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Thursday, 4 September 2025

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 247 of 2025

0309hrs:

Back at home after a 2 day excursion. So, this time has to be the time to share thoughts that are for public consumption. 

We are entering the last few laps of a very long marathon and we will pick up speed as required at this stage.

Today is also Day 2 of Awaami Adaalat - District Kotli. A daily photo will also feature in due course. 

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Here's another example of pro bono assistance to my co-citizens as they attempt to communicate with the outside world:

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Tuesday, 8 March 2022

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 67 of 2022

1732hrs:

Day 48 at Martyr's Square Kotli 

Proceedings: 


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We want a clean and green Jammu Kashmir & Allied areas:


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If we want an economy, we have to pay attention to the requirements of tourism in AJK:


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Meanwhile, we will not rest till we obtain justice for 11 year old Kanwal Matloob:

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Thursday, 10 February 2022

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۔

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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.

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Here's an Urdu variation on the above update:


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Friday, 21 January 2022

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 21 of 2022

1038hrs:

Day 02 at Martyr's Square - Kotli - AJK

It has been a very testing past 8 hours or so. It was my first night under the sky at Shaheed Chowk Kotli. I was well equipped and found tremendous support from various activists of Kotli, who were keen to learn of my every need. However, at about 0230hrs it began to rain. 

I initially put up with it because I had a thick duvet covering me and goatskin underneath me. Yet when light rain turned into drizzle by about 0530hrs I had to make a run for cover in an alleyway nearby, carrying my drenched sleeping gear with me. It was just as well that I had very thick clothing which still protected my body but my feet were soaked and my footwear had already been exposed.

I had only about 3 hours sleep yesterday and today I managed even less. 

 

Thus, at the time of writing, despite accepting one of my local hosts offer of 'siri paya' (Buffalo's hooves) for breakfast I still feel absolutely exhausted. I must push on however.

It was a lively day at the chowk with an uninterrupted gathering of various people at regular intervals, while giving due consideration to traffic.

One visitor was the flamboyant JJ who wanted to interview me:


As evening pressed on, the temperature also began dipping:  


Let's try and capture the zeitgeist in our territory:

The following is point blank:


The above tweet translates as:

(My effort)

If the AJK government cannot take steps as part of its responsibility with reference to self-determination, then how can it meet the conditions for accession to Pakistan?

I then thought I should clarify from the man himself, a jurist and authority on the UN and Kashmir. His response:

Yes. "How would it qualify to negotiate the terms for accession".

To be more precise:

If the Government of Azad Kashmir cannot under take its share of actions in reference to self-determination – how can it negotiate terms to accede to Pakistan?

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Let me now rewind to the updates after midnight this morning:

0132hrs (Update):

The 2 other members of Malik Waseem's family have been released viz. his brother and nephew. Apparently the police have withdrawn Section 341 and charged him with 16 MPO (related to breaching public order) and of course he is in detention. My thought is that they changed the charge to circumvent his bail order but a lawyer would offer a better opinion. The police and particularly those whose interests they are serving are keen to play carrot and stick, to make Waseem resign from his desire to return to the land his family had lived on since 1949.

A lot of cash has changed hands in London between his adversary (co-claimant to Ratan Singh's land) and those who covet that land, alleges Waseem.

2350hrs (Update):

I've been informed that Malik Waseem's condition is critical because of his hunger strike since being arrested yesterday evening (Thursday). The police are saying that they haven't even written an FIR. Effectively, they've detained him illegally. Earlier today, the police informed Waseem's family that they will release him tonight but they didn't.

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Thursday, 20 January 2022

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 20 of 2022

0328hrs:

Day 01 at Martyr's Square - Kotli - AJK

The land of Ratan Singh's descendants, adjacent to the 'Chatti Badshahat' of the Sikhs of Muzaffarabad and occupied by fellow affectees of the 1947 religious-based conflict in Jammu Kashmir & Allied took another horrible turn just after midnight.

Malik Waseem, his brother Naeem Malik, Naeem's son Asad and their maternal nephew Saad, 4 womenfolk and 3 children of their household were brutally manhandled by the police and taken away. For a while it wasn't clear where they had been taken.

An hour or so later it emerged that the women had been taken to a shelter while Malik Waseem's whereabouts have not been established yet (0405hrs). He had initially also been taken to the police station but then taken elsewhere (so we thought) but it became clear later in the evening that he had evaded arrest and remained 'underground' till he could obtain bail, unknown to the rest of us.  



KFD TV in the UK is also alert on this matter and communication is being established with the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Switzerland:



Today's newspapers are also following the story:



I finally got to sleep at around 0700hrs....only to be woken up by a phone call at 1030hrs.....I am getting late for my midday appointment at Shaheed Chowk Kotli. Malik Waseem is still missing soon after being arrested just beyond midnight. The womenfolk of his family have been forced by the police into a refugee shelter (reliving 1947 yet again, despite 3 generations on). Meanwhile, a tussle between the Indian and Pakistani influences on JKA are zeroing in on this issue.

I reached Kotli at about 1500hrs, 3 hours later than I wanted to. Almost immediately a steady trickle of activists began visiting me but we first needed to clean our working space. The litter here is testament to the title of the following video. People who feel a sense of ownership over any land or property do not ignore garbage in their midst:


Once that operation was out of the way, we could sit down and begin interacting....


1851hrs (Update):

Indeed, it has transpired that Malik Waseem evaded arrest last night and is still at large but concealed on his own volition. The police have charged him, his elder brother Naeem Malik and Naeem's son Asad with Section 341 (obstructing a path apparently). The latter 2 are in police custody while the womenfolk of his family have been put in a refugee shelter in Jalalabad, Muzaffarabad. Waseem's parents are at a friend's house. Apologies for any misunderstanding.

I described the following picture as, 'Preparing for the twilight zone in Shaheed Chowk -  Kotli'


2100hrs (Update):

Message from Malik Waseem: "I have been arrested despite bail order and am at Thana (police station) Saddar (Muzaffarabad). I have begun a hunger strike till release."

Upon request by some students who came to visit me in the evening, I gave my first 'Public Policy Workshop' lecture at the stroke of midnight:

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 216 of 2026

0042hrs: We have entered Day 61 of this senseless war imposed on us by Pakistan. There is now enough evidence surfacing that the Pakistanis ...