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Showing posts with label 2019 Election UK. Show all posts

Tuesday, 12 November 2019

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 316 of 2019

1542hrs:

Hot in pursuit........fuel on the go.......in very unexpected ways at times.......living with faith in good outcomes........is living life to the full for me. Not everyone in my close circle is always enjoying it though......our work requires a cool temperament and long term view of economy. Where abundance would require a high level of skill to manage and to maintain social output.

The above would be cryptic to the unacquainted.

I missed posting yesterday even though if I were determined enough I could have avoided it. Afterwards, it felt like I lost my guard for a while and could prove dangerous for public interest.

I need to get as much thoughts out, in an orderly categorised manner....as soon as possible and not play the fool with death!

The following is what I wrote last night, in the absence of appropriate technology to post but before that, here's a lesson close to me:



Change in the 21st century should be measured by the quality of delivery in governance. Without independent public policy 73 years have proved what a disaster AJK is. Without security, research work on public policy in AJK is highly vulnerable, as I found to my cost when my house was raided on the 24th of October. We - AJK Public Agency - need 10 young and 10 old aspiring citizens of the territory (2 from each district) to devote their life and live it to the full in pursuit of our natural disposition: free, sovereign, neutral and equipped.


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Tuesday - 12/11/19


Missed my daily diary for the 11th..such is my access to technology at times...still creating too much content in the field...not enough uploading or management of that content.


The data management lag gets wider with each passing hour..


An encyclopedia of governance....is what the following domain should provide:


ajkpublic.agency


Need .ajk (TLD - top-level-domain)


Also need to shift from personal platform to public platform in virtual space.


4 immediate action-oriented research topics.....in conformity with grand structure improvised on the ground in AJK since 2009:


Security - local IG

Research - Population Census
Finance - Taxation
Culture - Re-open Mandirs & Gurdwaras

Developing a model of governance from the ground up, from within, using local resources and consensus as legislation. 


Every citizen must be equipped with the power to influence legislation, by direct democracy if public interest is so adjudged.


Meanwhile, Pakistan has been here for 73 years without documentation and stands in the way of our legal, democratic, ethical and peaceful battle with India. 


As long as Pakistan remains in control of AJK the longer the delay in our battle with India over 48% of J & K. We are at the most critical juncture of our history, yet we are also in the digital age which leaves little room for ambiguity and which has proved to be Pakistan's most effective weapon to date.


Even more than religious sentiment.


If the status quo in AJK persists...Pakistan will soon start spinning the security narrative in a direction which will see our safety in integrating ourselves within a province of Pakistan.


This will also rule us out of fighting a genuinely legal battle with India.


The trap of Indo-Pak bilateralism on J & K must end.


We want transparency and ownership over our dilemma, not back-door diplomacy by others.


In the words of the AJK PM at a function held for British Parliamentarians at Westminster Hall, ”We the citizens of Jammu & Kashmir want conflict resolution, not conflict management.”


By the way:

What is Pakistan's current annual financial expenditure on AJK and what is its income?

If Allah gives me life and health..I will have completed much more than a doctorate in each of:


1) National Question / Security / Water / Geography

2) Governance / Constitution / Data Management / Education 
3) Finance / Taxation / Banking / Tourism
4) Culture / Social Cohesion / History / Health

by 2022


I'm also still dreaming of the AJK football team travelling to Qatar to take part in the FIFA World Cup in the winter of that year.


End of dream.....back to reality.......


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The following tweet confirms that the unresolved sovereign status of Jammu & Kashmir is going to affect the UK's general election on December the 12th, like nothing hitherto:




Indeed, the following video discussion is a real show of intent at influencing the UK Elections, from an Indian point of view:




Now, in the UK how many voters are there of:

Indian origin - c. 700,000 in my estimate
J & K origin -  c. 400,000 in my estimate 

Given that those of Pakistani origin are inconveniently sandwiched between the 2 origins above and also given that some of J & K origin may side with India or Pakistan, the stakes of the 3 competing narratives on J & K will not be easily fathomable. This dilemma (for us as JKians without State agency) is compounded further by the fact that the UK has designed a structure which immunises itself from repercussions by insisting on Indo-Pak bilateralism as a conflict resolution mechanism.

We still need to define those of Pakistani origin, as distinct from those of J & K origin.

Pakistani origin - 150,000 in my estimate

I wonder if anybody could help me in trying to get a more accurate estimate of UK voters corresponding to the 3 origins above? 

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Tuesday, 5 November 2019

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 309 of 2019

2124hrs:

Processing........

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100,000 plus government servants in the AJK set-up are clearly not enough:




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I felt the following conversation in the UK Parliament today was interesting on 2 counts at least. One for raising the concept of 'soft power' for conflict resolution and the other for the Government's representative to suggest that even the possibility of an independent Kashmir must also be decided by India and Pakistan!

This may be an example of the UK Government being boxed in by their very own structure:

Ivan Lewis 
Independent (MP), Bury South

As the first Bury Member of Parliament to speak, may I congratulate you on your fantastic achievement, Mr Speaker? Following yesterday’s decision, which was based on merit, you have been able to bring a great sense of unity to the House.

Turning to soft power, what are the Government doing to make it clear to the Indian Government that we have extremely serious concerns about human rights abuses in Kashmir? What will the Government do to promote the concept of self-determination for the Kashmiri people? Time and again before elections, people on the Front Benches make commitments to promote self-determination, yet Governments have repeatedly failed to do anything about the issue when it comes to using soft power in international institutions.

Response by:

Heather Wheeler 
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

That was a serious question, and it behoves me to give a serious answer. The Foreign Secretary has spoken to the Indian Foreign Secretary about the matter, raising our concerns about humanitarian issues, particularly in Kashmir. As for the election and commitments regarding an independent Kashmir, the matter should be sorted out on a bilateral basis between the two countries.

Reference:

(Citation: HC Deb, 5 November 2019, c630)

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