A Journey in Jammu Kashmir & Allied areas (JKA)............................
from Subject to Citizen
.........autocracy to democracy
.........Dogra Raaj to Awaami Raaj
.........1947 CE to...........................
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This morning, we drag ourselves into Day 78 of Pakistan's aggression on AJK.
From within the territory of AJK, it became clear to us from the outset that our deceptive aggressors were finally giving themselves a final opportunity to understand that you can't fool all the people all the time.
Despite the loss of innocent human life on our part and all the associated human rights violations we have had to endure, a new dawn is becoming increasingly visible to our people. Especially if we continue building our self confidence as a nation and wriggle out of the ego issues that have killed internal merit over the past 79 years.
During this war, we have witnessed the blooming of local artistic expression (including that of our diaspora) as timely songs with timely lyrics continue to emerge with almost each fresh atrocity on our people.
Despite our extremely frail internet capabilities I will try and produce a list (and access to recordings) of such songs as soon as possible.
Talking of atrocities it appears that the Pakistanis have finally understood that there is no military solution for quashing our aspirations, as they now seem to be concentrating on extending their collective punishment ritual by studying the family trees of all activists (available via NADRA which is their ID card database), then summoning all family members (including children) to their offices.
Upon arrival, these family members are berated and ridiculed for being associated with these activists. They are informed that their ID cards were illegally procured and that they are liable of prosecution, which could entail 10 years in jail.
The whole point of this Gestapo like exercise is to persuade these family members to get their activist brothers, husbands, fathers and sons to surrender their peaceful activism and keep quiet in the face of all Pakistani atrocities.
This writer would suggest that the Pakistani State in its mental anguish to quell #RightsMovementAJK and crush its major proponent JK JAAC, it is resorting to every possible dirty trick it can possibly think of, in its dirty mind.
It also recognises that time is not on its side while also recognising that the people of this territory have all the time in the world.
They may even recognise that all these atrocities are paving the way for an independent State of Jammu Kashmir & Allied (areas) to resurface.
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While we try and keep you updated with events on the ground, we will also try and keep you updated with developments in the United Kingdom, the land where this original sin (of denying JKA's independence in 1947) was conceived.
This writer is doing his utmost to have an open honest conversation with the UK public at large - via Instagram amongst other sources - on the viability of a UK wide voluntary lockdown, to express empathy & solidarity with the people of AJK (of whom as many as possibly 2 million reside in the UK) and persuade the UK government to fulfill its overdue legal responsibility for creating this dilemma in 1947.
A legal petition is also very likely to be submitted to an appropriate UK court to explore the reasons why the UK is refraining from going beyond expressing sympathy towards both peaceful protesters and their tormentors, who happen to be armed to the teeth using a monopoly on carrying arms in the region, donated to them by Great Britain itself in 1947.
If the UK is indeed monitoring developments very closely then they should be able to see the writing on the wall, as far as Pakistan's military exit from this territory is concerned.
We have entered Day 76 of this war and there is still no end in sight. Some of the realities that have been established during this war include:
1) There is no scope for negotiations with the Pakistani State as they have absolutely no clue or experience of delivering governance. Not for their own people in Pakistan and certainly not for territories (like AJK & Gilgit Baltistan) that are not even a part of their country.
2) The Pakistani State totally relies on deception followed by aggression, followed by deception followed by aggression....recurring.
3) The Pakistani State relies on a perpetual conflict module for its existence and it has pretty much surrendered all its territory as collateral for the perpetual loans & favours it constantly seeks from the rest of the world. It wants to emulate the same model in AJK and Gilgit Baltistan. In other words, they want to put us up as collateral too. Hence, the ugly violence on our people.
4) The Pakistani State always sets itself up in negotiations with a maximalist (solely entitled) position, which ensures that they never succeed and they ultimately always have to resort to blackmail or violence to try and get their way. Whenever they get stuck they simply revert to deception. For example, making both verbal and written agreements before reneging or dishonouring them.
It should be remembered that this is a State designed by Britain for its own strategic interests and which most advantage has been taken by the United States of America, given Britain's subsequent withering global influence.
Hence, this writer's focus initially (since the 29th of October 2025) to engage UK MPs of AJK origin in discussions on peace in this region, which they (all 11 of them) declined to engage in. Furthermore, while we still insist on UK MPs of AJK origin being the only possible (practical) mediators in this 76 day old conflict, we continue to pursue the possibility of a UK wide lockdown as a form of empathy/solidarity with our plight given the UK's colonial legacy, whilst we also pursue the possibility of submitting a legal petition to an appropriate UK court for remedy, given the original sin of infiltrating Pakistani and Indian troops into Jammu & Kashmir in 1947 without consulting the local population.
It has crossed my mind many a time over the past 74 days of this war, that I am effectively writing war diaries every day. Each passing moment is a vivid memory of pain of the present and ever increasing aspirations for a better future without this aggressive and senseless country named Pakistan interfering in our territory, just to give itself some meaning, or what it considers to be meaning.
On the 73rd day of this 'do or die' war imposed by Pakistan on the territory of AJK, we peacefully & probingly battle on, even as we endure casualties of our youth on an almost daily basis.
I am about to conduct a poll of our co-citizens in the UK, asking them whether we should submit a petition to an appropriate UK court in reference to (colonial) Great Britain's legacy of infiltrating Pakistani (through aggression) and then Indian (through intrigue) armed forces into the State of Jammu & Kashmir in 1947 under British command & control, in contradiction of their very own constructed power transfer legal mechanism viz. Indian Independence Act (18 July) 1947.
We enter Day 71 of a lockdown in AJK imposed by the State of Pakistan, who will be celebrating the 79th year of their independence today. If I was in their shoes I don't know how I would reconcile such atrocity with such a celebration.
How can you celebrate independence while doing everything possible to crush the aspiration of independence of others?
Anyhow, let's return to the creators and original beneficiaries of Pakistan viz. Great Britain cum the United Kingdom.
The following delayed and generic response by the United Kingdom to one of their own MPs give an indication of how distant they are from reality and their own (legal) responsibility:
The following were Liam Byrne MP's notes attached with the above letter, available to read at this link.
In June I wrote to the Foreign Secretary about Pakistan-administered Kashmir. This week I got a reply from the Minister, Stephen Doughty. The Government says it is "seriously concerned" and following developments closely. But for families here who are still unable to contact relatives, that is not yet an answer. I'll keep pushing until there is one.
Our daily routine to access the internet at speeds capable of uploading videos, involves a lot of travelling at pre dawn. It sounds difficult but as its a matter of 'do or die' for our people, it feels so normal.
Likewise, despite entering the 70th day of a siege with all its pitfalls, it feels normal as we know we are finally navigating our nation out of a colonially imposed perpetual conflict model, that has lasted almost 79 years.
Meanwhile, the information we are getting from various polling stations is expectedly farcical and a mockery of democracy. For example, a polling station near my home village in Sehnsa had a total of about 100 voters come to poll their vote throughout the day. However, records from that polling station show a total of about 1,200 votes.
I still maintain that I don't think polling throughout the territory of AJK (26 of 33 constituencies) motivated much more than 5% of the voting population to turn out, while results are indicating that the turn-out is similar to that of elections in 2021! This is ridiculous if we take into consideration the evolution of #RightsMovementAJK over the past 5 years, adding to the bullet overshadowing this ballot.
Returning to the issue of UK MPs making presentations in Parliament and in light of their correspondence with their foreign Office, we are still some distance from the UK government fulfilling its legal responsibility to resolve this needless conflict. It is clear that the Pakistani State is using as much force and deception as it thinks it can get away with, while the UK government continues to 'diplomatically' urge it to cease its collective punishment of our people. It is obvious that the UK needs to take restraining measures to oblige the Pakistani State to stop. Ultimately, it will have to reverse its decision in 1947 to facilitate Pakistan's military presence in this territory.
On our part, we are leaving no stone unturned and continue engaging openly with the UK public, to act in solidarity with us with reference to a lockdown there. Exploring legal options against the UK government is also in process.
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JK JAAC (Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee) have finally mutated away from the 38 point charter of demands (realising that the Pakistani State has absolutely no intention or even ability to fulfill them and that is precisely why our people are being killed):
We battle on (peacefully & strategically) on a daily basis and have to undergoe plenty of impediments in order to deliver something in writing to you (our worldwide audience) every day.
