Daily Diary (DD) - Day 348 of 2019

0511hrs:

I have been burning the midnight oil to get through a lot of things on our public agenda.

This was just one of them:



I always knew this video would have to be re-visited from time to time.

Here are some points that I have extracted from his speech and translated them for added clarity:

n.b. Time (in video) is followed by extracts of his speech.

13:06 - Pakistan's foreign policy is not in sync with the needs of the Kashmiri people.

14:22 - According to a survey in the (Kashmir) Valley, sympathy for Pakistan was at 6%.

14:32 - At night on the internet I see people mobilising for an independent Kashmir.

14: 45 - How governments are made and broken here - (the absence of democracy) - that Kashmir (Valley) has been robbed and we don't want to become someone else's colony. Or some other country's citizen(s).

15:19 - An innocent woman cannot live between 3 gangsters (aik sharif zaadi 3 goondo ke darmiyan nahi reh sakti!) This is difficult, it cannot happen. We don't know who controls the (Pakistani) foreign ministry.

18:14 - This constitutional set-up is not capable of fulfilling the aspirations of the people. This is not possible. 

19:30 - If we had control, none of these issues would arise.

19:39 - The role of Chief Election Commissioner is also used to wring our necks.

19:48 - For Mangla, I don't want royalty, I want net hydel profit like NWFP (now KPK).

23:00 - Voluntary soldiers (billa thankhwa fauj) is a drama.

23:35 - Pakistani PM Gilani whispered in my (Raja Farooq Haider's) ear that I will get Kashmir for you! 

24:00 - We (AJK) have no voice. We don't exist.

24:36 - Amend Article 257 of Pakistani Constitution to bring it up to date. Add another article and take us back to the acceptance position (of that standstill agreement) and let us do our own thing! Its as simple as that!

24: 57 - (While narrating a conversation with Pakistani PM Gilani) Ghulam Sadiq and I may be talking to you nicely but who (of us) you meet in future may not be so pleasant, when talking to you.

25: 32 - When the money is mine then taxation is my job, I have to spend it (and do budgeting). Why should Manzoor Watoo (then Minister for Kashmir Affairs) give clearance?

25: 47 - A hawaldaar (sergeant in Pakistan's clandestine agencies) will be writing that I'm anti Pakistan.

27:15 - We have our own State identity

28: 25 Mirs of Hunza and Nagar discouraged by Sardar Ibrahim Khan with good arguments from 'acceding' with Hari Singh (My note: This point needs further elaboration) 

28: 40 - The people here basically fought themselves for this territory (in 1947).


30: 10 - A lot of bad times are ahead for Pakistan where it will face a lot of economic problems.

End of translation of extracts of Raja Farooq Haider's speech.....

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Here's the Urdu podcast of the People's Assembly - AJK Public Document, as promised yesterday:



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Sardar Masood Khan, otherwise known as the president of AJK has disowned the government circular doing the rounds on social media since yesterday:

What can be more embarrassing than a President tweeting about a notification which was issued by the name of President’s office but president don’t k ow about it.

Who is running these things? @tariqfarooq60 what is new justification now?#Kashmir #KashmirInDanger pic.twitter.com/qbKEoRZP2y

— Qaisar Javed (@iamQaisarJaved) December 14, 2019

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Trying to give you other angles on my existence:



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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 266 of 2019

1240hrs:

"The time has therefore come for Pakistan’s bonzes – immersed as they are in their own troubles, and incapable as they are of looking beyond their noses – to display boldness and declare that Pakistan’s basic position is tied to the UN resolutions but that if the Kashmiris so desire, and they want to be on their own, then so be it. Pakistan will respect their wishes, even if it means Azad Kashmir becoming part of an independent Kashmir."

This time was over 3 years ago!

This is perhaps the most practical article I ever remember reading by a Pakistani on Kashmir:

This is rare Pakistani wisdom from over 3 yrs ago but even more relevant 4 #JandK #OBMs 2day:
2 paraphrase 1 of his sentences: When our leaders claim #Kashmir 4 #Pakistan we insult Kashmiri opinion because they r not facing Indian bullets 2 join Pakistan.https://t.co/GJjGjSNCGv

— Tanveer Ahmed (@sahaafi) September 23, 2019

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Remaining on the theme of Pakistanis who display genuine empathy for the sovereign aspirations of Jammu & Kashmir,  here is the first of a two part Urdu video whereby Dr Arif Mahmud Kisana makes some unusual arguments for a Pakistani:



For example, he reminds us that Iqbal in his Allahabad Address in 1930, while outlining a vision of an independent state for Muslim-majority provinces in northwestern India never mentioned Kashmir. 

