر کو ھوہی، جس میں وکیل راجہ علی زمان صاحب نے اپنے منشی کو بولا پیشی کے وقت مجھے بلا لینا ۔جب میں پیش ھوا منشی کو بولا علی زمان صاحب کو بلاہیں تو منشی نے جواب دیا اج گواہ موجود نہیں۔ اہیندہ تاریخ باہیس اکتوبر دے دی ۔

English translation:

I attended today's court hearing (9 October) in which Advocate Raja Ali Zaman told his clerk to call him when the court beckons him. When the time came and as I proceeded towards the judge I asked the clerk to call my advocate. His response was that as the witnesses (in the case) were not present, we have been given a fresh date of the 20th of October.

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10th date - 20 October 2025:

اج مورخہ باہیس اکتوبر کو  پیشی تھی ۔گیارہ بجے پکارا ھوا گواہ نہ موجود ھونے پر پینڈنگ کی گی۔ دوبارہ ایک بجے پھر  بلاوا ھوا۔ میں اور راجہ علی زمان ایڈوکیٹ کے منشی پیش ھوے ۔حج صاحب نے سوال کیا وکیل کدھر ہے؟ گواہ موجود ہیں ،شہادتیں کرواہی جاہیں۔ 

منشی کا کہنا تھا علی زمان صاحب موجود ہیں نہ ہی ان سے رابطہ ھو رہا ہے ۔جج صاحب نے منشی کو بولا جلد شہادتیں کروا کر کیس کا فیصلہ سنا جاۓ۔ میں نے جج صاحب کو بولا : اپ جو بھی فیصلہ دیں قبول ہے اگر جرم ثابت ھوتا ہے سزا کے لیے تیار ھون۔ 

جج صاحب فیصلے کی طرف جانا چاہتے ہیں، وکیل کی سمجھ نہیں اتی ۔ بار بار دفتر میں جا کر بلانا پڑھتا ہے۔

English translation:

I had a court hearing today on the 20th of October. I was summoned at 11am but on account of there being no witnesses the hearing remained pending. I was then summoned again at 1pm. I approached the judge along with the clerk of my lawyer Raja Ali Zaman. The judge put the question as to the whereabouts of my lawyer? That the witnesses are available and their statements should be noted.

The clerk of my lawyer Ali Zaman informed the judge that he is not present and neither is he contactable at the moment. Addressing my lawyer's clerk the judge said the witness statements should be brought on record as soon as possible so that a decision may be made on this case. I said to the judge: "Whatever decision you make I will accept it. If a crime is proved, I am ready for punishment. 

I sense that the judge wants to proceed towards a decision, yet I don't understand (the behaviour) of my lawyer. One has to repeatedly go to his office to call him into the courtroom.

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11th date - 5 November 2025:

اج ڈڈیال عدالت پیشی۔ گواہ غیر حاضر۔ اگلی تاریخ ستائیس نومبر ۔

:میرا کیس

جج حاضر ،وکیل غاہب، وکیل اور جج حاضر ،گواہ غیر حاضر، گواہ اور وکیل حاضر، جج چھٹی پر۔مسلے کا حل انصاف ہے غیر حاضری نہیں۔

English translation:

Today I had another court hearing. Witnesses were absent. Next date is the 27th of November.

My case:

When the judge is present, the lawyer is absent, when the judge & lawyer are present the witnesses are absent, when the lawyer and witnesses are present the judge is on holiday.  

The solution to the problem is justice, not absence. 