One of the sticking points of our people's strategy to bring the Pakistani State to task, is whether we pursue the United Nations for implementation of their long standing resolutions or whether we pursue the United Kingdom for creating this mess in the first place.
My response to the following Facebook post is one such case in point:
It should be noted that Britain facilitated the entry of Indian & Pakistani troops into the State of J & K without consulting the people & by breaking it's own rules (legal/constitutional) framework for power transition viz. Indian Independence Act 1947. Shifting this matter to the UN under Chapter 6 (non enforcement capability of resolutions) was a clever ploy to deflect blame from Britain.
It should also be noted that the dilemma of any of P5 veto-ing any fresh resolution is difficult to overcome. Just take the example of Gaza. Getting the United Kingdom to accept its legal responsibility for creating this mess for its own strategic benefit is more practical in my opinion, than taking the UN route. We have UK MPs of AJK origin at our disposal as well as other constituencies where our people's votes matter, as well as over a century of our people living in that country to obtain empathy & solidarity from the UK public at large.
On Day 68 of this pathetic onslaught by the State of Pakistan on AJK, we are much stronger than we thought we would be - under an almost complete communications & commercial lockdown - since the 5th of June 2026.
No doubt this onslaught has brought our people together like never before.
We are intensifying our legal & diplomatic efforts to resolve this pathetic aggression on our soil by the Pakistani State.
I wonder if the United Kingdom wouldn't mind being divided into 2 or 3 parts with each part being 'administered' by 3 different European countries in their neighbourhood....
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The above is less than half of what I wrote yesterday morning (on the time shown on Day 221 of 2026).
Let me now try and rewrite what I wrote then, before net ailments (purposefully imposed by 'you know who') undid what I wrote.
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I also wonder if the United Kingdom would prefer a Pakistani style ignorant militarily monopolised economy & society, that thrives on loans from the rest of the world and contracts to kill others, while being unnacountable to nobody except those who provide these opportunities, even that momentarily while the 'loan' is being processed or the 'contract' is being negotiated.
I think not!
Then what were the forefathers of the United Kingdom thinking when they deliberately brought this (Pakistani) State into being in 1947?
These and much more probing questions will have to be answered by the UK government in due course, in light of the killing spree of the Pakistani State in AJK for the past 67 days and what they've imposed on us since colonial Britain orchestrated the invasion of Jammu & Kashmir - by utilising the predecessors of this Pakistani military - almost 79 years ago.
I'm working hard using whatever means possible, to maintain daily contact with the world, despite enduring 65 days of an almost complete communications & commercial lockdown throughout the territory of AJK, thanks to Pakistan's desperate attempt to hang on to this territory despite the amount of water that has flown under this bridge.
Some of the antics that the Pakistani State is conducting to give a sense of normalcy is bewildering to say the least!
Just yesterday, in Rawalakot city Pakistani Rangers (a paramilitary force that Pakistan have engaged in thousands to suppress the people of AJK) were engaged in enticing people to come and register for flour and other essentials, while taking details of their 'National' ID cards and taking their thumbprint impressions, both of which are supposedly essential for casting a vote! Elections are supposedly due in Poonch division on the 10th of August 2026 (3 days away!) and this can be explained as one form of pre poll rigging.
Furthermore, today we learn that 4 politicians (2 from each of PPP & PMLN) travelled to AJK via helicopter and both will alternate in campaigning in the 2 districts of Bagh & Haveli! It is bemusing as to whether both parties are collaborating or competing for seats!
It is a fact that on average less than 5% of total voters in Mirpur & Muzaffarabad divisions actually visited polling stations on their respective election dates of 27 July and 2nd August.
I continue to stretch my energy levels at the age of 54, in order to bring you on-the-ground details and/or analysis of this pathetic war imposed by Pakistan on AJK, now into its 64th day of 'execution'.
We are straining to collect precise and up-to-date data on the human cost of this war, though an almost complete communications black-out is hampering this objective:
Since 5 June 2026, at least:
200 killed (or missing presumed dead)
1,000 injured
2,000 arrested
Many thousands more harassed, properties damaged, businesses sealed, FIRs lodged etc.
Thankfully, there is also a dedicated web portal that is logging human rights violations in our territory and this should gradually prove to be an invaluable reference viz. Jammu Kashmir Human Rights Observatory
We are of course using every peaceful means possible to avert this mayhem and our diaspora is as practically involved as we are in pursuing a permanent end to this war.
Examples of angles pursued:
1) First and foremost, an on-the-ground peaceful rights movement in AJK, which has gradually obtained the support and potential mobilisation of 90% of our population.
2) Creating awareness and mobilisation (wherever practical) of our diaspora throughout the world and especially in the United Kingdom, using peaceful protests & marches to highlight the plight of our people.
3) Alerting & informing all relevant human rights organisations (both at home & abroad) of factual details on the ground.
4) Engaging UK MPs (especially those of AJK origin followed by those parliamentary constituencies where our diaspora's vote is critical). The aim is to utilise them as the most appropriate form of mediation between an un-armed & practically disenfranchised population, up against a neighbouring country armed to the teeth and carrying a perception that they are the sole arbiters of this territory, while enjoying immunity from any form of prosecution for their aggressive intent.
It is encouraging to learn that Imran Hussain MP (Bradford East) and chair of APPGK (All Parties Parliamentary Group on Kashmir) has not only regularly raised his voice inside & outside parliament but has in fact also written to the Pakistani 'State' announcing his intent to mediate on this crisis. He hasn't received a response yet!
Meanwhile, this writer is intent on focussing on the United Kingdom's legal responsibility to tackle the unnecessary dilemma that it created (Jammu Kashmir as a territorial issue between neighbouring countries while practically subtracting the people), against the very rules that it created viz. Indian Independence Act 1947.
Given that UK MPs in general as well as the UK government in particular, are not going beyond making generic appeasing statements to both sides while professing to closely monitor the situation, it has become necessary to explore legal avenues to compel them to fulfill their legal responsibility.
We will begin by framing a petition in an appropriate UK court and if that is not accepted or if that doesn't provide legal remedy, we will explore the possibility of filing an application against the UK government in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague, in the Netherlands.
Simultaneously, we are trying to engage the UK public at large on the prospect of them empathising with our plight (born out of British colonial decision-making) and co-operating with a day's lockdown of the UK, given that we have entered our 64th day of an imposed lockdown.
On the 63rd day of this pointless conflict imposed by Pakistan on AJK, many a positive point has emerged for public & national interest in this territory. It has galvanised 90% of our population to an extent unprecedented.
We've done the hard work but the easy part of this struggle to restore the 'Right to Rule' is not easy, given centuries of subjugation of our people.
We all understand the concept of 'ownership' but struggle to implement its criteria. This is now the major battle on our hands.
Perseverance breeds success if backed by independent research. We will get there.
We have entered Day 61 of this senseless war imposed on us by Pakistan. There is now enough evidence surfacing that the Pakistanis have dug such a hole for themselves that there is no possibility of them getting out of it.
They will have to withdraw all their 'security personnel' from AJK. No amount of aggression & deception will ever work from now on.
After killing at least 200 of our people, injuring many hundreds more, targeting through arrests & harassment of more than a thousand of our co-citizens and imposing collective punishment on us all, they appear to be attempting a charm offensive by now adopting flowery language in official press conferences and even using their killer forces in Rawalakot city to offer food & medicine to those they have kept under siege for over 2 months!
For the past week or so - with a rising level of intensity - I have sensed that I need to now communicate with the world (and especially the UK, both government and people) on a daily basis, as opposed to the week long (and even longer) gaps exercised to date, since this idiotic conflict was imposed on us on the 5th of June 2026.
More so than writing, I sense the need to communicate via video podcast in English on a daily basis.
If we continue to fail in bringing this conflict to its natural end, I will contemplate engaging with the world (especially the UK) on an hourly basis in due course. Just in this past week (we have entered Day 60 today) we have witnessed over 50 deaths imposed on our people.
This killing spree is eerily almost representative of all 10 districts of AJK. We've suffered direct & targeted shooting of peaceful protestors by Pakistani Rangers in Rawalakot (Poonch), Mirpur, Kotli, Muzaffarabad & Neelam Valley; while those killed in Rawalakot on the 27th of July include victims from almost every district.
