Daily Diary (DD) - Day 324 of 2022

1109hrs:

Day 168 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0841hrs

Attendance = 100%

Punctuality = 62%

104 days on time or early of 168

Punctuality deficit = 23 minutes 

Punctuality Consistency Status = 0 days

My consistent punctuality performance over the past 14 days (Second best performance to date in 168 days) has been deflated, almost as if in a flash. The punctuality surplus of 18 minutes has also reverted back to a deficit, quantified as 23 minutes in this case.

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Our weekly offering in the shape of a live Facebook video in Pahaari on JKTV, enters its second week:

 

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Here's yet another case (amongst countless such cases) of a citizen of ours being picked up from near the LOC, who the Pakistani security forces considered to be a threat of some sort and thus they carried out a familiar pattern of abduction and incarceration - without providing an opportunity for legal recourse - while abusing Geneva conventions.

Here's a statement in Urdu, followed by the ID card particulars of the incarcerated gentleman in question, which is then followed by a translation in English:

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ID Card

Translation:

Name: Syed Imtiaz Hussain Shah (son of) Syed Fazal Hussain Shah

Residence: Degwar, Tehsil & District Haveli, State of Jammu and Kashmir

11th September 2016

The Pakistani Army abducted me. For two and a half years they kept me in various torture cells and repeatedly meted out both mental and physical violence upon me. They did not allow me to speak in any manner whatsoever. They did not provide any facility for me to meet my wife and children. They kept me in dark cells. After two and a half years of making me endure such brutality they dumped me at Bagh jail in Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK). 

The Pakistani Army had sentenced me to 10 years long imprisonment which is an absolute travesty of justice, not least because I'm not even a citizen of Pakistan. 

The Pakistani Army have occupied my proprietary land (in Degwar Haveli) where I live, situated near the LOC. On one side we are facing the Indian Army and on the other side we are facing the Pakistani Army. 

The Pakistani Army accused me of being in contact with the Indian Army. Now, six years have elapsed in torture cells or jail. 

The United Nations should take notice of these serious human rights violations by the Pakistani Army. I want to be released from this ordeal. My family and I need protection.

Syed Imtiaz Hussain Shah

Further Notes:

MDS is a hospital run by the (Pakistani) Army, in front of which was Imtiaz Shah's shop selling herbal medicine. This is where he was abducted from (This place is known as Tachchan MDS) by some plain-clothed personnel while others were in police uniform.

Upon such disappearances, the provision of a lawyer is not available. Furthermore, many people who are taken away in such a manner are not able to bear the difficulties meted out to them in torture cells and they consequently die.

Nevertheless, when I was transferred to the civil jail in Bagh, I have since hired a lawyer. My case is being heard at the Rawalpindi Bench of the Lahore High Court but even the court is unable to deliver justice as they are also faced with pressure from the Pakistani Army. 

Despite this reality, I have lodged a case in court. (What other recourse is available to me in such circumstances?).  

(Meanwhile, Imtiaz Shah was transferred from Bagh jail to Mirpur jail where he remains incarcerated)

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Facebook reminds me of my time in Skardu, 12 years ago:

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 275 of 2022

1153hrs:

Day 119 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0755hrs

My punctuality deficit has decreased to 47 minutes.

Punctuality percentage: 68 days on time or early of 119 = 57% punctual.

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Day 20 on Twitter takes us to Ladakh!

Set a reminder for my upcoming Space! https://t.co/E0wo7HtjPX
The least discussed and least involved yet largest part of the erstwhile princely State of Jammu Kashmir & Allied (areas) #Ladakh#JKA
What are its concerns and aspirations in 2022, 75 years on?
Let's try & find out.

