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I was trying to get hold of Saddaqat Mughal Kashmiri of Athmaqam in the Neelam Valley yesterday afternoon. In the evening he was picked up by the local police who enticed him to SP Neelam's residence, ostensibly to talk about the murder case of Haseena Bibi. They allegedly passed him on to Pakistan's clandestine agencies, who effectively abducted him to an unknown location.
We later found out this morning that he's in City Police Station Muzaffarabad.
Just a day before he was abducted he shared the following post in Urdu, on his Facebook wall:
Translation of above post:
I don't know why I feel that Brigadier Mehtab will get me killed.
Anyway, death is a reality.
If I am martyred at his hands while struggling for the freedom of my country and nation, then what could be a bigger fortune than that?
Saddaqat Mughal Kashmiri
End of translation of FB post above....
To add context reference Brigadier Mehtab:
Apparently he is a Pakistani military brigadier serving in Neelam and a couple of weeks ago he had urged or warned some members of the public - reportedly at the Deputy Commissioner Neelam's office - to ensure that the public boycott or stay aloof from Saddaqat Mughal. That the latter was a traitor and so on and so forth. In reaction, Saddaqat Mughal turned the screw in public about the Brigadier's reprehensible conduct in our territory and questioned the latter's authority and morality to engage in such vile propaganda.
Here's a statement publicly asking Brigadier Mehtab the cause of his fear, which featured in a newspaper as well as on his Facebook wall for the 1st of July:
The following alert in Urdu was sent out at 1058hrs this morning by Saddaqat's party:
⚠️Alert⚠️🚩
Information Cell
JKLFN
سربراہ
جموں کشمیر لبریشن فرنٹ نظریاتی صداقت مغل کشمیری صاحب کو رات 12 بجے آٹھمقام سے
نا معلوم افراد نے گرفتار کر کے مظفر آباد تھانے منتقل کر دیا ہے..
مقامی
انتظامیہ ابھی تک گرفتاری کی وجوہات بیان کرنے سے انکاری ہے. اور بقول ایس پی مظفر
آباد یاسین بیگ صاحب کے اوپر سے احکامات جاری کیے گئے ہیں.
جِس
سے یہ واضع ہو چُکا ہے کہ پاکستان کی قابض ایجنسیوں نے صداقت مغل کشمیری صاحب کو
مظفر آباد سے نا معلوم مقام پر منتقل کرنے کی کوشش جاری رکھی ہوئ ہے..
لبریشن
فرنٹ نظریاتی کے کارکنان اس وقت مظفر آباد تھانے کے باہر موجود ہیں. ریاست بھر کے
تمام قوم پرستوں سے اپیل ہے کہ وہ اپنے اپنے علاقوں میں فوری ردِ عمل دیں وگرنہ کل
کو کوئ بھی قوم پرست انکے ہاتھوں سے بچ نا پائے گا اور وہ یونہی ایک ایک کر کے قوم
پرستوں کو لاپتہ کرنے لگ جائیں گے....!!!!
منجانب:
شعبہ
نشرواشاعت لبریشن فرنٹ نظریاتی
End of party alert:
Public Agency Note:
This alert has been forwarded via Public Agency and it is immediately learned that Saddaqat Mughal Kashmiri is in City Police Station, Muzaffarabad, where the public is gathering to ensure he is not further abducted to Pakistan.
It is important that he is kept there until release.
We have decided to ask Quayyum Raja or anybody he deputes to negotiate with whoever comes forward in Muzaffarabad for his release as soon as practical.
As Public Agency it is important that from a security and human rights perspective we immediately identify who ordered his kidnap and what do they want?
It is for the public of AJK to then demand negotiation via Public Agency (and Public Assembly if necessary) to identify constitutional, legal, political and administrative parameters for future reference.
Remember, according to a recent post by the globally renowned Kashmiri jurist and expert on UN involvement in JKA Dr. Nazir Gilani (and I paraphrase for wider clarity) the state subjects (aspiring citizens) of this territory hold title to this territory and not India, Pakistan or any other political entity.
They and others can be considered claimants and we are open to assess their merits, given a level of freedom of expression that would have to surpass what India, Pakistan, China or the UN have offered the titled inhabitants since 1947.