It can be understood on this 59th day of an imposed war by Pakistan to cover up its incompetence to deliver 'governance' to AJK, that an 11 day lapse in daily weblogging is to be considered 'normal'.
Not only is our net connectivity extremely limited and confined to diminishing pockets of land where we are able to catch signals from the 'enemy country', our normal phone service is also extremely limited, especially in the epicentre of this do or die war in Poonch division.
Today's weblog will feature an open letter that I wrote to JK JAAC (Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee) given that there is still a gap between their understanding of the critical scenario we all collectively face in AJK and that of this writer.
Such gaps are inevitable and should be acknowledged as healthy differences between a diverse set of people; with varying levels of expertise, experience, exposure and skill sets.
This writer understands the immense responsibility on the shoulders of the core committee of JK JAAC and their need to play 'safe' in terms of public narrative. Rather than insisting that they change their narrative from a 'demands based' strategy to an 'ownership-building' strategy - it is more appropriate to regularly convey one's concerns and maintain engagement during these critical times - that are undoubtedly unprecedented in the 78 year history of AJK.
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The following letter was written on the 26th of July 2026:
Open Letter to JK JAAC from JKA PUBLIC AGENCY
On the 52nd day of this imposed war by the Pakistani State (without genuine constitutional or legal basis) on the land & population of the territory of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, I (Tanveer Ahmed - an independent researcher supporting all public interest endeavours in this territory for the past 21 years) wish to put my concerns and reservations to you in an open, transparent & public manner; as it is most certainly a matter of life & death for #RightsMovementAJK in general, as well as Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee #JK #JAAC in particular.
In my opinion, it needs to be understood that whatever the Pakistani State says or does is a matter of ambiguity and deception. This is true to form of its record as a country since its birth in August 1947.
2 aims of the Pakistani State in this current war on the whole population of AJK are:
1) To totally crush any form of public rights movement in the territory - either through brute force where possible or by deception while using the sacred faith of Islam as a propaganda tool - with particular targeting of JAAC and its sympathisers, who in many estimations has reached 90% of the population.
2) To forcibly integrate AJK & Gilgit Baltistan into the Pakistani federation, in a similar manner to what India did on the other side of the LOC on 5 August 2019.
It is in such circumstances that I have regularly engaged with JAAC since the 10th of June 2026 (47 days ago when we all camped out at Eidgaah, Dreak, Rawalakot, Poonch and where we all remain).
I did intimate, advise & stress to all present core members from the 14th of June 2026 onwards - in written form - that JAAC should under no circumstances engage in direct talks with any form of representation from the State of Pakistan - without credible external mediation - which in my opinion could only be UK MPs of AJK origin, given Britain's colonial legacy and stakes of these MPs in our territory.
I also advised that JAAC should ask our diaspora to explore international legal options to make the State of Pakistan accountable for their unwarranted aggression.
On the 28th of June, in light of local public opinion analysing the prevailing scenario of the Pakistani State's continuous onslaught of killings, arrests and targeted torture of our activists; coupled with the non-commitment of the United Kingdom to fulfill its legal responsibilities: I advised JAAC to abandon their 38 point charter and concentrate on exercising the people's authority (ref. JKA PUBLIC AGENCY Note: #E212423062026 ).
Given that hitherto JAAC had strictly abided by the prevailing (clearly imposed) constitutional framework in AJK, despite it contradicting the 24th October 1947 provisional government declaration (born out of a rebellion against the autocratic ruler), the UN conflict resolution framework, the Pakistani constitution and all generally accepted universal human rights norms. I understood that to be a prudent strategy to focus on delivering basic needs to the AJK population, while avoiding the aggression of the Pakistani State wherever possible.
Now that aggression has come to the forefront of global attention, whereby the Pakistani State proved once again that it is not capable of abiding by its own (colonially crafted) laws, nor is it capable of fulfilling any verbal or written agreements. Rather it is only capable of wanton aggression or deceptive dialogue to try and get it's way.
I thus urged you - JAAC - to adopt a legal & constitutional stance that reflects our status as subjects cum citizens locally and what is confirmed by international law viz. that the inhabitants of this territory are the genuinely entitled, whereas India & Pakistan are claimants to our State, whose legality can only be derived from the local people's reference, without compulsion or enticement.
In this regard, I remind you that we - as a people under siege - can no longer afford that the Pakistani State dictate our defence, communications, currency & foreign policy. Not just because they never abided by any genuine legal procedure to obtain these public policy subjects but that they have abused whatever little trust our people had in them, irrespective of the Pakistani State's self-serving assumptions.
I for one - and I am sure that I speak for many others - cannot return to our homes in Mirpur division or Muzaffarabad division where our lives, wealth & honour continue to remain at the mercy of the Pakistani State.
We must exercise our right to self determination using our own initiative and our entitlement as State subjects cum aspiring citizens of an increasingly globalised world, just as most of the rest of the world has done, rather than naively await for some sort of green signal or non existent certification from elsewhere to protect our lives, wealth & honour.
Only the people of this territory can guarantee peace in this territory and only the people of Jammu Kashmir & Allied (areas) can guarantee peace in their State. 78 years of regional conflict have proved that neither India nor Pakistan, or even the rest of the world can guarantee peace here.
Thus, I urge JAAC to shift their strategy to an internally designed governance delivery model, that will revive a thousands of years old peace economy, rather than persist with an externally reliant demands based governance delivery model, that will do its utmost to try and kill us to prevent delivery, whilst inevitably keeping our future generations stuck in a conflict economy.
If you all recall my public briefing to JAAC on the 30th of March 2026 in Dadyaal, I did state that we have overcome the prevention of rights barrier constructed by Muzaffarabad in May 2024 and are on the verge of overcoming the prevention of rights barrier constructed by Islamabad (Pakistan), as they have no intention of fulfilling these 38 demands you have enlisted and will turn on you to try and cover their incompetence. The next (3rd) barrier is our own egos which we have to manage in order to drive forward this internally designed governance delivery model, that has taken 21 years of independent research to complete and which requires an internal public contract between each other to succeed. This will prepare us for an external public contract with the rest of the world, the last and final (4th) barrier.
Finally, I urge you to concentrate on restoring our 'Right to Rule' (Haq e Hukmrani) in Poonch division first, where the people's authority is operating effectively in response to the massacre of our people by Pakistani security forces on the 7th & 8th of June 2026 in Rawalakot. Those who can secure their territory can also rule over it.
Poonch division's success will be emulated by Mirpur division and then Muzaffarabad division, just like the beginning of #RightsMovementAJK in 2023 began here in Poonch, before being adopted by Mirpur and then Muzaffarabad. In this respect, I maintain my stance as from the outset (5 June 2026) that we need not converge on Muzaffarabad. It was a capital decided externally to focus our attention on Srinagar. That all changed on the 5th of August 2019 when the joint understanding of India & Pakistan to usurp our State became clear to the world. We also need to change in light of what the Pakistani State is trying to do since the 5th of June 2026.
If we remain stuck on the 2nd barrier (Islamabad), we are in danger of being usurped by Pakistan and they will tell the world that JAAC had no internal plan for governance delivery and that is why they kept on making demands to us, which created chaos in the AJK territory. This is why we had to crush them before integrating this territory into Pakistan.
That is not a reflection of reality in AJK or its people's aspirations & reservations. Let us not play into the hands of the aggressively deceitful Pakistani State.
We are into our 48th day of an unwarranted territory wide communications & commercial lockdown in AJK, imposed by an occupier - as rogue as it is fascist and as ambiguous as it is deceptive - obnoxiously named Pakistan, whereby the "land of the pure" appears to be a clear inference that the rest of the world is impure.
Yet many of us seem to forget that this hate machine of a country, driven by the lure of perpetual conflict and externally extracted loans as an economic model, was deviously created by Great Britain using Muslim majoritarian emotion for its own convenience of future geographic utility, at the cost of millions of local lives in 1947.
The cost of this colonial creation continues to mount in 2026 and we - the people of AJK - are paying for the induced excitement of our forefathers in 1947, many of whom innocently felt that we were coming under the umbrella of our co-religionists; who would ensure our lives, health & wealth would - if nothing else - witness a qualitative improvement.
