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Wednesday, 20 November 2024

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 325 of 2024

1258hrs:

Today is effectively Day 117 since I began My Educational Walk from Sehnsa to Sharda. I am still on my second break which started on Day 88 (29 days ago!) whereas the first break (Day 37 to Day 59) lasted 22 days.

For those of you keeping a close watch on matters in AJK, will notice another milestone being achieved in Rawalakot yesterday, as the public openly defied the recent presidential ordinance that was intended to restrict the public's freedom of assembly. The public now effectively have control over the territory of AJK yet it is also obvious that they do not know what to do with the power in their hands.

JKA PUBLIC AGENCY's role will now become clearer to the public in these circumstances.

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In light of these developments and the immediate issue of Zubair Bhatti, my educational walk has faced a delay but after tomorrow's intended public show of resistance in Kotli city, I will resume my walk from Kotli Adda towards Nikyaal.

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Sunday, 11 December 2022

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 345 of 2022

1058hrs:

Day 189 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0800hrs

Attendance = 100%
Punctuality = 66%
124 days on time or early of 189
Punctuality surplus = 33 minutes 
Punctuality Consistency Status = 5 days

Note: Today's photo was taken inches away from the Square, to avoid any disruption to our punctuality. As intimated in earlier posts, for the past few weeks I have been meaning to walk to the Square from home, rather than hitch a pillion ride on a motorcycle or a lift in a car. In that I have succeeded, thereby improving the qualitative aspect of my punctuality at the Square.

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The following report was published by Dr Nazir Gilani - renowned jurist of UN template on Jammu Kashmir & Allied (areas) - about a week ago. Such is my 18 hour day that I have just today pounced on the opportunity to reference it, despite its more immediate merit:
    

There are many relevant points for all those interested in JKA but the following extract is relevant for our Twitter Space today:

Dr Nazir Gilani has referenced the Maghar Singh Case (J & K High Court May 1953) on Pages 24, 25 and 26 of his December 2022 Report 'Indian Action of 5 August 2019: Jurisprudence of Kashmir Case'

Here's the exact text he has written:

(Page 24 below)

Residuary Sovereignty of the State

Locally the leadership of Indian Administered (now occupied) Jammu and Kashmir (and even the leadership of Azad Kashmir and GB) could challenge the Indian action as a breach of the terms of ‘provisional accession’. These terms of accession have been fully examined in the Maghar Singh case by Janki Nath Wazir CJ and Shahmiri J of the J & K High Court in May 1953. Commenting on the status of the Accession the judgement reads:

[(c) While the Maharajah of Kashmir was under the Paramountcy of the British Crown before the partition of India from 15.8.1947 under Section 7, Indian Independence Act (10 & 11 Geo VI Ch.30) passed by the British Parliament suzerainty of His Majesty over the Indian States lapsed and all functions exercisable by His Majesty at that date with respect to the State of

(Page 25 below)

Jammu and Kashmir, all obligations of His Majesty towards the Jammu and Kashmir State or the ruler thereof and all powers, rights, authority or jurisdiction exercisable by His Majesty at that date in relation to the State of Jammu and Kashmir by treaty or otherwise lapsed and the State became an independent and sovereign State in the full sense of the International Law. Thus whatever limits to the sovereignty of His Highness in relation to matters coming within the sphere of paramountcy existed before 15.8.1947, these ceased to exist and His Highness became an uncontrolled and absolute sovereign even in relation to such spheres from that. 

Now let us examine what was the effect of the execution of the Instrument of Accession by his Highness on 26.10.1947. This Instrument of Accession which was executed by the Ruler of the independent and sovereign State of Jammu and Kashmir was executed by him under Section 6, Government of India Act 1935, as adapted by the Indian (Provisional Constitution) Order 1947. By executing this Instrument of Accession the Ruler on behalf of the State acceded to the Dominion of India with the object that certain authorities specified in Section 6 (1) (a) shall by virtue of the Instrument of Accession, but subject always to the terms thereof; and for the purposes only of the Dominion, exercise in relation to the State such functions as would be vested in them by or under the Act. 

It is clear that, even if the Instrument of Accession had not made any specific reservations therein, the Instrument read with Section 6, Government of India Act would leave the residuary sovereignty of the State entirely unaffected. But the Instrument of Accession does not leave this important matter to be determined by implication alone. 

