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Friday, 15 April 2022

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 105 of 2022

0102hrs:

Day 15 - District (Kotli) wide tour as part of Internal Political Process - AJK

Updated stats of completed interviews of tribal politicians/political workers: 37 of 60 

(After 3 day break) 

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Is traction visible?

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Our discussion with Quayyum Raja in Pahaari on Babu Singh, former minister in Indian-controlled J & K Assembly and modern revolutionary of Kathua in Jammu division, the southernmost district in JKA:


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Sunday, 10 April 2022

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 100 of 2022

1757hrs:

Day 13 - District (Kotli) wide tour as part of Internal Political Process - AJK

Updated stats of completed interviews of tribal politicians/political workers: 33 of 60 

Note: Have proceeded beyond the 50% threshold....

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Our people are so frightened of each other's propensity to sell themselves short.

That has been our history, it is our present but we cannot afford for it to be our future, under any circumstances whatsoever.

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It's always heartening to see locals take the initiative:

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Later in the evening we ventured out to Kajrullah on the outskirts of Khuiratta to meet veteran freedom fighter Quayyum Raja: 


Subjects discussed in this detailed conversation were:

1) An internal political process in AJK
2) Babu Singh of Kathua, Jammu and his mysterious disappearance amidst an apparent Indian sting operation and a demand for him to be given an opportunity to present his version of developments in public.
3) The role of Britain and its colonial legacy.
4) Remedies and our role as the public of JKA as sovereign entity, both at home and in the diaspora (particularly the UK).

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Tuesday, 15 March 2022

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 74 of 2022

2351hrs:

5 nights in Kotli jail. An 81 hour hunger strike. Released a few hours ago. Plenty of strategic food for thought. 

Struggle till freedom comes.

By default.



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On the very next day after my arrest, the following letter was sent out to the prime minister of AJK and copied to the leader of the opposition Latif Akbar as well as the Pakistani High Commissioner in London:

 

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4 days of enforced absence from the blogosphere, after almost 4 months of uninterrupted daily activity. 

Many thanks to all those thousands of co-citizens who played their part, from all over the world:



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This audio message was vital and crucial:


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Art and politics:


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Furthermore,

 

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Our future:


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To the bludgeoned spirit of 11 year old Kanwal Matloob....We will not rest till your rapist(s) and butcher(s) are not punished:

 

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Media intervention was crucial too:


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Good pointers:


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Ditto:

 

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Impressive wording and imagery:

 

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Solidarity has always been from the deepest south of AJK to the remotest north of AJK. Here's a latter example from the Neelam Valley:


 

Other important links to activism in AJK on my behalf, while I was incarcerated:

Nikyaal:



Another example from Nikyaal:



Yet another example from Nikyaal:



Solidarity and concern from the United States of America:



Solidarity and concern from the United Kingdom:



Further examples of solidarity from the UK:



Solidarity and concern from Kathua and Jammu too:


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It is always re-assuring to know that our public resorts to high alert mode as soon as I am ever detained: 

10 March 2022


Tags in English:


A day later (11 March 2022):

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Incarceration also deprived me of strategic work on Gilgit Baltistan:


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Sunday, 27 February 2022

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 58 of 2022

0937hrs:

Day 39 at Martyr's Square Kotli

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I thought it appropriate to share the following note from a co-citizen of mine. Not least to identify the reasons why public opinion is not being converted into public policy in AJK:

The problem of Kashmir

In today's world there is a name for fraud and by using the word Kashmir people have made Kashmir a commercial market from all sides.

JKLF is working for Pakistan in my view. 

Maqbool Butt's followers talk about the state after 15th August 1947. This is the statement of the leaders of Pakistan. This is the statement of the leaders of the people of Occupied Kashmir. But the state will not be independent, the people of Azad Kashmir have no choice, the so-called Assembly members of Azad Kashmir never spoke on Kashmir issue.

Pakistan is a nuclear country and will never fight or conduct jihad. Even if it does the West will ban it. Now Kashmiris tell me how this state can be free? it is just a system of filling wealth in the stomach and the people have been driven mad by all the leaders.