If only they could see what is happening to us since the 5th of June 2026!
While camped in our public assembly at Eidgaah, Dreak, Rawalakot, Poonch for 43 days (since 10 June 2026); having previously described this gathering as a sit-in protest - except that we are not protesting anymore - rather that we are now finally planning an alternative future without Pakistan's conflict model of governance to disturb our peace. In this pursuit, we have conjured a new slogan which should encapsulate our aspirations as much as our direction of resolution:
Jabri Naatey Thor Do
Jammu Kashmir Hamaara Chor Do
Eh Britaniya Waalo!
Ab To Apni Qanooni Zimmidaari Puri Karo
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(English Translation):
Break these forced bonds
Leave our Jammu Kashmir
Oh UK Government
Finally fulfill your legal responsibility
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Having already written & spoken to the UK government on numerous occasions - including even before this latest Pakistani invasion on 5 June 2026 - it is clear that the UK's policy is to continue to evade legal responsibility, which emerged in October 1947 viz. Operation Gulmarg, when it became clear that they broke the very rules they themselves had created for power transfer that year viz. Indian Independence Act (announced on 3 June & passed by the British parliament on 18 July 1947).
What followed was Pakistani troops invading Jammu & Kashmir on the 22nd of October 1947, using the cover of tribal Pathans but importantly being commanded by General Frank Walter Messervy, the first Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistani army.
Britain did not possess the right to forcibly evict the Maharajah (autocratic ruler) from Srinagar by invading our State via Muzaffarabad, before conveniently flying in Indian troops to the former (using coercion of circumstances which they - the British themselves designed - to make the ruler sign a conditional instrument of accession), thereby ensuring both India and Pakistan laid a claim to the State of Jammu & Kashmir bolstered by their respective military presence, even before the people could be appropriately consulted, who of course inherit the State as state subjects, with or without an autocratic ruler.
Thus, applies the local people's reference in all scenarios, without which neither India or Pakistan (or China or for that matter any other country) lay justifiable claim to any part of the State of Jammu Kashmir & Allied (areas), according to international law.
The United Nations complaint mechanism under Chapter 6 (non enforce-able) was also a very clever way of Britain evading responsibility while also gradually cementing India & Pakistan's presence in our State.
One would logically ask the following question:
Was it not more legally (humanely) appropriate to refer to the people before ushering in neighbouring armies into the State of J & K, rather than promising (without any visible evidence of fulfilling) that the people of the State would decide which - if any - country they would want to accede to?
How many references of UK MPs stating in your parliament, that Britain created the 'Kashmir Issue' by depriving the local people of their right to Independence do you want us to cite?
Historic references especially in context of where we are today in AJK, show continuation of coercion under the cover of generic well meaning calls for adherence to human rights conventions and a reassurance that you - the UK - are monitoring developments.
There is a lot that the UK has done to improve the well being of our diaspora there and this writer has most certainly benefited from an upbringing & environment of merit that you provided him. However, this cannot compensate for making our people in AJK (or the rest of JKA) live under the constant coercion of a conflict economy. Especially when sustainable peace in our region can provide far more substantial dividends for humanity at large. What made sense to your forefathers does not make any more sense. If they had the benefit of hindsight, it wouldn't make any sense to our forefathers either.
The UK will have to fulfill its legal responsibilities and there is a lot happening in the UK itself that will ensure you do. We did warn of an impending lockdown in the UK at some stage beyond Day 44 of our lockdown (18 July 2026). This should not be considered a threat or even anything outside the domain of a strictly peaceful movement to ensure you fulfill those legal responsibilities. We will continue to openly engage the UK public at large on our plight and ask them to consider what it may look like to witness such a lockdown in that country.
We are aware that a day's lockdown in the UK - in economic terms - would be more damaging to you than perhaps even 10 years of a lockdown here. We sincerely do not wish for matters to reach such a stage and are doing everything we can to avoid moving in such a direction.
Starting wars are always easier than ending them and coercion always has its limits. The spectrum of what we can do peacefully to restore our 'Right to Rule' is way more extensive than what the Pakistanis can do through coercion here, despite their best efforts.
They haven't left any stone unturned and we will finish today's note by listing the sort of tactics they are using to try and not only crush an exemplary peaceful #RightsMovementAJK , valiantly led by Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JK JAAC) but also integrate us into a debt infested federation. They may have surrendered their assets & resources to the outside world to feed their debt addiction but we - the people of both AJK & Gilgit Baltistan (GB) - will never allow Pakistan to use our respective territories and the resources within them in this manner. This is a form of collective punishment that has already crossed our limits of tolerance.
Here is a list of the types of crimes the Pakistani State is committing to coerce us into their version of hell:
1) A communications & commercial lockdown into its 48th day as a form of collective punishment on the people of this territory.
2) Targeting & maligning the leaders of JAAC including exercising the option to kill them if they resist arrest. Umar Nazir (Founder Member) of Rawalakot was targeted in such a manner and very narrowly escaped death while his close associate Shazeb Habib was killed trying to save him. This operation took place barely an hour after declaring JAAC as a banned outfit.
3) Arresting close relatives of public rights activists and trying to use them as hostages to lure those activists into their custody.
4) Arresting people randomly just to extract bribes out of them, using the lockdown & subsequent coercive environment of fear as a convenient 'stick' to beat people into submission.
5) Shooting straight at peaceful protestors and creating mayhem in society.
6) Shooting injured protestors in hospital and even forcibly taking away the injured as well as those killed to unknown locations whereby they become part of the list of 'missing persons'.
7) Trying to force the relatives of those injured or killed to sign written confessions that they (peaceful protestors) were terrorists and that they were injured or killed in an anti-terrorist operation.
8) Breaking into people's houses and shops at will. Damaging people's property, harassing family members, in certain cases even physically beating womenfolk and emptying shops of all items while also initating criminal proceedings against most - if not all - their victims.
9) Arresting minors and trying to scare them into luring their parents or relatives to surrender. Then also seeking hefty bribes as a condition to release them when public pressure mounts. Such an example happened with this writer's own 17 year son, namely Qutb-Udeen Tanveer.
10) Sealing the business premises of public activists, blocking their ID cards, passports, bank accounts, mobile phones etc. In some cases, doing so even with the children of activists, as young as 5.
11) Preventing essential foodstuffs & medicines from entering the territory of AJK or even from moving intra AJK. Taking hefty bribes to allow such items to be delivered after making such vehicles wait endlessly to proceed, thereby psychologically torturing drivers. Many such drivers have been arrested and tortured in the process, as well as having criminal cases registered against them. There have also been cases of where people carrying foodstuff or medicine for their own use in their own private cars have been asked to pay bribes. Where people refused, those items were confiscated from them and in some cases destroyed or thrown away.
12) Forcing businesses to open in certain areas to provide a perception of a return to 'normalcy'. Same with transporters. In certain cases, they have forced transporters to take these 'security forces' incognito (or.in plain clothes to avoid detection by activists) as a means of using the element of surprise to attack protestors. Such a scenario happened in Baloch on the 14th & 15th of July when they killed at least 7 of our protestors and injured many more.
The list of victims of the above crimes against humanity are in their thousands and there seems no end in sight at this stage.
On this occasion, I've endured a 10 day gap in daily weblogging, whereas the world is witness that before this war was imposed on us, I enjoyed a 100% record this year, my best ever.
Here's my latest note (written or rather completed yesterday):
The Women of #AJK and the UK Government's Apparent Inability to Distinguish between Motives of Conflict & Peace
Women of this territory have proved to be the choreographers of this exemplary peaceful #RightsMovementAJK , now into its 4th year.
As Day 39 (13 July 2026) of this totally needless war imposed on AJK draws to a close, we are nowhere near a resolution. We will continue to indefinitely wait and see out this wanton aggression by the Pakistani State, courtesy of our women choreographing the design & pace of this movement.
In AJK, we are all sick and tired of conflict repeatedly being imposed on us, since that deliberately hurried British colonial 'power transition' in 1947. Our women understand better than their men, on how to navigate us all out of this provocation and achieve a lasting peace, using purely peaceful means.
Universally speaking, women lose more in conflict relative to men and benefit more from peace. Thus, their stakes are much higher by all measures.