Clause 8 of the Instrument of Accession runs as follows:

“Nothing in this Instrument affects the continuance of my sovereignty in and over the State, or, save as provided by or under this Instrument, the exercise of any powers, authority & rights, now enjoyed by me as Ruler of this State or validity of any law at present in force in this State.”

“In view of this clear and express reservation we see that no change whatsoever was affected in the residuary sovereignty of the State or the power of the Ruler so far as the succession of the State to the Dominion of India was concerned.”

The division bench in Magher Singh v Principal Secretary J&K Government case has examined the status of Article 370 and said “A careful examination of this article would show that it in no way altered the basis of relationship between the State and the Union of India. The residuary sovereignty of the State and the powers of its Ruler in matters other than those specified in the Instrument of Accession remained unaffected. The purpose for which Article 370 was incorporated in the Indian Constitution is clear from the language of the article itself. This is also apparent from the speeches made by the prominent members of the Government of India who were responsible for drafting this article and piloting it thorough the Constituent

(Page 26 below)

Assembly. On 12.10.1949 this is what the late Sardar Patel, Deputy Leader of the Congress Party, Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for States said in the Constituent Assembly on this Subject:-

“In view of the special problem with which the Jammu and Kashmir Government is faced, we have made special provision for the continuance of the relationship of the State with the Union on the existing basis.”

The most recent examination of the terms of a relationship with India has been carried out in The State Autonomy Committee report published in July 2000. On 29 November 1996, the State Government had set up a Committee to examine the question of restoration of autonomy to the State of Jammu and Kashmir. The 9-member Committee was chaired by Dr. Karan Singh. It has made clear that Jammu and Kashmir had agreed to a limited relationship on three subjects and the State has never merged with the union of India. This report was adopted by both houses of the J&K Assembly.

End of excerpts in relation to Maghar Singh Case (J & K High Court May 1953)

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As an aspiring citizen of a neutral Jammu Kashmir & Allied (areas) - JKA I tend not to commentate on the internal affairs of any of my neighbouring countries, partly in a bid to set them an example to stop interfering in what are essentially our matters.

However, since I've been repeatedly invited to comment on this paper I would just highlight the following:

1) The whole idea of Pakistan's creation (to supposedly defend Global Islam in the shape of a fortress after the idea of defending Indian Muslims wasn't found appealing enough to Indian Muslim voters) was and continues to be a hoax. 

2) The Pakistani State has almost carte blanche to do whatever it wants to its citizens and even its neighbours as long as it doesn't interfere with the larger scheme of global geopolitics, which Pakistan has been designed to be subservient to. Likewise, it can spend whatever it receives from foreign donors or benefactors in whatever way it likes, subject to any conditions set by these donors and benefactors.

The list of countries that Pakistan has been created and designed to benefit at the cost of all humanity living in its neighbourhood has increased over the decades. While the moral compass of all those of its citizens oblivious to all above factors, continues to sink. 

The example that you have given in this paper is a mere symptom of this figment of British colonial imagination called Pakistan.

Source: 
https://www.academia.edu/s/2001de5628?source=link

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We must never forget, even if we wish to forgive:


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Sunday, 7 August 2022

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 219 of 2022

1952hrs:

Day 63 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0804hrs

My punctuality deficit has increased to 451 minutes.

I have slipped once again, though by just a few minutes. The good news is that I am slipping less often than not.

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Tonight's live Twitter space conducted by JKTV was packed with various MLAs (Members of the Legislative Assembly) including Choudhary Yasin, Sardar Attique, Hasan Ibrahim, Shah Ghulam Qadir and Raja Farooq Haider. It also had Dr Nazir Gilani to provide the much needed - yet hitherto - absent legal compass for both politicians and the listening public alike: 

Of course, I did make my contribution too albeit about 2 hours and 54 minutes into the programme. For very compelling reasons I thought it opportune to bring Raja Farooq Haider off his 'high horse' and amongst other objections to his conversation I described him as 'guilty' and 'undemocratic'. Previous to my input he had answered some questions put by the public but considered it prudent to 'flee the scene' during my conversation.  

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Wednesday, 16 March 2022

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 75 of 2022

2056hrs:

Stabilisation mode....

Pacifism must never be under-estimated.

Example:

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The following negativity was also spread during my most recent incarceration:  


It is through such sly and pernicious tactics that many an activist in the past and present has been prevented from sustaining public interest. In such slavish societies as AJK, perceptions matter much more than reality.

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After Letter 1 to the UK government sent out on the 2nd of February 2022, today is time to send out Letter 2 to the UK government, building on our experiences in the interim.