AJK Public Agency Note #121104072022
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Quayyum Raja's subsequent public statement:
I have been asked to negotiate the release of a Kashmiri leader Sadaqat Mughal.
The first thing the police must do is to produce Sadaqat Mughal in court, so that the court can determine if he has committed any crime.
It is not acceptable that police has acted as a result of an order from above. The public and accused must know who has ordered and why?
The police must follow the procedure and not hand him over to Pakistan.
Sadaqat Mughal belongs to this neutral territory and the law of this territory should be respected.
Quayyum Raja
1330hrs
04/07/2022
End of statement....
The above statement has been translated into Urdu as follows:
مجھ
سے کہا گیا ہے کہ کشمیری رہنما صداقت مغل کی رہائی کے لیے مذاکرات کریں۔
پولیس
کو سب سے پہلے صداقت مغل کو عدالت میں پیش کرنا ہے، تاکہ عدالت اس بات کا تعین کر
سکے کہ آیا اس نے کوئی جرم کیا ہے۔
یہ
قابل قبول نہیں کہ پولیس نے اوپر کے حکم کے نتیجے میں کام کیا ہو۔ عوام اور ملزمان
کو معلوم ہونا چاہیے کہ حکم کس نے دیا اور کیوں دیا؟
پولیس
کو طریقہ کار پر عمل کرنا چاہیے اور اسے پاکستان کے حوالے نہیں کرنا چاہیے۔
صداقت
مغل کا تعلق اس غیر جانبدار علاقے سے ہے اور اس علاقے کے قانون کا احترام کیا جانا
چاہیے۔
قیوم
راجہ
1330 گھنٹے
04/07/2022
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Update at 1608hrs:
Public statement number 2 by Quayyum Raja:
Sadaqat Mughal resides in Neelam. If he has not committed any crime in Muzaffarabad, why has he been taken to Muzaffarabad and locked up there instead of Neelam?
Quayyum Raja
1549hrs
04/07/2022
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Update at 1645hrs:
Timely statement by Dr. Nazir Gilani:
Welcome Directions by COAS
Sadaqat Mughal
JKCHR welcomes the fresh directions issued by Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa to all his commanders and key officers, including those associated with the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), to stay away from politics and avoid interacting with politicians.
There is another habitat called AJK. Directions by Army Chief should be issued in that regard as well. Interference should end in AJK and roles should be in accordance with responsibilities assumed under UNCIP Resolutions.
We are concerned about the arrest of Sadaqat Mughal, a resident of Neelum. He heads a splinter faction of JKLF.
Sadaqat Mughal had earlier voiced his grievance against an officer of Pakistan Army. The arrest should be transparent and a matter for the civil administration. The army officer has a ‘higher burden’ of responsibilities. He has to conduct himself as an “ambassador” of an institution and remain as an example while in Azad Kashmir.
The area has a history of abuse of power and activities in violation of law. We urge that there should be an end to this carried forward abuse of authority. These actions are a violation of the duties assumed under UNCIP Resolutions.
We urge for an early release of Sadaqat Mughal.
There should be a due process of law.
Dr. Syed Nazir Gilani
President JKCHR
04.07.2022
End of Dr. Gilani's note....
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Update at 2100hrs:
There is yet to surface any evidence of Saddaqat Mughal being detained under any legal provision. Meanwhile, he has been shifted from City Police Station in Muzaffarabad to Garhi Dupatta Police Station about 23 kilometres away.
Sources do inform us though that he is being detained in a room and not a cell at the police station. He has been given a 'kat' (bed) to sleep on. Such antics to shift prisoners is to counter the attention of the public, who usually gather in numbers when such controversial abductions/arrests are made.
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Update on 05/07/2022 at 1532hrs:
Information Cell JKLFN
جموں کشمیر لبریشن فرنٹ
نظریاتی کے تمام دوستوں کو مطلع کیا جاتا ہے کہ آج مورخہ 5 جولائ شام 6 بجے اسلام
آباد میں پریس کانفرنس کی جائے گی. پریس کانفرنس میں لبریشن فرنٹ نظریاتی کی
سئینیر قیادت شرکت کرے گی. پریس کانفرنس سے پہلے ذمہ داران کا ہنگامی اجلاس منعقد
ہو گا. پریس کانفرنس میں مختلف وفود تشکیل دیے جائیں گے اور مستقبل کے لائحہ عمل
کا اعلان کِیا جائے گا.