It is our women who are insisting that this war is a final miserable attempt by Pakistan to try and formally drag us into a debt infested, ungovernable and conflict addicted country. It is a war we cannot afford to lose, they repeatedly warn.
When some of our menfolk decided to return home from the central sit-in protest at Eidgaah, in the village of Dreak, Rawalakot, Poonch a few days ago; their womenfolk were astonished to see them return home before resolution and demanded that they immediately return to Rawalakot. Adding that if their menfolk needed money, foodstuff, medicine or anything else for the public at large, then to state those needs clearly. Upon listing of those needs by the men, all the women of the said area immediately got together to raise the required funds and duly sent their menfolk back to Rawalakot!
Many peaceful processions throughout AJK have been led by women in their thousands. It is the women of this territory that are standing up to the fake local political representatives, that have usurped public funds for their own private interests since 1947, by stopping them in their tracks as they farcically campaign for general elections, whilst the rest of AJK continues to go through the motions of an enforced communications & commercial lockdown.
It is the women of this territory who are marshalling the 6 sit-in protests surrounding Rawalakot city evey afternoon. It is they who are ensuring our menfolk remain peaceful at all costs and wait this out. "The occupiers will tire much before us", they never fail to remind us.
The United Kingdom's Legal Responsibilities
Let's all now focus on the United Kingdom, which according to various UK MPs has moral, historic & legal responsibility to resolve this issue. We reference Imran Hussain MP Bradford East & chair of All Parties Parliamentary Group on Kashmir (APPGK) along with 5 other MPs on 11 December 2025, as follows:
Here's the transcription of what Imran Hussain said:
"The right of self-determination for the people of Kashmir cannot be ignored any longer. The UK government has a moral, historic & legal duty and we must move away from treating this as a bilateral issue and uphold our moral obligations and treat this as an international issue."
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My question is:
When is the United Kingdom going to fulfill its legal responsibility?
If there ever was an opportune moment for the United Kingdom to fulfill its legal responsibility, it is now. In fact, it is already 39 days (and counting) late in responding appropriately.
For us students of British colonial history, we totally understand why the United Kingdom has always been reluctant to make amends for facilitating the entry of Indian & Pakistani forces into Jammu & Kashmir in October 1947, in total contravention of its own 'power transition' document viz. Indian Independence Act passed by its own parliament on the 18th of July 1947.
Please do read this independent researcher's letter to the Lord Chief Justice of England & Wales on the 31st of March 2021, written from jail in Mirpur and yet to have received a response, despite ample attempts with documentary proof.
We also intimately understand why the government of the United Kingdom is trying to equate the conflict addicted security framework of Pakistan with our exemplary peaceful movement - making basic demands just to survive - not to mention trying to come to terms with military aggression on a whole population.
We also understand why the UK's present stance on this matter contradicts its own statements of the past, which hitherto correctly referenced the people of Jammu Kashmir as arbiters of their own future. The UK has decided to follow the footsteps of India & now Pakistan by describing this 5 June Pakistani invasion as an "internal matter".
At this stage, we just wish to intimate that whatever positive contributions 'Western civilisation' has made to humanity over the past 5 centuries, is likely to be marred by this strategy to promote peace & diversity at home while participating in conflict and intolerance abroad.
It is never prudent to break the golden rule of humanity, paraphrased as "Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you."
Our people of Jammu Kashmir & Allied (areas) or #JKA (for short) - amongst other significant contributions - have heavily invested in 2 world wars on Great Britain's behalf and they greatly contributed to addressing the shortage of manpower in the UK's factories post 2nd world war.
It should be noted that the ancestors of the people of #JKA have hosted a pre-eminent global centre of learning at Sharda - in today's Neelam Valley in AJK - many centuries & even millenia before anybody ever heard of Oxford or Cambridge.
We cannot revive our heritage without agency in a perpetual conflict zone, with geographic rigidities more suited to the interests of empires of yesteryear. In such a structure, rather than providing #WaterManagement solutions to half the world's population from our territory, the very water that naturally flows downhill from here will increasingly become an unnecessary bone of contention for all the countries in our region. Not unlike the senseless conflict imposed by Pakistan on AJK, while the rest of the world pretends to be neutral spectators.
A #Conflict2Peace strategy has been operating in this territory for 2 decades and cannot be derailed just because the United Kingdom seems to favour a subtle assist of Pakistan in emulating India viz. 5 August 2019 to 5 June 2026.
We think it is time that you understand that a country created for conflict viz. Pakistan is never going to understand the nuances of government; let alone what the terms inclusivity, meritocracy, accountability or transparency mean.
The State of Pakistan's engagement with #JK #JAAC (Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee) over the past couple of years, has laid bare this reality. That a country of over 307,000 square miles of territory and a population amounting to possibly over 240 million - with at least 3 million government servants - cannot even produce 1 competent person to alleviate the genuine basic concerns of a territory merely 5,134 square miles in size, with barely half of its population of c. 5 to 6 million residing within its boundaries.
What ostensibly escapes the UK's comprehension, is this war beginning on the 5th of June 2026, was launched precisely to pull a curtain over Pakistan's habitual incompetency in matters of governance.
The United Kingdom should also be aware that at the outset of this latest imposed conflict, we intimated in both written & video broadcast form, that if the Pakistani State kills any of our people on this misadventure, it will be liable to pay £10 billion (UK pounds sterling) for each death. We all know how adept the Pakistanis are in managing their public finances. Many of us also remember the war indemnity the British Empire used to impose on their opponents. Except that this is a war where only one side (the invading side) is armed to the teeth against an exemplary peaceful population. The level of compensation must also be appropriate, in order to avert future conflict in this region.
Having written all that we have, we are not fixated with the incompetency of our neighbours or their well-wishers elsewhere. We are deeply focused on achieving a lasting peace through peaceful means, which our neighbours and the rest of the world have failed to deliver to our region since 1947, despite depriving us of such agency.
We began writing regularly to the UK government on the 3rd of June 2026 (2 days before this latest invasion) and we tried to approach the 11 or so UK MPs of AJK origin - as early as October of 2025 - to engage them in our #Conflict2PeaceStrategyJKA , knowing full well that the Pakistani State was inevitably preparing to launch its final attack on our identity and territory.
As the United Kingdom continues to show unwillingness to play a positive role in resolving this unnecessary conflict and has also ignored our repeated requests to send those 11 UK MPs of AJK origin to our territory - to play a conclusive mediating role - we will no longer hesitate to canvass UK citizens to effect a UK wide lockdown, anytime after the 18th of July 2026, which would effectively be Day 44 of the lockdown imposed on us by Pakistan.
While this writer was living in the United Kingdom and also subsequently during his 21 year long uninterrupted return to his motherland, he has heard and read notable British elders opining that many of the ill-conceived decisions made by Colonial Britain throughout the world, will rebound and inevitably affect the United Kingdom at home.
This is not what we want and we certainly never intend to inconvenience the peace and justice loving people of the United Kingdom. However, when our peaceful aims & objectives to reverse enduring colonial policy - that promotes conflict, division, hatred & ignorance - is being ignored by the UK government: we have no option but to exercise all possible peaceful means available to us, to ensure you - the United Kingdom - fulfil your legal responsibilities to resolve this totally unnecessary & meaningless conflict, which is taking our people's lives almost on a daily basis, since the 5th of June 2026.
We will end with a short video clip of former prime minister of AJK Raja Farooq Haider from the 22nd of October 2025, which accurately describes the absence of governance in AJK:
Former prime minister of AJK Raja Farooq Haider
Here's a Roman Urdu transcription of what he said, followed by an English translation:
Is baat ko maan lena chahiye, ke logo ne is nizaam ko mustarad kar diya.
Us nizaam ka me bhi hissa hoo, aur hum jo 53 log hain, ye bhi hissa hain us ke.
Hamaari aala adalatey us ka hissa hain, hamaari bureaucracy us ka hissa hain, hamaari awaam is ka hissa hain saarey ka.
To logo ne mustarad kar diya.
Aur ye saara ye nahi tha ke Mir Sahaab (Shaukat Nawaz Mir) ya Umar Nazir ke kehne par...log tang aye huwey hain is saarey.....