A list of 30 UK MPs (out of a target of 100) engaged thus far:



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AJK PUBLIC AGENCY NOTE 1338-16032022:

The video below was broadcast on JKTV at a very critical stage of my hunger strike and is further evidence that the so-called 'Government of AJK' is a bogus 'Authority'. 


I could so easily have died.

I was released more than 24 hours later because the local AJK 'administration' was still desperately trying to blackmail me into not sitting at Martyr's Square (Shaheed Chowk) Kotli any longer. 

When a 'local administration' in Jammu Kashmir & Allied areas (JKA) is trying to blackmail you into surrendering your fundamental rights - despite you being in the throes of death for 4 days - gives you an indication of what Britain, India and Pakistan have directly done (and what America and China have indirectly done) to strangle the People's Sovereignty of JKA (the inhabitants 'Right to Rule'), since 1947.

Day 25 of 50

Daily report reference link:

The 'local AJK administration' were offered democratic terms for dialogue and resolution of any outstanding ambiguities about the right of the Public (The People of JKA - state subjects ref 1927 or pushtani baashindey in local parlance) to 'occupy' Shaheed Chowk (the most public square in the most populated district of AJK), especially in the context of India and Pakistan's declared intent and rapid moves to permanently divide the State of JKA, illegally and in total contravention of the legal document that created India and Pakistan.
Ref. Indian Independence Act passed by the British Parliament on 18 July 1947.

Dialogue is always the first, last and best solution.

The AJK 'government' deliberately avoided those terms with AJK PUBLIC AGENCY and decided to put Tanveer Ahmed in jail to quell dialogue and kill the Jammu Kashmir People's Sovereignty right for ever.

The 'AJK government' has committed treason against the very people in whose name it came into being. Namely, 'The Provisional Government Declaration' of 24 October 1947. 

The 'AJK government' has rebelled against the very people in whose name it rebelled against the Dogra government, which itself came into being under a British designed autocratic constitutional agreement on the 16th of March 1846.

The People of Jammu Kashmir & Allied areas (JKA) have come full circle on the 16th of March 2022.

The UK government (inheritor of the British colonial empire) has to take its share of responsibility for resolving the JKA question. Our pursuit of this strategy is bringing us dividends, slowly but surely.

The Public of JKA, via the AJK Public Assembly (Awaami Assembly / Loka ni Assembly) will begin re-convening at Shaheed Chowk (Martyr's Square) Kotli on the 18th of March 2022, after a publicly agreed hiatus of 4 days from release.

It will directly dialogue with the UK Parliament in Westminster, London.

Immediate priorities in public interest....

1) AJK PUBLIC AGENCY needs 10 co-citizens (Maalik and Waaris in local parlance) for security and administrative purposes at Shaheed Chowk indefinitely from the 18th of March 2022.

2) Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kotli must make public the names of all those individuals or institutions that he referenced in dialogue with the public of Kotli; as the reason why he ordered my arrest, direct transportation from Shaheed Chowk Kotli to Kotli Jail and indefinite confinement there - conditioned on blackmail - for Tanveer Ahmed to surrender his right to sit at Shaheed Chowk Kotli, where he has pro-actively and successfully created public awareness (and public backing in written as well as financial form, on a trajectory covering 99% of the population of AJK) about the looming permanent division of JKA and to take the people of undivided JKA to a future that brings our governance on a par with the top ten countries of the world.

We most certainly have no more time to waste.

AJK PUBLIC AGENCY exists and functions to revert sovereignty back to the Public of JKA via direct democracy viz. Public Assembly.

End of note at 1338hrs on Wednesday the 16th of March 2022....

An Urdu translation of the above notes:


آذاد جموں کشمیر حکومت کا کٹپتلی ہونے کا یہ ثبوت ہے:

https://fb.watch/bKQnSrilpE/

میں بہت آسانی سے مر سکتا تھا۔

میں 24 گھنٹے بعد جیل سے رہا ہوا کیونکہ آذاد جموں کشمیر کی مقامی انتظامیہ مجھے اس وقت شہید چوک کوٹلی میں بیٹھنے سے روکنے کے لئے بلیک میل کرنے اور مجھ سے اس بات کی تحریری ضمانت مانگی جا رہی تھی کہ میں شہید چوک کوٹلی میں آئندہ نہ بیٹھوں