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12th date - 27 November 2025:

اج ڈڈیال عدالت پیشی۔ اج پھر گواہان غیر حاضر۔ جج صاحب نے سرکار کو حکم دیا ورانٹ جاری کر کے گواہان کو اگلی تاریخ دس دسمبر کو پیش کرنے کا حکم ۔

ایجنسی کے کہنے پر مقدمات تو بنا لیتے ھو، پیروی بھی کیا کرو۔

 پھر ڈڈیال پولیس کو مشورہ دے رہا ہے نوکری اپ کا حق ہے کوی بندہ اپ سے نوکری چھین نہیں سکتا۔ براۓ مہربانی پیٹ کی خاطر کسی غیر ملکی کا حکم نہ مانیں ۔اپنی سٹیٹ کے ساتھ جڑے رہیں ،اسی  میے سرکار اور عوام کا فاہدہ ہے۔

English translation:

A court hearing today in Dadyaal. Today the witnesses were absent again. The judge ordered the prosecution to issue warrants and ensure the witnesses are present at the next hearing on the 10th of December. 

You manufacture cases on the order of (Pakistan's) agencies but you don't follow them up!

I am giving this suggestion to Dadyaal police that employment is your right, nobody is going to take that away from you. It would be considerate of you to not obey the orders of foreigners for the sake of your stomach (daily bread to use a local metaphor). Stay connected to your own State, This would be more beneficial for the government as well as for the people.

End of translation: 

As I was also present in court today to witness proceedings, I made the following observations:

We intimated to the judge M Farooq Rasheed (who we understand has served most of his legal career in Lahore, Pakistan) that it is intolerable that the very people who supposedly charged (and assisted) in bringing this case to court, have been absent from most of the court dates (11 so far). That the accused - Israr Ahmed - should be provided a lawyer by the court - at the court's expense - given that there appears to be no incentive or fear of punishment for any of the State witnesses in this case. Of course, primary grounds remain unaffordability.

The judge said that he didn't think such funds were available in AJK, although he knew there were such funds in Lahore, Pakistan. I explained that there are and I had exercised this facility in the district courts of Hattian Bala (now referred to as Jhelum Valley).

Reference: Court Decision 18/03/2016  

To help our masses understand the nature of such cases, later in the day we made a video in Pahaari, explaining the rationale behind targeting social media activists like Israr Ahmed and how they are dragged into court cases where the State's witnesses do not even bother turning up to give evidence, while the 'accused' is forced to disrupt his daily livelihood and appear indefinitely in court (A reminder that Israr Ahmed has now appeared in court 11 times so far): 

The FaceBook video above can also be accessed here.

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13th date - 10 December 2025:

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We can now move on to the details of the case against Israr Ahmed:

The following are the named witnesses (all apparently members of the local AJK police force). The actual complainants (Pakistan's clandestine agencies are not mentioned at all) in this challan (final police report):

The names, as we have made out so far are as follows:

 ڈی ایف سی زیشان مجبید گواہ مدعی     /DFC (Detective Foot Constable) Zeeshan Majeed - Witness & Complainant

 - ثاقب علی کانسیٹبل / Constable Saqib Ali

 - احتشام حسین کانسیٹبل / Constable Ehtesham Hussain

 - اظہر حمید / Azhar Hameed

محمد اصف اے ایس اہی/ASI (Assistant Superintendent) Muhammad Asif 

محمد عارف  ایس اہی/ASI (Assistant Superintendent) Muhammad Arif 

 راشد حبیب /Raashid Habeeb

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Here's the FIR (First Information Report):

You can notice the similarities of it to Ayaz Butt's FIR in Kotli:

 

Exhibits on behalf of the prosecution:

As we get into the nitty gritty of this case, we'll begin with an example of the evidence presented to the court of Israr Ahmed's alleged crimes against the State. The following is a social media statement criticising India but it appears that Pakistan has also been disturbed by it:

Exhibit 1

English translation:

In Indian Occupied Kashmir Modi is breaking mountains of oppression (a local metaphor meaning the Indian prime minister is oppressing the people of the Kashmir Valley on a very large scale). He (Modi) is acting like Pharoah (ancient Egyptian King quoted in the Holy Qur'an during the time of Moosa or Moses). The competent people of India need to do some (heavy) thinking.

Exhibit 2

English translation:

Check the love of (personal) benefit seekers: In front is a political funeral (procession), behind is a journalistic funeral (procession). Those who are (well versed and) well aware have boycotted these funeral (processions).