اسلام آباد میں مقیم تمام
دوست اِس نمبر پر رابطہ کریں.
Ansar Mehmood - General Secretary JKLFN - Contact: 03448850931
M. Umar - Spokesman JKLFN - Contact: 03400872248
Raja Azad - President JKLFN (Islamabad / Pakistan) - Contact: 03135338038
The Urdu note above intimates that Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Nazriyati (Ideological) will conduct a press conference at 1800hrs in Islamabad (Pakistan) today and prior to that party members will convene an emergency session to chalk out a future strategy.
Here's video footage of the press conference:
What we learn from the above video are the following important initiatives taken by Saddaqat Mughal Kashmiri's JKLFN leadership, in his absence:
Update on 05/07/2022 at 2025hrs:
A letter has been posted to the Federal Interior Minister of Pakistan by Zahoor Ali in Bradford UK, seeking Saddaqat Mughal's immediate release.
Here's the video of the letter and postal receipt:
The text of the letter is as follows:
Federal Interior Minister of Pakistan
Room 409, 4th Floor R Block
Pak Secretariat Constitution Ave, Red Zone, Islamabad,
Islamabad Capital territory Pakistan.
RE: ARREST OF SADDAQAT MUGHAL KASHMIRE CHAIRMAN JKLFN.
Dear federal Interior Minister of Pakistan.
Pakistan Authorities have arrested Saddaqat Mughal Kashmiri chairman JKLFN on baseless allegations and have been in custody at Muzaffarabad prison cell.
My humble request to goverment of pakistan is to release Saddaqat Mughal Kashmiri immediately.
It would be wise for government of Pakistan not to compare POK with IOK, otherwise the consequences could be far beyond.
Saddaqat Mughal kashmiri is a resident of POK not IOK and should be treared differently than Kashmiris being treated by indian authorities.
Kind regards.
Mr Zahoor Ali president JKLFN UK zone
233, Burnsall Road
Bradford BD3 9EA
West Yorkshire
UNTIED KINGDOM.
Tel: 07779897420.
End of letter....
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Earlier, throughout the day Zahoor Ali had been trying to contact the Section Officer (International Cooperation) at the Pakistani Ministry of Interior but not even once was the phone answered!
We have advised him to engage the Pakistani Consulate in Bradford and update us accordingly.
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Update on 05/07/2022 at 2100hrs:
Inside sources inform us that the defenders of the Pakistani State - aided by their pliant accessories in AJK - have been trying very hard to break Saddaqat Mughal's will but without any success.
We think this is the most pathetic manner of trying to run a government in the 21st century, which even an infant would not buy.
That is, abduct someone and keep that person in your custody until you break their resolve. Narrate some fairy tales about your supposed commitment to Islam and how you represent the Muslims of the Indian sub-continent. It shouldn't matter that you habitually lie and cheat with those who pay you (taxes) to serve them, extract resources to maintain lavish lifestyles at the cost of the environment, exploit the weak and needy at will and deprive them of justice at every opportunity.
How can fellow humans trust those who repeatedly try and make a fool out of the creator of human beings?
Is Saddaqat Mughal being punished to satisfy the ego of a Pakistani Military Brigadier who appeared overly keen to ensure the inhabitants of the Neelam valley remained subservient to the Pakistani narrative?
Or is he being taught a lesson for pursuing justice for the alleged murder of Haseena Bibi by her in-laws, who were allegedly aided and supported by the rotten local administrative/political structure in the Neelam Valley?
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Update on 07/07/2022 at 1023hrs:
Raja Umar provides some additional briefing about Saddaqat Mughal's case on Mission Kashmir TV:
at 1200hrs:
Saddaqat has been granted bail by a judicial magistrate in Muzaffarabad:
Congratulations to all those - at home and abroad - who played their part in curtailing the arms of the Pakistani army.
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Update on 08/07/2022 at 2031hrs:
Just a day after his release on bail, Saddaqat Mughal is back in action. Here he is explaining how and why he was arrested:
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