جب متحدہ جموں کشمیر کی ایک اکائی کی لوکل انتظامیہ آپ کو بنیادی حقوق پہ بات کرنے سے روکے اس کے باجود کہ آپ چار دنوں سے زندگی اور موت کی کشمکش میں ہوں، اس بات کا ثبوت فراہم کرتے ہیں کہ برطانیہ، بھارت اور پاکستان نے بالواسطہ (اور امریکہ اور چین بلاواسطہ) طور پہ متحدہ جموں کشمیر کے لوگوں کی حق حکمرانی(باشندگان ریاست کا 'حکمرانی کا حق') کو چھیننے اور آذادی کی راہ میں رخنہ ڈالنے کے لئے 1947 سے کیا کیا حربے استعمال کیے ہیں۔

50 میں سے 25واں دن

روزمرہ رپورٹ  کا لنک درج ذیل ہے:

http://tanveerandkashmir.blogspot.com/2022/02/daily-diary-dd-day-44-of-2022.html

آذاد جموں کشمیر کی لوکل انتظامیہ کو جمہوری طریقہ سے باہمی مکالمے اور ریاستی عوام (1927 کے باشندہ ریاست کے قانون کے تحت جو باشندے متحدہ جموں کشمیر کے عوام کے زمرے میں آتے ہیں) کی طرف سے شہید چوک کوٹلی ( آزاد جموں کشمیر کے سب سے بڑے آبادی والے ضلع کا سب سے مصروف چوک) کو اپنے قبضے میں لینے کے لئے،بالخصوص جب انڈیا اور پاکستان نے متحدہ جموں کشمیر کو غیر قانونی طریقے سے مستقل طور پہ تقسیم کرنے کا اعلان کر دیا ہے، جو کہ قانون آذادی(قانونی دستاویز) کی بھی مکمل نفی کرتا ہے جس کے تحت انڈیا اور پاکستان معرض وجود میں لائے گئے، سے متعلق کچھ نمایاں ابہام دور کرنے کی پیشکش کی گئی۔

حوالہ:
18 جولائی 1947 کو برطانوی پارلیمنٹ کی جانب سے قانون آذادی ہند پاس کیا گیا۔

باہمی مکالمہ ہمیشہ پہلا، آخری اور سب سے بہترین حل ہوتا ہے۔

آذاد جموں کشمیر کی حکومت نے جان بوجھ کر "آذاد جموں کشمیر پبلک ایجنسی"سے ان شرائط پہ بات کرنے سے پرہیز کیا اور تنویر احمد کو جیل میں ڈالنے کا فیصلہ کیا اور جموں کشمیر کے لوگوں کے حکمرانی کے حق کو ہمیشہ ہمیشہ کے لئے ختم کرنے کی غرض سے مکالمے کرنے سے پرہیز کیا۔

آذاد جموں کمشیر کی حکومت نے ان لوگوں کے ساتھ بغاوت کی ہے جن کے نام پر  24 اکتوبر 1947 کو ایک عبوری حکومت بنائی تھی۔

آذاد جموں کشمیر کی حکومت نے ان لوگوں کے ساتھ غداری کی ہے جنھوں نے (بقول ان کے) ڈوگرہ حکومت کے خلاف لڑائی لڑی جو کہ(ڈوگرہ حکومت) برطانوی استعماری ذہن کے تحت 16 مارچ 1846 کو ایک آمرانہ آئینی معاہدے کے تحت معرض وجود میں آئی۔

متحدہ جموں کشمیر کے عوام 16 مارچ 2022 کو بھی ایک ہی دائرہ میں سفر کر رہے ہیں۔

موجودہ برطانوی حکومت ( برطانوی نوآبادیاتی سلطنت کی جان نشین) کو متحدہ جموں کشمیر کے مسلے کو حل کرنے کے لئے اپنے حصے کا کردار ادا کرنا ہو گا ۔ ہماری جدوجہد تقسیم شدہ ریاست کو جوڑنے کے لئے آہستہ آہستہ ہی صحیح لیکن فوائد دے رہی ہے۔

متحدہ جموں کشمیر کے عوام بزریعہ آزاد جموں کشمیر  پبلک پالیسی کے تحت (جس کو مقامی زبان میں عوامی اسمبلی یا لوکاں نی اسمبلی کہتے ہیں ) دوبارہ شہید چوک کوٹلی میں 18 مارچ 2022 کے بعد عوام سے طے شدہ پلان کے تحت چار دن کے وقفے کے ساتھ بیٹھے گی۔