Yaha merit ka qatal aam hay, yaha sifaarish ka culture hay, yaha par mera matlab hay badintezaami hay....theek hay...
Yaha Muzaffarabad dar ul khilaafa me na wazir e azam bait tha hay, na wuzra bait they hain, na aur log bait they hain.
To us ka nateeja yahi nikalna tha!
Jab logo ki daadrasi na ho, un ke maamlaat ko sanjeedgi se na liya jaey, to phir yahi hona tha!
To ye nizaam.....
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(English translation):
"We have to accept (this fact) that the people (of AJK) have rejected this system (of governance).
I am a part of this system, as are all us 53 (members of the AJK Legislative Assembly).
Our higher (including supreme) courts are a part (of this system of governance), as is our bureaucracy and the public are a part of this (system of governance) too.
So the people have rejected this (system of governance).
And it isn't the case that Mir Sahaab (in reference to Shaukat Nawaz Mir) or Umar Nazir have put these words into people's mouths, the people are fed up as it is, of this whole (system of governance)....
We have a massacre of meritocracy here, we have a culture of (personal) recommendations, what I mean is there is maladministration here, right!
Here, in the capital Muzaffarabad the prime minister isn't (usually) present, neither are ministers (usually) present nor are other (relevant) people present here either.
So, this (breakdown of the system or wholesale rejection by the people) is the only result we could have expected!
When people's grievances are not addressed, when their issues are not taken seriously, then this is merely what we should have expected!
So, this system (of governance)....
End of English translation..
Finally, we return to the women of AJK, who can be seen marching in a procession with white flags on the 13th of July 2026, from the central sit-in protest at Eidgaah in the village of Dreak, Rawalakot, Poonch AJK:
Well, we didn't know that the gap in daily blogging would ever stretch out to 25 days apart, since being released from Mirpur prison in 2021.
Anyway, let's get cracking.....on the 30th day of a needless and senseless war imposed on AJK and its people.
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I'll try and update you with everything that I have written during this 25 day gap, in chronological format:
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Stop the Killing - Stop the Operation in #AJK
Is that too much for UK taxpayers of AJK origin to demand of their government, via their MPs?
Timeline: 11:11am 10 June 2026 - Banjosa (on the outskirts of Rawalakot)
Writer: Tanveer Ahmed - action-oriented independent public policy researcher, working un-interrupted in the territory of AJK since April 2005
#SecurityJKA
#PopularSovereignty
The people of AJK have their own 'security narrative'. They have learned the hard way that the only way to protect the life, wealth & honour of each other is to work out a fool proof strategy, that retrieves that responsibility for itself, as it has most at stake. They cannot rely on external security dependence, as partiality to any one country, power or bloc will immediately divide their population's loyalties, most significantly on a religious identity basis. That is a recipe for perpetual conflict.
I repeat, our people have learned it the hard way.
This ongoing 'Pakistani Military Operation' since the 5th of June 2026, to silence an actively peaceful grassroots mobilisation from within AJK for its 'Right to Rule' (Haq e Hukmrani) and 'Right of Ownership' (Haq e Malkiyat) over its own resources, is only delaying the inevitable, by compounding unnecessary misery & escalating loss of life.
We've been under siege for 6 days (since 5 June 2026) and are gradually converging on the outskirts of Rawalakot city, since yesterday evening.
Over 100,000 aspiring citizens of the public were marching in a convoy from Bhimber and Mirpur districts towards Kotli city yesterday afternoon, when the 2nd massacre in 6 days was instigated in this territory, with the targetting of innocents at Roli Gali Chowk in Kotli.
By 10:11am (10 June 2026) at least 12 people have been killed in Kotli with the local DHQ (District Headquarter Hospital) being the centre of this 2nd massacre after Rawalakot CMH (Civil & Military Hospital), barely 48hrs earlier.
A diversion or disruption to the massive convoy converging on Kotli yesterday was triggered and to avoid direct confrontation between the public and the legally identifiable occupier, #JAAC diverted their convoy via Gulpur towards Sehnsa & Sarsaawa to concentrate on their immediate destination Rawalakot.
JKA PUBLIC AGENCY has arrived in Rawalakot to investigate what happened in the city on Day 3 & 4 of this 'Operation'. We'll try to resolve this before turning our attention to finding out what exactly happened in Kotli yesterday (9 June 2026). We hope diplomatic channels & peace builders everywhere will be able to avert a 3rd massacre.
The compensation claim is also rising exponentially at £10 billion (UK pounds sterling) per each death of a local citizen.
An end to pointlessly killing our people has got to be every sane person's priority. I appreciate our UK diaspora's efforts and in turn the representation of our concerns in the UK Parliament. We also acknowledge the role of all peace builders and activists for a transparent rules-based order.
There is a British High Commission barely 100 kilometres from Rawalakot. We - the public of AJK - cannot comprehend the UK being unsuccessful in explaining to Pakistan, the consequences of this aggression on AJK's UK diaspora and the region's peace.
You cannot defeat the will of a people where every household in the territory is involved and hundreds of thousands are connected to a peacefully mobilised convoy, intent on stopping a clear attack on their civil liberties, as they are very clear that if they don't take a stand now, they will be relegated further down the chain of 'ownership' over their territory and resources. Inevitably too precious to surrender.
We are receiving regular statements from bereaved families that Pakistani security operatives in the territory are trying to control custody over our dead, as they want to use them as a blackmailing tool to force family members of those martyred to sign a written confession, that their loved ones were terrorists before the family can reclaim their bodies. In addition, many bodies are missing too.
#JK #JAAC has led a very peaceful, fair, level-playing field set of aspirations and public demands. It most significantly won at the table, within the constitutional constraints influenced by British colonial legacy.
JAAC and the public at large cannot surrender their just & naturally evolving indigenous struggle, as the sacrifices given so far have been so pure & innocent.
Let's all assist in rolling back this unnecessary 'Operation' that will ultimately lead us all back to the same table, where everything needs to clarified.
JKA PUBLIC AGENCY Note: #E105410062026
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The largest convoy of many convoys from every direction converging on Rawalakot has reached the outskirts of Khaigalla.
The Pakistani army has been dropping commando units at various helipads in the area since this morning.
Aerial attacks on the hundreds of thousands of people converging on Rawalakot are also an imminent threat.
1) You lost the battles of narratives.
2) You lost at the negotiation table.
3) You've lost global public opinion
4) You will also lose the war imposed on our territory. Masses of the public maintaining a peaceful stand will defeat every armed military tactic you try.
You cannot defeat every household here.
Update: 1:08pm 10 June 2026
By Tanveer Ahmed, on the outskirts of Rawalakot.
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We are at a standstill in Rawalakot while shelling has raged for most of the day in Kotli. Further casualties are very likely there but like the 2 massacres already committed, it will take independent & thorough research to get close to the actual figure of casualties since the 5th of June to date.
As of the last few hours, the largest convoy remains static just short of Khaigalla while Rawalakot remains under curfew. A senior political representative hosting the public in Rawalakot is confident that the curfew will be lifted imminently without further loss of life.
"The public need to be gathered in one place in Rawalakot, in order to conduct a peaceful assembly and open inter public dialogue (androoni mukaalima) to chart out a way forward for the public," he said on condition of anonymity.
Lifting the curfew peacefully is step one.
Update: 4:35pm 10 June 2026
By Tanveer Ahmed, on the outskirts of Rawalakot.
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Peace in childhood - Eidgaah - Dreak - Rawalakot - Poonch - AJK at 0930hrs on Monday 15 June 2026 - 11 days into an unnecessarily imposed war by Pakistan, after losing at the negotiating table 7 days earlier.
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Update: 1230hrs on 21 June 2026 (Eidgaah, Dreak, Rawalakot, Poonch)
Genocide Alert in AJK!!!!
We - JKA PUBLIC AGENCY - have strong grounds to believe that the State of Pakistan, given its failed attempt over 17 days to emulate India's action of '5 Aug 2019' - beginning on '5 June 2026' - is now sending signals through delegations of Kashmiri journalists working in Pakistan & other sources, that it will commit large scale atrocities to wipe out an exemplary peaceful movement worthy of global scrutiny viz.
