Daily Diary (DD) - Day 289 of 2022

1902hrs:

Day 133 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0758hrs

My punctuality surplus has increased to 20 minutes.

Punctuality percentage: 78 days on time or early of 133 = 59% punctual.

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The following may or may not become a daily feature too. It all depends on how much interaction is generated from these clips. Our discussion today revolves around Mahmood Musafir's struggle for rights and the character of Masood ur Rehman, who is currently divisional commissioner of Muzaffarabad and was deputy commissioner of Muzaffarabad in 2018 when he slyly sabotaged Musafir's struggle. Now, in 2022 he has been deputed once again to contain Mahmood Musafir's efforts to make the AJK government fulfil its neglected responsibilities to the people: 

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 41 of 2022

1017hrs:

Day 22 at Martyr's Square Kotli

Its a bright day and I will be going absolutely mute at 12 noon, just after I make a video appeal to the people of Luton and Kotli.

Meanwhile, here is my 'Public Will':

A Public Will

Life is dear to everybody, irrespective of its quality.

Some live with a purpose, some don't.

Some live long, some don't.

Some achieve their objectives, some don't.

I believe it is better to die active, rather than live passive.

Everybody has a set of priorities in life...

Selfishness and selflessness will always compete.

Some live for the moment, some live for eternity.

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I will go mute (silent) from 12 noon on the 10th of February 2022 at Martyr's Square (Shaheed Chowk) Kotli, I will continue to communicate with humankind in written form until and if I have to conduct a hunger strike till death. 

I have been living in a 'lawless territory' called AJK since April 2005.

I want to create a world-class system of governance here - from scratch - using peaceful, ethical, legal and democratic means.

If I don't receive timely support in health, wealth and time from my co-citizens - at home and in the diaspora - it would be criminal on my part to continue a passive existence. My conscience will remain restless and I would prefer to exit the honourable way.

Irrespective of how and when I leave this world, I do not want to be medically treated in any shape or form preceding my exit. No tablets, no injections, no insertions and no operations.

Dead or alive, I do not wish to leave the territory of AJK or JKA under any circumstances.

I wish to be buried right on the 'bloody line' ('Khooni-Lakeer') - equidistant between Indian and Pakistani troops - known as the Line of Control (LOC) or ceasefire line (CFL) that divides JKA. The nearest point from Shaheed Chowk Kotli - as the crow flies - is Dabsi in Nakyaal tehsil at c. 24 kilometres.

I wish for my grave to hoist 4 white flags at each corner for eternity, as a testament to my struggle for peace in this region.

Reference to my action-oriented research during my struggle here can be accessed via: ajkpublicagency.org or tanveerandkashmir.blogspot.com

I have been able to publicly document only about 10% of the work that I have done so far and some people have been given access to the remaining 90%, which I hope they will make public after my departure.

In conclusion, if people wish to speculate as to why I've taken these drastic measures, they should understand that our territory is being permanently divided between India and Pakistan imminently and both countries have already taken concrete steps in that direction. I wanted to avert that with a fool-proof strategy but I cannot do so - if an insufficient number of my co-citizens are willing to provide the necessary attention and devotion - required to successfully complete this task.

I do not want to live to hear this exclamation from the rest of the world:

"Where were you for 75 years?"

Google Map link:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kotli/@33.5017909,73.7958459,11z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x38e02171882731c7:0xf604d472f02768d3!2sKotli!3b1!8m2!3d33.5008465!4d73.900709!3m4!1s0x38e02171882731c7:0xf604d472f02768d3!8m2!3d33.5008465!4d73.900709  

The End...

Here's the 'Public Will' in Urdu:

ایک عوامی وصیت

زندگی ہر ایک کو عزیز ہے، اس سے قطع نظر کے اس کا معیار کیا ہے۔

کچھ لوگ بامقصد جیتے ہیں اور کچھ بغیر مقصد کے جیتے ہیں۔

کچھ لمبا عرصہ جیتے ہیں، کچھ نہیں جی پاتے۔

کچھ اپنے مقصد حاصل کرنے میں کامیاب ہو جاتے ہیں اور کچھ ناکام ہو جاتے ہیں۔

میرا ایمان ہے کہ غیر متحرک فضول زندگی جینے سے بہتر ہے کہ متحرک موت قبول کر لے۔

ہر انسان کی زندگی میں اپنی اپنی ترجیحات ہوتی ہیں۔۔۔

خود غرضی اور خودداری کا ہمیشہ مقابلہ رہا ہے۔

کچھ لمحہ بھر جیتے ہیں، کچھ دائمی طور پہ جیتے ہیں۔

۔۔۔۔۔۔

میں 10 فروری 2022 رات 12 بجے کے بعد خاموش ہو جائوں گا، گوکہ میں تحریری طور پہ باقی انسانوں سے رابطہ میں رہوں گا اور اگر مجھے تا مرگ بھوک ہڑتال کرنے پڑے۔