یہ عوامی اسمبلی  براہِ راست طور پہ لندن میں برطانوی پارلیمنٹ سے مکالمہ کرے گی۔

عوامی مفاد کے لئے فوری ترجیحات۔۔۔۔۔۔

1) آذاد جموں کشمیر پبلک ایجنسی کو سیکیورٹی اور انتظامی مقاصد کے لئے دس شہری ( مالک اور وارث مقامی زبان میں) شہید چوک کوٹلی میں 18 مارچ 2022 سے غیر معینہ مدت تک چاہئے۔

2) ڈپٹی کمشنر کوٹلی کو ان افراد یا اداروں کے نام جو اس نے کوٹلی کی پبلک ایجنسی سے مکالمہ کرتے ہوئے بتائے،  عوام کے سامنے بتانے ہوں گئے کہ اس نے کس وجہ سے تنویر احمد کی گرفتاری کے آرڈرز جاری کیے اور شہید چوک کوٹلی سے کوٹلی جیل میں غیر معینہ مدت کے لئے براہِ راست منتقل کیا اس شرط پر کہ تنویر احمد شہید چوک کوٹلی میں بیٹھنے کے حق سے دستبردار ہو جائے  جہاں اس نے کامیابی سے اس سمت پر  متحدہ جموں کشمیر کی مستقل تقسیم سے متعلق عوام کو شعور دیا ( اور عوام الناس کی طرف سے مالی اور تحریری تعاون حاصل کیا ) اور مستقبل میں متحدہ جموں کشمیر میں حکمرانی کے معیار کو دنیا کی دس بڑی معیشتوں کی طرز حکمرانی کے معیار تک لانے کی کوشش جاری ہے۔ 

ہمارے پاس یقیناً وقت برباد کرنے کے لئے نہیں ہے۔

"آذاد جموں کشمیر پبلک ایجنسی" اپنا وجود اس لیے رکھتی ہے اور کام کرتی ہے کہ وہ متحدہ جموں کشمیر کے عوام کے حق حکمرانی کو جمہوری طریقے سے بحال کرے اور ہم یہ کام عوامی اسمبلی (ڈائریکٹ جمہوریت) کے ذریعے کر رہے ہیں۔

آذاد جموں کشمیر پبلک ایجنسی پبلک نوٹ۔
16 مارچ 2022، بدھ 1338 گھنٹے۔
ختم
End of Urdu translation....
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Here's some very good Urdu analysis and summary by Shams Rehman, of my case and activity at Martyr's Square since the 20th of January 2022:


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Wednesday, 23 October 2019

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 296 of 2019

2216hrs:

Intrigue continues............I'm still playing catch up......

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BBC Urdu alert on AJK once again:



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Here's just the beginning of what happened yesterday:



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DSP Riaz Mughal is clearly and categorically implicated here for inciting violence in Muzaffarabad yesterday, by Fazal Mahmood Baig Advocate outside the police headquarters today:



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The journalists of Muzaffarabad also took out a rally today - from Bank Road to Azaadi Chowk - to protest against the police's attempt to storm the central press club yesterday evening:



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The BBC also reported on this ferocious attack on press freedom in AJK:



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Protests were also triggered in other parts of AJK today, over what transpired yesterday:



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Sunday, 13 October 2019

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 286 of 2019

1259hrs:

Today, I'm going to spend a bit more time at the dharna (sit-in protest) at Jaskol, about 7 kilometres from the LOC, where thousands of our co-citizens have camped or visited since the 6th of October.

I might even deliver a live video or two, if I get the opportunity.

We did try here but the connection was alas, not strong enough:




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Meanwhile, our female co-citizens do not want to be left behind in this pursuit of relieving Srinagar:




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Gilgit Baltistan needs as much attention as us, if not more:




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Haveli, which is more commonly referred to as 'Forward Kahuta' faces similar repression to that of Gilgit Baltistan. Haveli is remote as well as surrounded by the Indian army on 3 sides (East, North and South):




Translated thus:


In Forward Kahuta the administration have imposed Section 144 and workers of PNA (People's National Alliance) have been arrested for the alleged crime of putting up posters (in public spaces). 



Zoheb Arif, Tayyib Riaz, Zahid Hussain, Abdullah Haseeb and Mehboob ul Haq have been detained in the police station. PNA strongly demands that the arrested workers be released immediately 

4 hours later: 




Translated thus:


Kahuta: The fear of PNA (People's National Aliance). The (local) police released the political workers after detaining them for 4 hours. However, all pamphlets and flags were confiscated. 