— Tanveer Ahmed (@sahaafi) October 2, 2022

Associated reference:

Ladakh is the least discussed yet the largest part of JKA in land mass and quite possibly the most strategic. We need to feature it a lot more in our 'national equation'. Here's a reasonably detailed introduction to it:

Link

Space Count (That is: How many people have engaged so far): 143 (updated at 1933hrs on 08/10/2022) 

Average space count (20 days so far): 187

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 156 of 2020

1428hrs:

I resumed football a few days ago after a lay off for over 3 weeks. When injuries occur at my age (48) they take a lot more time to recover than if I were a couple of decades younger. I notice that whenever I put my foot down and exert myself over a certain level, some ligament or muscle will give way. This means that I need to build my strength to a certain level before I could do all those things I would do on a daily basis over 3 decades ago.

In short, I've spent a lot of years away from football and am paying for it now.

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Serendipity gives us the following portrait:

ColorFull Stones Of Indus River Skardu
_gilgit.Baltistan... ❤️ pic.twitter.com/2dIvbWSXz6

— Bakhtawar Shah🇵🇰 (@gb__pk) June 4, 2020

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As activists in AJK, we must intensify our campaign to identify lame or destructive elements in our bureaucracy/admin part of the 'executive', which remains constant and unscrutinised unlike the politicians who campaign from one election to the next:

DC Bagh & SHO thorar must be suspended from their office and investigated on torturing, humiliating and launching FIRs against citizens. Public office holders are public servants and must not be allowed to behave like a king or even boss @farooq_pm @PIDAZADKASHMIR @Masood__Khan pic.twitter.com/GIZ5JXmG2s

— JKPNP (@JKPNP3) June 4, 2020

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 132 of 2020

2319hrs:

The burden gets heavier by the day but it is equally engaging, at times even enthralling and thus not adequately described as a burden but a pleasurable duty.

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Meanwhile, in that forlorn territory most often than not ignored by the other constituent parts of J & K:



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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 349 of 2019

1659hrs:

I've just come back from an invigorating 3 km walk eastwards along the River Jhelum, to fetch some pristine spring water.

While eating a piece of guava followed by a walnut on my return, I began pitying many of my co-citizens who hardly walk let alone exercise, have a very high intake of sugar, use sub-standard cooking oil/ghee in their cooking, consume powdered spices and processed salt, bake flour with hardly any wheat in it, eat a lot of things wrapped in newspapers or plastic packaging, drink contaminated water and have x cups of tea made from packaged milk and the list goes on. They then consume sub-standard medicines to try and superficially repel the accumulated ills their bodies carry.

I almost feel like an ardent ritual namaazi (Muslim worshipper) who tends to look down on all those who refrain from regular prayer.

In any case, I do my utmost to avoid all the above - irrespective of wherever I may be - because I want to stay fit and healthy to do the work that I do, at least until I die.

  

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The next days, weeks and months will prove to be the most interesting in the history of this territory, otherwise described as Jammu Kashmir Aqsai Tibetha. Isn't it interesting that many documents get to Indian media before the sharing circle reaches us in AJK:

We will see much more of such anxiety in the coming days and weeks, from a #JandK perspective. #AJK #GB #SitDownPakistan https://t.co/InNFuZJ0Cp

— Tanveer Ahmed (@sahaafi) December 15, 2019

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For over a decade now, I've felt linking Jammu with AJK and Ladakh with GB will untie the knot of slavery in Jammu & Kashmir. The people of Skardu (GB) have tried to remind the world of their plight and aspirations to re-unite with Kargil (Ladakh) on many occasions:

Open Kargil Border Movement- Continued Protests, people of Pari Kharmang marched in a protest rally after Friday prayers. The Kargil Border should be opened on the basis of human empathy.
How long will the political, economical and territorial siege of Gilgit-Baltistan continue? pic.twitter.com/voZie3ddnV

— Hasnain Ramal حسنین رمل (@nisarhasnain2) December 13, 2019

It is very heartening to see such human aspirations in such a climate.

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People's Assembly, Lok Assembly or Awaami Assembly? 
In a territory where the externally sponsored Legislative Assembly has capsized and where people haven't enjoyed freedom of assembly for 72 years. 


A detailed conversation in Urdu, thanks to Shams Rehman & #JKTV:



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