میں اپریل 2005 سے آذاد جموں کشمیر میں رہ رہا ہوں جہاں مکمل لا قانونیت ہے۔

میں یہاں ، پر امن، اخلاقی، قانونی اور جمہوری طریقہ کو استعمال میں لاتے ہوئے مکمل طور پہ بین الاقوامی معیار کا حکومتی نظام لانے کی جدوجہد کر رہا ہوں

اگر میرے ہم وطن شہریوں سے، جو یہاں پر آباد ہیں یا بیرون ملک آباد ہیں، مجھے بر وقت  صحت،وسائل اور وقت اپنے  ہم وطنوں سے نہیں میسر ہوا تو پھر میرا فضول جینا مجرمانہ فعل ہے، میرا ضمیر بے تاب رہے

 گا اور میں ایک باعزت طریقے سے یہاں کوچ کرنے کو ہی ترجیح دوں گا۔

اس سے بالاتر کہ میں کس طرح 

اور کب اس دنیا کو چھوڑ جائوں، میں مرنے سے پہلے کسی طرح کا بھی طبی علاج کی سہولت نہیں لینا چاہوں گا، یعنی کوئی گولی، انجیکشن یا 

آپریشن یا کسی دوسرے طریقے سے میرے جسم میں کوئی چیز نہ ڈالی جائے اور نا ہی نکالی

 جائے،

زندہ یا مردہ، میں آذاد جموں کشمیر یا ریاست جموں کشمیر و متحدہ علاقہ جات کی دھرتی 

کسی طور پہ نہیں چھوڑنا چاہوں گا

میں ریاست جموں کشمیر و متحدہ علاقہ جات کو تقسیم کرنے والی خونی لکیر جس کو سیز فائر لائن یا لائن آف کنٹرول

 بھی کہا جاتا ہے، انڈیا اور پاکستان کے فوجوں کے عین 

درمیان دفن ہونا چاہوں گا۔

 شہید چوک کوٹلی سے عمودی

 لائن میں 24 کلومیٹر کے فاصلے پر تحصیل نکیال میں ڈبسی نزدیک ترین علاقہ ہے۔ اس خطے میں امن  کے لئے میری جدوجہد کی شہادت کے طور پر، میری خواہش ہو گی کہ میری قبر پر چار سفید جھنڈے لہرائے جائیں۔

میری تحقیق برائے عمل کا حوالہ

 مندرجہ ذیل لنک میں موجود ہے،

ajkpublicagency.org

میں اس وقت تک اپنے کام کا صرف 10٪  عوام کے سامنے

 لا پایا ہوں اور بقیہ 90٪ کام کے لئے کچھ لوگوں کو اپنے کام تک رسائی دی ہے، جس کی مجھے امید ہے کہ میرے مرنے کے بعد

 وہ اس بقیہ کام کو عوام کے سامنے لائیں گئے۔

نتیجے میں، اگر لوگ یہ قیاس کرنا چاہتے ہیں کہ اس طرح کہ ہنگامی اقدامات کیوں کرنا چاہتا ہوں تو ان کو اس بات کو سمجھنا ہو گا کہ اگلے چند ماہ میں انڈیا اور پاکستان پہلے سے ہی مستقل طور پہ جو ہماری دھرتی  تقسیم ہے، اس کے لئے مزید اقدامات کرنے جا رہے ہیں،

میں اس عمل کو روکنا چاہتا تھا ایک بھرپور حکمت عملی کے ذریعے سے لیکن میں نہیں کر سکا کیونکہ ایک غیر معقول تعداد میں میرے ہم وطن میری مدد کر رہے ہیں لیکن مطلوبہ تعداد جو اس کام کو مکمل کرنے چاہئے وہ ابھی نہیں ہے 