#RightsMovementAJK #JAAC
It is under these conditions that JAAC has asked us to communicate the following? publi stance to UK MPs of AJK origin at the earliest:
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Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JK JAAC) stands on one condition and one condition alone: that the resolution to the invasion of AJK by Pakistan on the 5th of June 2026, necessitates UK MPs of AJK origin to mediate between the people of AJK and the state of Pakistan, for a practical contemporary solution, born out of British colonial legacy.
If they do not do so, the public of AJK & its diaspora will hold UK MPs of AJK origin responsible for the death and destruction that is happening here on a daily basis, which is likely to intensify imminently.
We are merely asking you to take your fair share of responsibility for a matter that directly affects over 1.5 million people in the UK, to say the least.
JKA PUBLIC AGENCY Note: #E123021062026
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Update: The following note was written at 2124hrs on 23 June 2026 (AJK time)....
The People's Authority in Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK)
In a land hell bent on establishing peace through peaceful means and reviving a globally pre-eminent knowledge-based civilisation
Precursor to a genuine people's government.
Public Policy Subjects:
1) Security
2) Governance
3) Economy
4) Culture
The Pakistani State has lost every ounce of reasoning to remain in AJK.
All its presumptions to administer this territory since 1947 have lost their practical value.
It violated its first agreement with any country in the world (standstill agreement with J & K) soon after its birth as a British dominion in 1947.
It violated its latest agreement with Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JK JAAC) signed on the 4th of October 2025, by ordering another invasion on the 5th of June 2026.
Historically, it also failed to conform to the 'United Nations Conflict Resolution Framework' by side-stepping repeated suggestions to demilitarise from AJK & Gilgit Baltistan (GB).
Overall, the failure of both India & Pakistan to demilitarise broke the sequence of steps required for conflict resolution by the UN framework viz.
Ceasefire > Demilitarisation > Plebiscite
Instead, both countries (India & Pakistan) have gradually rendered the people of the territory as inconsequential; using a myriad of legal, constitutional, political, economic, social & military measures.
On the 5th of June 2026, after years of anticipation from all quarters - including the people of AJK - Pakistan finally took the plunge of emulating India's '5 August 2019' brutal set of actions to integrate their respectively administrated territories into their countries. Thereby, in both their estimations they would be paving the way for an international border replacing the 'Line of Control' (LOC), or what was originally described as a 'Ceasefire Line' (CFL).
Both have broken all pledges, promises and indeed international law by taking these steps.
Our People's Authority in AJK is a working indigenous framework to transition from a colonially structured system of governance, - that eventually proved a failure in complying with the very laws it ostensibly created - to control the very unarmed people it is now at war with.
#RightsMovementAJK
#JAAC
Independent research over 21 years in general and a recent survey (last month) of 8 (out of a total of 10) districts in particular, has confirmed that there is practically no such government service that the public of AJK relies on for its day to day needs. Every need is addressed either through our diaspora or through self initiation (viz, health, education, law & order, employment etc.).
Under the command of JK JAAC, we have completed almost 19 days of a complete internet shutdown & an extremely weak cellular phone network, followed by a commercial lockdown, where even basic foodstuffs & medicine are not being allowed into the territory by the State of Pakistan.
In such circumstances, we cannot even accurately count our dead, missing, injured, arrested, forced confessions, the number of raids on homes & harassment of family members, let alone damage to property perpetrated by forces ushered into our territory from Pakistan and by Pakistan on the 5th of June 2026. Evidence will also soon emerge, that many of these 'Pakistani Rangers' do not even seem to be part of a disciplined force, rather they are acting more as 'pay as you go' mercenaries motivated by war booty. This independent researcher has logged over 200 incidents of human rights violations so far and the list will definitely cross the 2,000 barrier once research is complete. It is of course increasing on a daily basis.
The Pakistani State is repeatedly sending messages through various intermediaries to the 6 peaceful sit-in protests surrounding Rawalakot city since 10 June 2026, that we - the Pakistani military for all intents & purposes - always get our way and that there is no scope for any kind of negotiations or entertainment of public demands. "Just retreat back to your homes, beg us for forgiveness (for demanding your basic rights & daring to defeat us at the negotiating table) and hope for the best in terms of restoration of peace & normalcy", has become a familiar phrase being aggressively rammed into the public of AJK at large.
Even basic foodstuffs from Mirpur division are being prevented from reaching the central hub of sit-in protests at Eidgaah in Dreak, Rawalakot, Poonch. Many truck drivers are being arrested & tortured for carrying out their humanitarian duties.
In such a crisis and while JAAC awaits the arrival of UK MPs of AJK origin to come & sit with all core members of the committee in Rawalakot, terms & conditions for mediation to resolve this freshly imposed conflict cannot be set and neither will 90% of the public of AJK (including it's diaspora) ever allow the Pakistani military to play 'God' with the territory of AJK or its people.
JKA PUBLIC AGENCY Note: #E212423062026
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Update: Written at 0144hrs on 4 July 2026 (AJK time)....
Summary (Day 30)
Summary thus far (Day 30) of this needless invasion of AJK by the State of Pakistan on the 5th of June 2026.
It became clear by the 14th of June (10th day of the invasion) that imposing a military solution to silence 90% of AJK's population was impractical. The 2 massacres at Rawalakot (7 June) and Kotli (9 June) emboldened the local population to dig deep into their own resources and take advantage of superior knowledge of their own terrain, to bore Pakistani forces into eventual submission, whenever they wish to admit to this reality.
By arresting people and forcing them to make confessions against JAAC and in favour of the Pakistani army is vile enough. Arresting fathers, brothers and sons of public activists is an alternative low level form of trying to grab victory from the jaws of defeat. The Pakistani invading forces are even threatening to abduct the mothers, sisters and daughters of these public activists.
Trying to force shops in major cities to open while maintaining a communications blockade (frozen ATM machines) and getting politicians to campaign for general elections only adds to the farce.
Diaspora Reflection of Local Aspirations
Our UK diaspora in particular (and elsewhere throughout the world) in general have complimented & synchronised well with mass public mobilisation inside AJK, despite a total communications & commercial blockade imposed by Pakistan, contrary to their avowed commitments to international law.
Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JK JAAC) has ridden through every storm and evolved to understand that it must now take a stance in line with the legal & constitutional entitlements of the people of the territory, rather than continuing to insist on operating within a colonial constitutional structure that the colonials themselves (Pakistan and by logical extension the United Kingdom & India) do not abide by. Repeatedly making reasonable demands to the colonial structure only invites naked aggression rather than sincere intent to accommodate those demands, generated en masse by the public of AJK.
Insisting on UK MPs of AJK origin to travel to the sit-in protest in Rawalakot to mediate between JAAC and the State of Pakistan, is a step in that direction.
It is also important that the AJK diaspora in the UK concentrate on conducting a sit-in protest in Parliament Square London SW1, to remind the United Kingdom of its share of responsibility: taking account of its historical, legal & moral implications, as cited by UK MPs on a regular basis.
Those who can't make it to the 'mother of parliaments' in London, should consider conducting sit-in protests outside all relevant City and Town Halls in the country.
If this deadlock continues for a further 2 weeks our diaspora in the UK should consider canvassing for a lockdown of the United Kingdom for a day, given that we would have endured 44 days of a total lock down in AJK by then.
Our diaspora would also be well advised to avoid the Pakistani High Commission, as it doesn't have any executive significance to play any role in resolving this deadlock. Pakistan may be argued to be an independent country despite its financial reliance on many a global player but it is most certain that the Pakistani army doesn't face any risk of accountability for its actions inside its own country. As it was the UK that facilitated the entry of Pakistan into Jammu & Kashmir in 1947 and subsequently shielded it from the United Nations framework that suggested it withdraw its forces from the territory of AJK (and GB), it is more practical and most certainly less bloody to engage with UK MPs of AJK origin, who have stakes in this territory.
Contemplating the end of Pakistan's false assumption to take & maintain control of Defence, Communications, Currency & Foreign Affairs in AJK since 1947, is a public policy imperative here. What we have witnessed since the 5th of June 2026 has given us ample evidence to present to UK MPs of AJK origin in particular and the world in general.
Delaying the inevitable restoration of the 'Right to Rule' (Haq e Hukmrani) of the people of AJK, especially when their 'Authority' has emerged repeatedly since May 2023, would be senseless for all parties concerned.
