Daily Diary (DD) - Day 224 of 2019

1336hrs:

It is Eid today and this is the first time in over 2 years of living in Dadyaal, that I'm celebrating Eid here.

It could and perhaps should've been Eid on the LOC but it can be described as Eid on the cold border. This is how we describe our border with Pakistan, as opposed to the frequently hot border at the LOC.

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Earlier this morning, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pakistan's foreign minister read Eid in AJK's capital Muzaffarabad. As soon as he came out the public began chanting slogans of, "Azaadi is paar bhi lengey..Azaadi us paar bhi lengey" (Freedom we will take on this side..Freedom we will take on that side too) repeatedly:



Pakistan's graph in AJK has dwindled rapidly since India's seemingly unilateral action to downgrade 48% of the State of J & K into 2 union territories of India. 

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I have elaborated at some length on that previous sentence here:



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....Yes, this gentleman in Azaadi Chowk Muzaffarabad is asking Pakistan to sit down, repeatedly. That it has stood for too long for Kashmir and Kashmiris....it must be tired....

Fantastic.......words of the week perhaps..... https://t.co/iUuBOFezeP

— Tanveer Ahmed (@sahaafi) August 12, 2019

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 73 of 2019

1932hrs:

Protracted Conflict and Local Neutral Arbitration:



Just for the record, the following paragraphs were inexplicably omitted from the end of the article cited above:

After....
Some aspects need dedicated attention in their own right. 

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I'll just list a few for future engagement:

1) Water Resource Management
2) Security vis a vis China
3) The 360 degree geography of J & K, old silk routes and connectivity in Asia

I’ll finish with an attempt to deal with an oft-cited apprehension that the Indian government would not be keen to allow His Excellency Dr. Karan Singh to visit AJK. We feel that he is our most precious asset and reconciliation without him would be very difficult, not least because he’s an erudite thinker and a living witness to everything that has transpired since the end of the Dogra Raj. 


In my communication with him in 2008, he suggested a few measures to me. I am also privy to a few discussions he had with some of our key historical figures in AJK. I have completed those measures and would be eager to invite him here.
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Actual end of article......
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Let's return to the Kashmir Valley for a moment. This short video clip tells a thousand stories:

This is a video of a rally of Bharatiya Janata Party's supporters during a party convention today in #Srinagar. They are hiding faces fearing being recognized. #Kashmir #BJP pic.twitter.com/3rQ8XBuzaD

— Fahad Shah (@pzfahad) March 14, 2019

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Returning to AJK but remaining adjacent to the Koshur Valley:

وادی نیلم میں انٹرنیٹ کی بندش کے خلاف وادی نیلم کے عوام کے صبر کا پیمانہ لبریز ہو نے کے بعد احتجاج کا سلسلہ شروع ہو گیا pic.twitter.com/4RPyIrzs6G

— Amiruddin Mughal (@MughalAmiruddin) March 14, 2019

Translation of tweet:

The public of the Neelam Valley are losing their patience over the internet blockade in their region. Protests have begun....