It is better to give rights to the people of Azad Kashmir in the form of railway line than to eat haraam food.

Given these circumstances, it is good that we can grow new plants from the soil of Azad Kashmir. 

Remember the leaders of Pakistan did not work for Kashmir but for the land.

Shabbir Vains 

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Above note in Urdu:

مسلہ کشنیر
 
آج  کے حاضر دور میں ایک فراڈ کا نام ہے اور لفظ کشمیر کو استمال کر کے لوگوں نے کشمیر  کو تجارتی منڈی
 بنایا تمام اطراف سے,

جے کے ایل ایف میری نظر میں پاکستان کے لیے کام کر رہی ہے, مقبول بٹ صاحب کے فولور 15اگست 1947کے بعد کی ریاست کی بات کرتے ہیں یہ ہی بیانیہ پاکستان کے لیڈروں کا ہے یہ ہی بیانیہ مقبوضہ کشمیر کے لوگوں لیڈروں کا ہے, اس بیانیہ پر ریاست آزاد نہیں ھو گی, آزاد کشمیر کے لوگوں کے پاس کوئی اختیار نہیں, آزاد کشمیر کی نام نہاد Assembly members نے کبھی کشمیر اشو پر بات نہیں کی,

پاکستان ایک ایٹمی ملک ہے کبھی جنگ نہیں کرے گا اور نہ ہی جہاد, کیوں کے مغرب پابندی لگاۓ گا, Kotli کے Address میں یہ کہنا کے الحاق کرو گے تو حقوق دیں گے, کشمیر کے لیڈروں نے کبھی پاکستان لیڈروں سے بات تک نہیں کی, اب کشمیری مجے بتاۓ کے یہ ریاست کیسے آزاد ہوسکتی ہے, یہ صرف مال اور پیٹ بھرنے کا نظام ہے اور عوام کو پاگل بنایا ھوا ہے تمام لیڈروں  نے,

حرام کھانے سے اچھا ہے آزاد کشمیر کے لوگوں کو حقوق ریلوے لائن کی شکل میں دئیے جایں اور ائیرپورٹ 
بھی hospital اور universities کے نظام کو اچھا کیا جانے,

ان حلات کودیکھتے ہوے اچھا ہے کے شبیر  وینس پاکستان  کے ساتھ الحاق کر کے آزاد کشمیر کی مٹی سے ہم
 نئے  پودے اگا سکیں, پاکستان کے لیڈروں نے کشنیریوں کے ساتھ منافقت کی ہے اور کشنیریوں  کو استعمال کیا اور کروایا کشمیری کے ہاتھ سے ہی, اور یادرہے پاکستان کے لیڈروں نے کشمیر کے لیے کام نہیں کیا بلکے زمین کے لیے کام کیا
                                   
شبّیر وینس

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The following sentence is a summary of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan's response to our request for them to provide a lawyer for Malik Waseem. it should also be noted that they didn't call me back despite saying they would (last Wednesday the 23rd of February):

They say we have no authority nor we do that, all we do is document the HR violation.

End of sentence of HRCP....

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Soon after I began the day's proceedings at Shaheed Chowk I encountered the following development:



Some responses to my video above raised concerns about my safety and the prospect of cameras being moved to perform some form of clandestine operation against me. Hence, another video released in the evening to clarify what has happened thus far:


For those of you who cannot read the text of the FB post above:

The evening after the morning

Day 39 at Martyr's Square (Shaheed Chowk) Kotli 

Cameras = Security

Security > Governance

Governance > Economy

Economy > Culture

= Thriving civilisation in Jammu Kashmir & Allied areas (JKA)

End of FB post....

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Then another video interview by a local media channel 'Kotli ki Awaz':


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Claire Bidwell has devoted a lot of energy to the 'Kashmir Cause' post August the 5th 2019. I'm glad to provide my input as and when required:


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Babu Singh ex minister in Indian-controlled Jammu & Kashmir Assembly and modern revolutionary of Kathua in Jammu division, the southern most district of JKA, gives his learned opinion on the State of Jammu Kashmir & Allied areas (JKA):
 

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 259 of 2026

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