Exhibit 3

English translation:

How shameless (dishonourable) are these people whereby on one side are corpses littered, with body parts still being discovered and these unashamed (brazen) people are  celebrating (feeling it appropriate to do so).

Exhibit 4

English translation:

Your (political) end is near. Keep the camera close to your face while taking pictures, so that future generations will be able to see and read you properly. 

Exhibit 5

English translation:

Those who used to (elaborately organise) lay out (public) programmes for the occupiers - in favour of occupation - used to sarcastically say that these few people will free Kashmir (referring to local nationalists in a derisory manner). Now, the world is announcing that this matter must be resolved. 

Wherever you are, as you change colours & shape in search of a (political party) ticket (to fight elections on that party's banner) when you go into the public, yet that public is not willing to accept you anymore. You are now crossing the final barriers before disgrace. The people of Jammu Kashmir stand with their own identity. Even a minor error on your part may inflame the people (against you). The people here are the actual stakeholders. It is they who will decide. 

Exhibit 6

English translation:

Before the complete freedom and independence of Jammu Kashmir, the minds of the Kashmiri people need to be free.

Exhibit 7

English translation:

The 2 nation theory didn't only divide India (Hindustan), it divided Muslims too and shoved them into extreme ignorance.

Exhibit 8

English translation:

Whether the army wins or loses - a thief will be called a thief

(Quote) Sardar Aman

Exhibit 9

English translation:

In pursuit of (political) power, the personality who has made a fool of Pakistanis is clinging onto a jeep while also unwilling to let go of (his) privileges (and perks). A 1300cc vehicle looks small to you when you are in power. Can you kindly return to your bunker in Islamabad (Pakistan's capital). The public are fuming.   

Exhibit 10 of 10

English translation:

Nagar (Gilgit Baltistan): In Juhlat Awami Action Committee Nagar (the public take a stand) for their fundamental human rights and against the forced arrests of the central leaders of the Awami Action Committee under ATA (Anti Terrorism Act) laws being applied. The protest continues in Juhlat Nagar.

End of report....

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The following YouTube video short in which Tucker Carlson is being frank about Benjamin Netanyahu, prompted me to write a note about the 'individual', which follows below:

If an individual has rights, we all have rights. We don't have to qualify as a 'group' to have rights. 

AJK leftists tend to shun the individual and even reject the 'agency' of the individual to influence change in society. 

The 'collective' in the context of AJK is the territory and its people. That is the only organisational format that we can use to measure our efforts, that can bring change in this territory. 

That organisational format can only be reflected and executed in the shape of a people's government. 

(Addressing all the failed attempts at transitioning from autocracy to democracy) 

That is why all our energies must coalesce (each of our inputs should be measured in terms of time, effort, expertise and finance), as we all are limited as 'individuals' and what we do in tandem with each other is what could be described to the world as a practical example of exercising self determination.

Every country in the world respects other countries that are organised. 

The currency of exchange used by the world to recognise and transact with each other are countries, not ideologies. 

JKA PUBLIC AGENCY Note: #EVR222727112025  

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Public Finance Update:

Number of co-citizens who have paid their share (over 20 years): 

14

Number of co-citizens who have paid a portion to date, since direct public funding began in 2012:

186

Number of co-citizens who have promised to pay:

80

Number of co-citizens I have directly contacted since arriving in Dadyaal (of total 5,000):

359

Cash in Hand: 50

Immediate Debts: 81,540

Public funds received so far in Dadyaal (49 days - up to midnight 26/11/2025):

3K (Day 6)

5K (Day 15) 

5K (Day 17) 

0.2K (Day 20) 

1K (Day 21) 

1K (Day 22) 

0.3K (Day 24) 

3K (Day 25)

1K (Day 26) 

4K (Day 33) 

5K (Day 38) 

1K (Day 42)

2K (Day 44)

1K (Day 45)

4K (Day 46)

3.9K (Day 47)

30.2K (Day 49)

Total received so far: 70,600 

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