22% now - target 51%

میں دنیا سے یہ سننے کے لئے یہاں نہیں رہنا چاہتا ہوں کہ آپ 75 سال تک کہاں تھے؟

تنویر احمد، ایک محقق اور آذاد جموں کشمیر میں  عوامی حکمت عملی کے لئے متحرک کردار ادا کرنے والا

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Here's my address to the Kotlians of Luton:

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Update 1600hrs:

Syed Shafqat Gillani Sb has been supportive from the outset. He's watching my back like a true soldier of the soil:

 

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

کوٹلی شہید چوک ۔۔۔۔ راجہ تنویر احمد خان

نے شہید چوک کوٹلی میں بھوک ہڑتال کا اعلان کر دیا

ٹھیک چار بجے

پہلے مرحلے میں خاموشی اختیار کرینگے

دوسرے مرحلے میں تامرگ بھوک ہڑتال شروع کر دینگے ۔

راجہ تنویر احمد کا کہنا ہے

ملک وسیم مظفرآباد کیس سے ثابت ہوتا ہے کہ آزاد کشمیر میں کوئی قانون نہیں ہے اور میں یہاں عالمی میعار کا نظام بنانے کے لیے جدوجہد کر رہا تھا

۔ ملک وسیم کو میرا ساتھ دینے کی سزا دی جا رہی ہے ۔۔اس حال میں میرا جینا بے مقصد ہے ۔۔۔۔۔

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Update 2200hrs:

So, as anticipated....

The reason for putting Malik Waseem in jail is so that the administration - marshalled by the gentleman who was educated in public policy on British tax payer money - Commissioner Masood ur Rehman - can work on getting Malik Waseem's family to agree to a 'deal' to forego their claim to stay on (not own) Ratan Singh and Sardar Singh's land in Naluchi Muzaffarabad. 

These are all old tactics of greedy inhumane bureaucrats and associated land mafia to get their way. 

The AJK administration is getting desperate and will make further errors along this hard road of the 21st century.

They will not get away and will be punished as intimated before.

They think they've covered their tracks by putting the 'nuisance' away in jail until they get the deal they want.

End...

Here's an Urdu variation on the above update:

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 24 of 2022

0928hrs:

Day 05 at Martyr's Square - Kotli - AJK

The sun is returning today after an absence of 3 days. Now, I hope to finally resume my 'Public Policy Workshop' at Shaheed Chowk (Martyr's Square) Kotli shortly.

Malik Waseem is still stuck at Saddar police station in Muzaffarabad. The Commissioner of Muzaffarabad Masood ur Rehman appears to be engineering the transfer of Malik Waseem to jail amongst other contrivances. It is also alleged by Waseem that Masood ur Rehman is personally set to benefit with 2 kanaals (10,890 square feet) of land in the vicinity of where Waseem was evicted from. A similar allegation is also being made - 1 kanaal (5,445 square feet) in this instance - about Khwaja Imtiaz (brother of Khwaja Farooq current MLA of PTI and holding the Muzaffarabad city seat). Waseem alleges there to be a third beneficiary too who he is still trying to clarify.

It should also be noted that Masood ur Rehman obtained his MSc in public policy from Kings college London UK through a Chevening scholarship. So, effectively British tax payer money has been used to fund the education of an AJK citizen who later becomes a bureaucrat and repeatedly murders public interest here. This point has also been made in my letter to the British government, which will be made public in due course.

It should also be clear that a vendetta like situation is emerging as the 'powers-that-be' try to consolidate their coup, having evicted Malik Waseem. They are countering the allegations made by Waseem through highlighting the supreme court decision against him. They even got someone in the UK to send me some harsh messages via WhatsApp, which I will elaborate on in due course, if necessary. They also sent me a voice clip of Malik Waseem's adversary outlining his stance that I wasn't aware of the other side of the story. They haven't enabled direct communication of me with him and I am keen to learn his side of the story.

Irrespective of what has occurred and will occur in due course, I wish to use the case of Malik Waseem as a case study (reference) to explain how the rich exploit the poor using the system as a tool. How both the 'land' and the 'people' of this territory are manipulated to cement external occupation of this territory and promote internal strife. By reopening or publicising Malik Waseem's case we can explore - exactly what happens - to execute such operations. How land documents are tampered with, how money is circulated within the system to contrive results in favour of the powerful, against the powerless. Even if it surfaces that Malik Waseem is at fault somewhere down the line I am willing to accept that. It will still be a victory for public interest becomes it will lead towards transparency of the system.