Thank you for keeping engaged on this existential matter and we hope you can continue playing a critical role in real-time peacebuilding.
There will be hundreds of thousands of people converging on Rawalakot today (9 June 2026).
We wish to convey high appreciation to our UK diaspora in particular, for their untiring efforts in engaging their MPs. A special mention for Imran Hussain MP (Bradford East), the chair of APPGK (All Parties Parliamentary Group on Kashmir) for his timely activism.
There has been productive communication between our diaspora & UK MPs since this war began on the 5th of June 2026.
We welcome their public statements, concerns and questions to their parliament & foreign Office (FCDO) in London.
Those MPs originating from AJK are repeatedly and daily urged to prepare for a fact-finding mission to the territory - as soon as possible - with a very clear aim to explore possibilities for a sustainable #Peace .
Matters have escalated with the Rawalakot Massacre on the 7th and 8th of June 2026, outside CMH (Civil & Military Hospital).
We repeat that we cannot afford even one further death, given that hundreds of thousands of us have been killed or died as a direct consequence of imposed conflict, since colonial power transition in 1947.
The Pakistani State was given prior warning to ensure not a single death occurs, in this ostensibly self-conceived 'operation' on civil liberties in the territory of AJK.
£10 billion (UK pounds sterling) per citizen was the figure publicly announced in advance.
We are still counting our dead and prevention of civil society from accessing the crime scene is a continuation of identified behaviour to maintain a traditionally opaque & ambiguous approach, whilst using the cover of darkness for the vast bulk of their operations since this 'Operation' began on the 5th of June 2026.
They can still retreat with some scope for dignity back to their country and commit to a dialogue framework, internally & indigenously created in AJK, while based on 21 years of un-interrupted on-the-ground independent research.
JKA PUBLIC AGENCY Note:
#EUKGVT095009062026
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#Subject2CitizenJourneyDay7722
#NoElectionAJK2026
#RightsMovementAJK
#Right2RuleJKA
The Pakistani State was warned in advance that if on this occasion you enter our territory and kill any of our co-citizens you will have to pay £10 billion (UK pounds) per death. We haven't yet begun counting our dead and injured but we are in the process and you will be invoiced accordingly.
You will witness hundreds of thousands of people converging on #Rawalakot today and don't you dare create any obstacles for them. Use this time to make your escape if you can. We will defeat your occupation with #Peace not aggression as repeatedly displayed by you.
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An unremitting 21 year journey from Subject to Citizen, from very personal to very public.
موضوع سے شہری تک کا ایک مسلسل 21 سالہ سفر، انتہائی ذاتی سے انتہائی عوامی تک
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مملکت جموں کشمیر و متحدہ علاقہ جات کے حق دار کے دل و دماغ کی ارتقاء تیز ہونے لگی
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اے میرے بادشاہ کی رعایا سے دنیا کی سب سے قیمتی دھرتی کے حقدار کے ہمسفر
اے میرے آزاد جموں و کشمیر کے خطے کے ہم وطنو
ہماری دھرتی کچھ صدیوں قبل تک کئی صدیوں سے امن علم اور معیشت کا عالمی مرکز رہی
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جموں کشمیر جوائنٹ عوامی ایکشن کمیٹی نے 2023 سے - تسلسل کے ساتھ - دنیا میں پُرامن جد و جہد کی اعلیٰ معیاری مثال قائم کی ہے اور ہماری دنیا میں عزت بحال کی ہے
اے میرے ہم سفر میرے ہموطنو: جو کچھ بہادروں اور غیرتمند دھرتی راولاکوٹ نے قربانی دی ہے پانچ جون دو ہزار چھبیس سے ہم سب کے لیے: ساری دنیا ان کو سلام پیش کرے گی
ہم باقی سب ہموطنوں نے پہل کر کے خود سلامی پیش کرنی ہے، اُن کو راولاکوٹ میں لاکھوں کی تعداد میں
ہماری دھرتی کے جو پارلیمان برطانیہ میں سیاسی نمائندگی کرتے ہیں: ان کو تین جون دو ہزار چھبیس سے وطن بلایا ہے: تاکہ وہ کچھ - فیکٹ فائنڈنگ مشن - یعنی یہاں کے حقائق کو یہاں آ کر تحریر اور تقریر کرے
آؤ ہم سب چلیں راولاکوٹ سالامی پیش کرنے کے لیے، کہیں دیر نہ ہو جائے
Dozens of our civilians have been killed in Rawalakot. Dead bodies (corpses) are piling up outside Civil & Military Hospital (CMH) in the centre of the city.
The public have retreated for the time being to regroup, while they wait for the AJK public from Muzaffarabad & Mirpur divisions to converge on the city in the morning.
Pakistani Rangers are not letting anybody near the dead bodies and there is a clear danger that these bodies will disappear before the rest of AJK converges.
We have tried to maintain communication with the UK Foreign Office while these killings were taking place.
Heavily restricted communication and slow diplomatic formalities have proved fruitless in averting what will prove to have been absolutely needless killings.
All this has happened despite an alert published at 0205hrs on 03/06/2026, at least 48 hours before this latest invasion of the territory of AJK.
Report:
Tanveer Ahmed Rafique - an independent action-oriented grassroots-funded public policy researcher working un-interrupted within the territory of AJK since April 2005.
JKA PUBLIC AGENCY Note: #E022608062026
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میرپور اور مظفرآباد ڈویژن کے قافلے صبح راولاکوٹ پہنچ جائیں اس سے پہلے کہ دیر ہو جائے، راولاکوٹ کے عوام کو آپ کی ضرورت ہے۔۔۔
عمر نذیر کشمیری
English translation:
The convoys from Mirpur and Muzaffarabad divisions should reach Rawalakot in the morning before it is too late, the people of Rawalakot need you...
Umar Nazir Kashmiri
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راولاکوٹ اپڈیٹ ٹائم رات 1:45 😥
راولاکوٹ کرفیو نافس کر دیا گیا۔۔۔
راولاکوٹ CMH پر رینجرز نے کنٹرول حاصل کر لیا ہے۔۔
رینجرز کے اہلکار گھروں کی چھتوں پر چڑ کر سنائپر سے سیدھا عوام کے سروں میں شوٹ کر رہے ہیں ۔ آب تک شہادتوں کی تعدات بڑ چکی
English translation:
Rawalakot update time: 0145hrs
A curfew has been enforced in Rawalakot....
The (Pakistani) Rangers have taken control of CMH (Civil & Military Hospital) Rawalakot.
(Pakistani) Rangers personnel are climbing onto the roofs of (people's) homes and shooting the public directly in the head with sniper fire.
Up to this point (in time) the numbers of (people) attaining martyrdom has (sharply) increased.
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انتہائی افسوس کے ساتھ اطلاع دی جاتی ہے کہ راولاکوٹ میں تاریخ کا بدترین سانحہ رونما ہو چکا ہے
تڑپال لگے ٹرک نالہ بازار کی طرف جا رہے ہیں۔ جس میں عین ممکن ہے کہ شہداء کو غائب کیا جا رہا ہوں۔
لوگو ہمارے شہدا بھی ہم سے چھینے جا رہے ہیں اتنا ظلم
With extreme regret we announce that a tragedy of historic proportions has occurred.
Trucks covered with tarpaulin are moving towards Nala Bazaar (in Rawalakot). In which it is highly likely that our martyrs are going to (to be made to) disappear.
Oh People! (Even) Our martyrs are being wrenched away from us! Such oppression!
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It is sickening for me to mention - as an afterthought - that despite trying for many hours during the day and upto midnight last night, I just couldn't obtain enough signals to post an entry for yesterday's date viz. Day 158 of 2026.
There is a communications blockade in our territory since about 2330hrs on the 5th of June 2026 (Day 156 of 2026) but where there is clear will, there is a way, yet I still fell short yesterday.
I was effectively out on 157. However, possibly as many as 100 (or even more) of my co-citizens were needlessly killed in the late hours of yesterday and the early hours of this morning.
This will prove to be a definitive watershed for our people. We will rise from this imposed tragedy and very very soon (I am writing these last few paragraphs at 0404hrs).
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Points to note from Pakistan:
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Our local MP in the UK promptly responding to our diaspora's concerns about the plight of their motherland:
