Daily Diary (DD) - Day 144 of 2026

0402hrs:

Another false start as the wheel spins faster and faster with each passing hour. There has been another death in the family. This time a male following 2 females (in the past week). An uncle in his late 60's at best and who - from our childhood - we always fondly referred to as 'Uncle Johnny', formally referred to as Jahandad Khan of Baderi, near Choch in Sehnsa. 

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 92 of 2026

1035hrs:

No false start today is a relief, despite being a very late start. Yesterday's all-nighter continued till about 1100hrs yesterday morning, before I obtained about 5 hours sleep. The rest of the afternoon & evening didn't prove so efficient and I worked hard to sleep after 2100hrs. I had to keep my eyes closed for hours on end before falling into deep sleep way beyond midnight last night, which helped me recharge till c. 0900hrs this morning (a clear 6 hours later than my aspired for routine viz. 0300hrs).

At least I can now look ahead to the rest of the day in a refreshed manner and plan better for the days ahead.

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In our daily Public Finance Update section, we are gradually introducing real time transparency to our charitable (social welfare) arm of JKA PUBLIC AGENCY. Relatively modest amounts have been sent to us intermittently in the past but now that the amounts have increased, they are likely to be a constant feature of our governance delivery model, starting from the 102 (administrative) villages of Sehnsa, Sarsaawa & Panjera.

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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:

214

Number of co-citizens who have promised to pay:

86

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

600

Cash in Hand: 55,030

Cash Deposits: 265,551

Immediate Debts: 0

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Social Welfare Budget (Zakat/Sadqa):

Current Deposits: 350,000 

Arrears: 22,776 (pending from 17/03/2026 - money that has been spent elsewhere momentarily but needs to be rightfully returned to this fund)

Distributed (today): 23,000

Balance: 327,000

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 106 of 2022

0500hrs:

Day 16 - District (Kotli) wide tour as part of Internal Political Process - AJK

Updated stats of completed interviews of tribal politicians/political workers: 42 of 60

Inching closer to the finish.

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Humming along, after a very engaging late night conversation that followed through beyond midnight.

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One does end up with a dry mouth after talking throughout the day with multiple people, whilst fasting.

In a slavish society repeatedly hoodwinked on forgoing present needs for a promised future, this is an exercise of sovereignty.

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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?

I think it is time to change assumptions. #IndoPak bilateralism created by predecessors of #UnitedKingdom dominate the airwaves and space in #InternationalCommunity Civil Society in #AJK is capable of reverting sovereignty (Right to Rule) to the people of erstwhile #JKA https://t.co/engh8qxGrF

— Tanveer Ahmed (@sahaafi) April 14, 2022

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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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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 227 of 2019

2052hrs:

If just as an after thought, I saw far more Pakistani flags for sale in Dadyaal today than I noticed yesterday anywhere between Dadyaal, Kotli, Sarsaawa, Baloch, Trarkhel, Jandaali, Banjosa, Kaigalla, Hajeera, Tattapani and via Kotli back to Dadyaal. In actual fact, I saw exactly 3 Pakistani flags on our entire journey and every 1 of those were mounted on vehicles, who could have belonged to anybody.

I would be really interested to learn of how many Pakistani flags have been sold in Dadyaal, in the days leading up to this year's 14th of August.

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There are reports of cross-LOC firing today, in Leepa Sector and Battal Sector. Here's a 'must translate' tweet in relation to a civilian casualty in Battal:

@tariqfarooq60 @PM_AJK

بٹل پونچھ کا رہاٸشی منیب الرحمان آج جب بھارتی فوج کی گولہ باری کی وجہ سے زخمی ہوا تو بٹل یا ملحقہ علاقوں میں ایمبولینس نہ ہونے کی وجہ سے بروقت ہسپتال نہ پہنچ سکا۔ اپنی مدد آپ کے تحت جب اسے راولاکوٹ پہنچایا گیا تو زیادہ خون بہنے کی وجہ سے اس کی موت ہو گٸ pic.twitter.com/Iwz41nWqt7

— Misaligned Stars (@AfzaalMajid1) August 15, 2019

Translated thus:


A resident of Battal in Poonch, Muneebur Rehman who was injured in mortar shelling by indian forces, couldn't reach hospital in time as there were no ambulances available in the vicinity. When other residents of the area transported him to Rawalakot using their own initiative (community self-help), he (Muneeb) had already lost too much blood and hence succumbed to his injuries.

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Ayesha Siddiqa has always been on the ball. I was fortunate to meet her at her residence in Islamabad in 2009. She was wrong on one thing that I'll always remember though: She thought - at the time - that Pakistan's 'deep State' would never allow me to conduct public forums throughout AJK and GB. Why? She thought they were too powerful in AJK and they would obstruct my work, by hook or by crook. I said at the time that I didn't think they could do as they liked in AJK because deep down; they always knew that they don't have a locus standi in AJK, the people do.



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