For those that insist that nothing can be done in Waseem Malik's case because the supreme court has given its verdict, need to understand the following provision:

Curative powers of the supreme court - court can reopen a case to cure or correct an error.

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A sunny day after what seemed many a day:

For those of you who can't read the text of the Facebook post above:

'Public Policy Workshop'' at Shaheed Chowk Kotli has resumed after 2 days of inclement weather and concerned feedback from the public that I should wait for the weather to improve and to take precautions for my health. The workshop began on the 20th of January 2022 and I have remained at this venue but stayed indoors for the past 2 days. Our targets are clear:

We need:

1) Original and comprehensive 'Land Record' of AJK as it was in 1947.

2) Complete 'Population Census Data' of JKA in 1941.

End of FB post....

Correspondingly, the first video after a couple of days break:

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Day's Finance:

Opening Balance = 1,100

Y: (Incoming)

5,000

X:

80 - cigarettes for co-citizen

100 - chicken shwarma

150 - kahwa x 5

50 - dates

5,000 - Malik Waseem

(5,000 - borrowed for Malik Waseem)

*Sent 10,000 to Malik Waseem

Total sent to Malik Waseem to date: 30,000

Closing Bal. 720 

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 22 of 2022

1034hrs:

Day 03 at Martyr's Square - Kotli - AJK

The third night in a row that I haven't been able to sleep properly. Two nights at Shaheed Chowk (Martyr's square) Kotli and one night prior which was spent in preparation.

I can barely sit and write but....the show must rumble on...

Malik Waseem is apparently missing again, according to Latif Akbar (President of Pakistan People's Party in AJK and hails from a constituency in Muzaffarabad tehsil/subdivision) who contacted me this morning, to enquire as to which police station was Waseem detained in. We've also been advised to file a habeas corpus petition on his behalf, by a very senior lawyer.

More (and much more) in a bit....I can barely keep my eyes open.

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1512hrs: (Update)

I managed to get some much needed shut eye for a couple of hours in a friend's shop and this has re-energised me somewhat. 

Rain remains incessant and the temperature is dropping too. I haven't been able to sit in the chowk today yet. There are tonnes of matter pending as anyone who is familiar with my work can imagine.

Meanwhile....

The police have insisted that the complainants reference Malik Waseem's detention (without charge) at Saddar Thaana should speak to the DC and that only he could release him. The complainants duly did so with their advocate. DC Nadeem Ahmed Janjua refused to entertain them or their application. This prompted me to contact the DC myself, whom I have been acquainted with in the past. 

Me:

Huzoor....can you update us on the Malik Waseem issue. I have been conducting a 'Public Policy Workshop' at Shaheed Chowk Kotli for the past 3 days and there are a few thousand people constantly engaged on this issue - at home and abroad - I will be writing to the British government on this issue and related matters of governance,  specifically in reference to their unfulfilled responsibilities under Indian Independence Act. Thank you.... Tanveer Ahmed

DC:

There are decisions of courts 

Do study those decisions 

Regards

Me:

There is an abundance of ambiguity and contestation about due legal process in reference to this case as well as over 80% of land (revenue department) related decisions in general, in AJK.

Please note the role of Judge Tariq Custodian who the evicted family claim tampered documents, which were then subsequently used as reference in subsequent court proceedings, which ultimately led to decisions being made against this family.

The evicted family have made it clear that they want an official enquiry into the court record on this issue. 

The AJK administration is effectively displacing a poor refugee family from Evacuee Property to give it to another refugee who has since settled in England and who doesn't suffer from the conditions that this poor family does. In other words, the latter is not dependant on this land and will only sell it to the highest bidder. The human cost of this commercial transaction is too much for any right minded public rights activist to bear.

In the wider State of JKA perspective since 1947, this case takes us back to those events and forced migration in particular. The land in question belongs to the descendants of Ratan Singh and Sardar Singh and has been occupied by a poor refugee family of Kupwara, who in turn are being displaced once again for commercial purposes, based on an allegedly malafide procedure.

As this case continues to gain increasing traction at home and in the diaspora the implications could be very far reaching.

Meanwhile, thank you for your response. It has been duly noted.

End of communication....

Now, it has been intimated to me by other sources that Commissioner Muzaffarabad Masood ur Rehman has been tasked with managing this increasingly delicate issue (caught between the Indian, Pakistani and internal narratives of JKA). He's been given such tasks before in his previous incarnations and from direct experience of him, he has always murdered public interest for the sake of powerful lobbies - the Muhammad Ali Murtaza case on the LOC in Khuiratta 2013 - when he was DC Kotli, maybe an exception.  

