1924hrs:
Day 72 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.
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My punctuality deficit has neither decreased or increased today. It remains stable at 322 minutes. It almost seems as if time has stood still, after 72 days of punctuality practice.
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Update 2057hrs:
Something very gory and irresponsible happened in Haveli, Poonch AJK about 5 hours ago. Here's the Facebook post released a few minutes earlier:
For the sake of those who do not delve into the FB post here's what I wrote:
The #PakistanArmy is in serious trouble in AJK.
About 5 hours ago it is reported that a Pakistani Army truck travelling through #Haveli #Poonch #AJK crushed a local - Zahid Badar Qureshi - to death before fleeing from the scene.
The public is in uproar and the local administration has yet to engage.
Urdu report on matter:
پاکستان آرمی کا ٹرک
ذاہد بدر قریشی کو روند کر چلا گیا۔
ذاہد بدر قریشی کا
تعلق ٹھولا نگر حویلی سے تھا۔
آرمی کے نوجوان گاڑی
لیکر موقع سے بھاگ گئے۔ حویلی میں احتجاج جاری ہے لیکن کسی ذمہ دار کی طرف سے
لواحقین کو کسی قسم کے انصاف کی یقین دہانی کیلیے ابھی تک کوئی نئ آیا۔
کچہری چوک میں پچھلے
5 گھنٹوں سے احتجاج جاری ہے
We have some bloody pictures of the scene too. We strongly feel the evidence must be in public for the sake of accountable governance - which we have yet to witness - since 1947:
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Update at 2317hrs:
No criminal proceedings have been conducted yet and the local administration is still frozen. Unconfirmed reports are surfacing that the Pakistani army driver was inexperienced and incapable of handling the army truck. The public have continued to vent their anger towards the Pakistani army at Kacheri Chowk in Haveli.
Their chants:
Qaatil Qaatil! (Murderers Murderers!)
Fauj Qaatil! (Army Murderers) with obvious reference to the Pakistani army
..then
Ye jo dehshat gardi hay (This terrorism)
Is ke peechay wardi hay (has a uniform behind it) with obvious reference to the Pakistani army's uniform
..then
Ye jo maara maari hay (These killings and mayhem)
Is ke peechay wardi hay (have a uniform behind it) with obvious reference to the Pakistani army's uniform
..then
Zaalimo jawaab do (Answer us oh oppressors)
Khoon ka hisaab do (give an account of the blood) you have spilled
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Here's a report by JKTV:
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This is an example of how our children on both sides of the divide are indoctrinated as Indians and Pakistanis. It doesn't get much crueller than this:
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Comedy has the potential to be more enlightening than lectures on philosophy:
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