Daily Diary (DD) - Day 19 of 2026

0647hrs:

Getting better still. Despite witnessing yet another midnight I did wake up at 0600hrs, now just 3 hours short of my intended waking time. 

Preparing for another visit to Dadyaal today, to assist Israr Ahmed in his quest for justice at the local judiciary. Overall, to ensure that the illegal entity operating in this territory do not think that they can monopolise public opinion in their favour.

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Public Finance Update:

Number of co-citizens who have paid their share (over 20 years): 

16

Number of co-citizens who have paid a portion to date, since direct public funding began in 2012:

207

Number of co-citizens who have promised to pay:

85

Number of co-citizens I have directly contacted since the 9th of October 2025 (of total 5,000):

536

Cash in Hand: 70,060

Cash Deposits: 2,41,700

Immediate Debts: 0 

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 41 of 2020

1247hrs:

Its another day and another battle. Now, that we've completed our first phase of the People's Assembly we can now concentrate on the judiciary. We have been preparing a writ petition on fundamental rights for the past few months but have yet to submit it to the High Court of AJK. 

Now is the time!

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Meanwhile, the human rights angle is still way too under-reported from a researcher's point of view. Here's an example:

This photo of Hamza Imtiaz, who is from Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, found his deadbody in Rawalpindi.
The so-called Azad Kashmir is also receiving the bodies from Rawalpindi. But no culprit is caught or no one has been punished till date
#InDo_PakIlegalOccupationInJK https://t.co/3l8OLsG15C pic.twitter.com/D8gmndwwLZ

— All Occupied JammuKashmir (@PNA_JK) February 10, 2020

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 338 of 2019

1537hrs

We spent more than 5 hours at the courts today but we got an acquittal in 40 days. At the very least, unusual for the judiciary in AJK, from the date of arrest to acquittal.

We've managed a video update for each of the last 14 days here in Muzaffarabad, except the 2 Sundays in between:

(Update 07/12/19):

We managed to obtained a copy of the court's decision in our favour but it took us 4 days. Here it is courtesy Mahmood Ahmed Musafir:



In an attempt at greater clarity, here are the scanned papers of the judgement:

Page 1 of 3

Page 2 of 3

Page 3 of 3

Of course, a translation into English is in order:



End of update.....

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Gems that the public of AJK should be conscious of:

Courtesy: Whatsapp

The image above is translated thus:

"Leadership or slavery is not dependent on power or the lack of it, it is dependent on your mental character."

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The Daily Kashmir Uzma remained vigilant on our case and reported on yesterday's proceedings in court:

Daily Kashmir Uzma - Muzaffarabad (Urdu)

Back Page

Page 3 Section 7

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Before the end of the day, an online news portal highlighted the court's decision in our favour in the following manner:



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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 337 of 2019

1310hrs:

After a 2 hour denial of electricity, we are reminded of what has been stolen from us since 1947. We battle on.....here's our update from the courts this morning:

 

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 334 of 2019

1135hrs:

Another day in court where arguments for the defence and prosecution were to be heard. However, the Qazi (judge in Islamic terminology) despite giving a date yesterday - for today - was absent. We will now return to his court on the 3rd of December (this coming Tuesday).

As reiterated on Facebook:



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We are continuing to receive coverage in the local Urdu press. In more than one publication now:

Daily Kashmir Uzma - Muzaffarabad (Urdu)

Back Page (1 of 2)

Back Page (2 of 2)

Page 3 Section 19

The Daily Siyasat also gave us coverage:

Daily Siyasat - Muzaffarabad (Urdu)

Front Page

These are positive indications from a public interest point of view. One, most local newspapers concentrate on acting as commercial advertising space for the Pakistani narrative, local politicians and for overall bolstering of perceptions for the imposed governance set-up, laced with rhetoric. Secondly, they charge people for publicity as advertising revenue doesn't quite fulfil the needs of the employees or the owners of the newspapers. The structure is such that media is sucked into the black hole of power and corruption. 

Giving coverage to public interest and on their own initiative - without payment or enticement - can be considered to be a positive step for civil society in AJK. Especially, if it remains consistent and sustains itself.

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With the deluge of information and analysis on virtually every topic of consequence available via social media on a daily basis, one has to fend off the temptation to delve into matters that have no direct impact on the State of Jammu & Kashmir's (re)formation project. However, the following is one such video that I felt compelled to watch for its bold initiative in examining China's role in East Turkistan or what China insists on calling 'Xinjiang'. What our people in the various parts of J & K endure is still on a scale a few notches below what China is evidently doing there but the pattern of repression is very similar:



Now, I would like to point out that we (the aspiring citizens of J & K) have bones to pick with each of the 5 following countries that are preventing us from naturally progressing as a nation State viz. China, India, Pakistan, UK and USA. We maintain our aspiration to remain neutral in principle. We are not highlighting China's crimes against humanity because we want to show USA in a good light etc. 

We are concerned that the country with which we share our longest border; remains engaged in forcibly integrating those areas which are geographically on its periphery and are not part of the mainstream Han Chinese population viz. Tibet and Xinjiang. As these areas are conterminous with us and thus have huge stakes for China especially given their keenness to expand their OBOR (One Belt One Road) project through our territory (via GB in particular), compounded by the fact that China has no democratic tradition puts a very serious dilemma in front of us. 

While we are engaged in avenues of activating global civil society in mature democracies such as UK and USA and while India and Pakistan are still struggling with nationhood in their own realms we see no such avenue to address China's stance on Jammu & Kashmir.

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