It is also clear from sources that the police and other authorities are keen on blackmailing Malik Waseem by conditioning his release, on him giving a guarantee that he will no longer publicly protest his plight. They've also conditioned the release of the womenfolk of his family from a refugee shelter on similar assurances, backed by a legal bond (machalka) of 50,000 rupees each.

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 19 of 2022

2144hrs:

Of course, I am primarily consumed with the Malik Waseem case. This is their third day out in the cold. I felt a lot of anger inside me for 'allowing' this to happen. One always feel there is more that they could have done to prevent matters from getting this far.

In my morning conversation with him it became clear that mounting pressure is developing on him by the administration to make a 'deal' but his response is that why isn't his adversary given a 'deal'? Why is he being uprooted? 

He also has the answer.

There is a new judicial complex being built nearby and that has increased the value of Ratan Singh's land. Land speculators want him out first, knowing that he and his family will resist - and is resisting - and they also know that the other members of the community may not put up such a resistance on their turn. It should be remembered that this is 'evacuee property'. It cannot be sold or commercialised - its occupancy can only be interim - until the evacuee's descendants return or some other amicable solution is arrived at, to the satisfaction of the people of Jammu Kashmir & Allied areas. The Indians played ball on 'evacuee property' on that side until the 5th of August 2019 - in general - and as far as one has gathered from anecdotal evidence thus far. However, demographic changes are apace there now, we are informed.  

In short, the 'big fish' want to gobble up the 'small fish' without mercy. The classic contest between strong and weak is in full flow.

This is why the Commissioner of Muzaffarabad Masood ur Rehman (remember him? does Mahmood Musafir ring a bell?) cannot agree with Malik Waseem's story, as pointed out in yesterday's weblog entry. Apparently, some bureaucrats and members of the judiciary have already worked out how much and who is going to benefit from this land grab.

The original Sikh owners are nowhere in the picture. The claiming adversary of Malik Waseem lives in the UK and will profit from acting as proxy. Someone needs to interview him, if possible.

Meanwhile, it may be notable to add that Malik Waseem's father Ghulam Qadir and his paternal uncle Wali Muhammad are retired soldiers of the Pakistani army. They have both appealed for help, protection and justice. In a sea of drowning hope, they have both made a plea to the Pakistani army to intervene:

Father Ghulam Qadir

Uncle Wali Muhammad 

Coverage of Waseem's family issue has expanded to various platforms on social media. Here's an example:

AJK Point (media channel in Muzaffarabad) also made a thoughtful video which cannot be embedded for some reason, despite several attempts. (You can click the hyperlink 'embedded' in the previous sentence to access it though.

In the evening I called Sardar Shameem Sahaab for an emergency meeting on Malik Waseem's issue. Here's a summary of the conversation:

It seems the pressure on Waseem from various quarters has forced him to retract or clarify his statement about India's prime minister. Who else but Irfan Ashraf (remember him from Tehreek e Jawanaan vs. JKNSF in Kotli?) to provide the platform:

Most of us will be able to add 2 + 2 together above.

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As we are on the subject of enforced migrations, let's find time to also explore the plight of the Kashmiri Pandits:

Kashmiri Pandits Observe 32nd Black Day https://t.co/ZOYmAcShE9 via @dailytimespak @manojsinha_ @ashokbhan11 @santoshkashmiri @rraina1481 @MuzzafarShah1 @tarigami @ghulamnazad @HCI_London @RahulGandhi @SheikhAamir_inc @Iftikhar_Misgar @MUHAMMA88520330 @AdvNeelofar

— Syed Nazir Gilani (@JKCHR) January 19, 2022

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Let's change the subject now, or at least some of it. I thought the following Dogri song was striking, inclusive and our geographically distinct identity was clarified. Well done!

Me kali Kashmir di they Jammu da Ghulab da:

I did check the whole video on YouTube. The channel had a distinctly Indian name and the rest of the video had very different themes. This segment took on the national question in a very creative way. For example, she says Pakistan and China dream of it and this is neither Delhi or Punjab! (She couldn't say India for obvious reasons, so the creativity in lyrics was smart. Saying this is not Delhi is effectively giving the same message). Dogra museum and I think the Tawi bridge in the background. Claiming ownership of both Jammu and Kashmir was also interesting I think.

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