Repeated threats of kidnapping (of political workers) were made. Demanding one's rights here (in AJK) invokes force (repression from the State) and (a continuing) drama over the freedom of Srinagar. 


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Although this footage was recorded a couple of days ago, it does have a good portion of English commentary by yours truly:




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A press conference at Jaskol to update us all of the current status of JKLF's 'Freedom March' from Bhimber to Srinagar via Chakothi:




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Sharda:



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Friday, 13 September 2019

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 256 of 2019

2114hrs:

City Police Station - Muzaffarabad is holding 8 public activists, for the crime of disagreeing to the Prime Minister of Pakistan making frequent visits to Muzaffarabad. They are also tired of listening to renditions of the 2 nation theory. They are yet more incensed at the Pakistani State pretending to be well-wishers of Jammu & Kashmir. 

Our Muslim neighbours to our West have the gall to criticise India for crimes in 2019 that they themselves have been committing in their controlled part since 1947. These are Muslim fascists criticising Hindu fascists for emulating their mindset.

This is not solidarity with us. 

This is something rather more sinister and our people have clocked on. Imran Khan's jalsa (convention) this afternoon in the capital of AJK was reportedly disrupted for over 40 minutes by chants of 'Kashmir Banega Khud-Mukhtar' (Kashmir will become independent). 

When the Indian prime minister visits the Indian controlled Valley, our people get arrested. Ditto for when the Pakistani prime minister visits the Pakistani controlled capital of AJK.

The Pakistanis get flustered whenever any of us compares them with India. They can be that hypocritical.

Here's a sample from today's event in Muzaffarabad:



This is Imran Khan's 3rd visit to AJK in 39 days and also his 3rd visit since he became Pakistan's prime minister last year.

It's just as well that the AJK police and the AJK public are almost on the same page:




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Thank you for promoting humanity in the region:



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Monday, 12 August 2019

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 224 of 2019

1336hrs:

It is Eid today and this is the first time in over 2 years of living in Dadyaal, that I'm celebrating Eid here.

It could and perhaps should've been Eid on the LOC but it can be described as Eid on the cold border. This is how we describe our border with Pakistan, as opposed to the frequently hot border at the LOC.

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Earlier this morning, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pakistan's foreign minister read Eid in AJK's capital Muzaffarabad. As soon as he came out the public began chanting slogans of, "Azaadi is paar bhi lengey..Azaadi us paar bhi lengey" (Freedom we will take on this side..Freedom we will take on that side too) repeatedly:



Pakistan's graph in AJK has dwindled rapidly since India's seemingly unilateral action to downgrade 48% of the State of J & K into 2 union territories of India. 

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I have elaborated at some length on that previous sentence here:



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....Yes, this gentleman in Azaadi Chowk Muzaffarabad is asking Pakistan to sit down, repeatedly. That it has stood for too long for Kashmir and Kashmiris....it must be tired....



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Sunday, 30 June 2019

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 181 of 2019

2334hrs:

I'm really happy for the English cricket team.......as I've predicted as well as want them to win the cricket world cup for the first time ever.

Here's a status report by cricinfo.com :

England's win tonight has put them on ten points with one game in hand. In turn, this has made the other semi-final contenders' task tougher. Here's what they need to do and hope in order to qualify for the knockouts:

Pakistan: Currently on nine points, they need to beat Bangladesh and hope England lose to New Zealand.

Bangladesh: They have seven points with two games in hand. But even beating India and Pakistan may not be enough. They will be rooting for NZ to beat England.

Sri Lanka: They are now out of the race for the top four

End of cricinfo text...

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This following piece of news refers to the faction of JKLF headed by Sardar Sagheer Khan of Rawalakot:



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Friday, 21 June 2019

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 172 of 2019

0026hrs:

The slogan "Tu Abaad Me Abaad - Muzaffarabad,,Muzaffarabad" (Dear Muzaffarabad: If you're populated/settled/prosperous then so am I) has been ringing in my ears for the past few months, gradually as if it is proceeding towards a crescendo. 

The concepts of rule of law and freedom of assembly are also constantly 'playing' in the background.

After all, my current address is Azaadi Chowk.

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The following should be self-explanatory for my co-citizens but alas....
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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 239 of 2026

0142hrs: Day 84 of dealing with Pakistan's characteristic 'aggression & deception' policy.  ....