There was no such mention in the Lahore Resolution (which some describe as the Pakistan Resolution) either, 10 years later (1940). 

Pakistan had recognised the independence of Hyderabad, which had remained independent for 13 months until September 1948 when the Indian State took over, after many months of internal as well as external intrigue. Hence, M A Jinnah's interpretation of the Indian Independence Act was practically followed through viz. that the Princely States could remain independent or accede to any one of the 2 dominions.

I was particularly surprised at Dr Arif's elaboration on the Standstill Agreement which many Pakistanis wish to obliterate from memory, except to mention in passing where convenient.

He rightly mentions that Pakistan was enjoying favour with the Maharajah of Jammu & Kashmir and his subjects after signing the Standstill Agreement - which India didn't do - so why did Pakistan begin obstructing essential supplies to J & K under that agreement? 

In other words. why enrage others and make enemies of those who favour you or don't bring you harm?

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This is a first hand account of what happened on the 13th of September when the Pakistani prime minister made his 3rd trip to AJK in 39 days since India bifurcated and downgraded its controlled part of Jammu & Kashmir on the 5th of August. 

21 year old Khwaja Mujtaba Bandey explains how he and a few others were raising slogans in favour of Kashmir's freedom in the crowd (and not the sort of freedom that would enslave us to Pakistan). They had garnered the attention of the crowd at K. H. Khursheed Stadium for over 20 minutes before the AJK police took action. 

Mujtaba then explains how he was arrested and subsequently tortured in custody, by those who were 'senior' to the local SHO (Station House officer). Again, this is a euphemism for Pakistan's clandestine agencies:

Here's the FIR (First Information Report):

Translated thus:



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Random thoughts:


The aspiring citizens of AJK have to convert the wealth of the territory itself into the means of holding it.

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 218 of 2019

1438hrs:

An early start in Dadyaal today. Many people want to express their feelings over India's unilateral move to quash Article 35A and amend Article 370 in its constitution, in a bid to end Jammu & Kashmir's special status within the Indian Union. However, many do not realise Pakistan's complicity in the matter and their own attempts to integrate AJK and GB into Pakistan, right from the outset of breaking the Standstill Agreement with the Maharajah in 1947.

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Here's a more representative view of what took place in Dadyaal today.

There were a range of speakers from pro-accessionists (with Pakistan) including the AC (Assistant Commissioner of Dadyaal) to independent J & K minded citizens. One can make their own conclusions as to the sentiment of the locals:




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Does he have a role to play in stunting this bold move by the BJP?

Or am I interfering in politics?

Regional politics or international politics or local 'Riyasati' politics?

National integration isn’t furthered by unilaterally tearing apart J&K, imprisoning elected representatives and violating our Constitution. This nation is made by its people, not plots of land.

This abuse of executive power has grave implications for our national security.

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) August 6, 2019

He also said the following, (for the record):

Kashmir’s mainstream political leaders have been jailed at secret locations.

This is unconstitutional & undemocratic.

It’s also short sighted and foolish because it will allow terrorists to fill the leadership vaccum created by GOI.

The imprisoned leaders must be released.

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) August 6, 2019

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I took some time verify the authenticity of the following video on Twitter, from earlier today:

pic.twitter.com/GwDFY9ibUF

— #SaveRiverSaveMuzaffarabad (@khawajaatteeq) August 6, 2019

Indian cultural or political expansionism in the heart of Pakistan's capital, Islamabad?

Well, at least Jammu & Kashmir is most certainly agenda no. 1 in both Delhi and Islamabad today......and perhaps for many days to come?

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The following is true.....what the Indians have done in their controlled part has struck a raw nerve throughout AJK:

Protests erupted throughout POK demanding India & Pakistan to leave Jammu Kashmir #IndependentJK @UN @UNHumanRights @EU_Commission pic.twitter.com/eJbmmGuK4m

— JKPNP (@JKPNP3) August 6, 2019

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