Daily Diary (DD) - Day 130 of 2020

2036hrs:

Mobilising our public to do even the most simplest of tasks can be tedious and requiring high levels of time and energy.

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I have a feeling that this issue will run for many more miles. It has struck a very deep chord in the people of AJK:

 

@mushtaqminhas minister of AJK has prominent links with terrorist outfit Jamat-ud-Dawa whose head is imprisoned in Pakistan. Such a shame.

PS: Zameer Bukhari is also involved in child molestation but still roams free because of his links with ministers. @farooq_pm take notice https://t.co/KrpeGduC5T

— Qaisar Javed (@iamQaisarJaved) May 9, 2020

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A hint at why Jammu Kashmir & Allied is so coveted by others:



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It hasn't changed much today. It's just that the number of animals have increased!



For those of who who cannot read the caption above:

A cartoon was published in an illustrated London newspaper in 1885 during the great game played around Pamir region.......Bear depicts Imperial Czarist Russia and Lion as United Kingdom (UK)

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 129 of 2020

1948hrs:

Where we are compared to where we need to be.....it's that gap that engages us constantly..

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 128 of 2020

1923hrs:

Motoring on..... 

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Indeed, pre 1947 there were 2 entities in contest, in more respects than one:



For those of you who cannot read the photo caption above:

A Polo match between British India and Maharaja Jammu & Kashmir teams at Gulmarg polo ground in 1911

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 127 of 2020

2054hrs:

Let's talk sovereignty today as it fits like hand in glove with The People's Assembly, an internal democratic process pursued by the people in the territory officially described as AJK.

There are 5 types according to Political Science Notes.

I'll just list them here before developing the argument:

1) Nominal Arid Real Sovereignty

2) Legal Sovereignty

3) Political Sovereignty

4) Popular Sovereignty


5) De Facto and De Jure Sovereignty

So in Jammu Kashmir & Allied we're stuck in the transition impasse (from 1) Nominal Sovereignty (Dogra Rule) to 4) Popular Sovereignty (The People's Assembly) and as time passes - 73 years and counting - we're in danger of being swamped into circumstances where 5) De Facto Sovereignty (in the shape of India and Pakistan) is now trying to secure that settlement to De Jure Sovereignty, by using machinations and obfuscation to blur the concepts of 2) Legal Sovereignty and 3) Political Sovereignty, not least by imposing their nationalist narratives on us, exploiting divisions within us and physically keeping us apart with a military line jointly manned by them. 

August the 5th 2019 in Indian-controlled J & K was a big leap in this respect.

Our argument is that we've been subtly bypassed or skillfully manipulated throughout this whole process since 1947. The primary responsibility for this lack of 'due process' in power transition - from rulers to ruled in Jammu Kashmir & Allied - is the United Kingdom as successor to the British Empire.

This was - in a manner - explained in our audio message to the prime minister of AJK yesterday.

Here's some further traction on this point:



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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 126 of 2020

2244hrs:

A 2:41 minute audio message in Urdu was sent to the prime minister of AJK today.

AJK Public Agency · Message from The People's Assembly to the PM of The AJK Assembly - 050520

English translation followed by transcription in Urdu:

Greetings Respected Farooq Sahaab. The narrative (which we are referring to) is one that your 49 members of the (AJK) Assembly cannot espouse, due to certain compulsions or enticement that they've drawn themselves into and that has been the story - on aggregate - for the past 73 years.

We affirm that the transitional process - through the means by which - the system changed here in 1947, did not emanate through due process and whatever changes have emerged were conducted by the representatives of the British Crown. There was a proviso* that the people would be consulted (referred to) in the aftermath of whatever commotion took place in October 1947. Indeed, in that very letter in response to (Maharaja Hari Singh's appeal for military assistance) written by the then Governor General of India Lord Mountbatten.

This should also be kept in mind that the system of governance in India was (effectively) administered by the British up to 1950 while in Pakistan they remained till 1956. Thus, all developments occurred under British supervision. The Indian Independence Act and all that happened of consequence were under circumstances whereby the whole system of governance and administration viz. the economy, defence etc. remained under their control. 

So Indian Governor General Mountbatten in response to the Maharaja attached a proviso that when peace is restored then we will refer to the people (to determine their future). This is our first point of reference.

We don't need to leap forward to the United Nations. This issue was created by the British Empire and the solution leaves some parts of the key in London whilst the remaining parts are here, on the ground.

Thus, if we want a solution then that requires an initiative here (on the ground). In that manner, we will appear forthright in our approach to the world and hence be effective. What would emerge as our narrative to the world requires an internal process.

I think these words should suffice. This will be our second (Assembly) session. Our inaugural session was conducted on Sunday the 9th of February outside the Assembly Secretariat in Muzaffarabad. I'll send you the video link here...thank you very much.

Urdu transcription:

Jee Aslkm mohtaram Farooq Sb..uhm wo bayaaniya jo aap ke unchaas (49) jo Assembly memberaan hay wo bayaaniya...uhm jo kisi majboori ke tehat ya kisi laalach ke tehet...uhm...wo nahi bhol saktey aur nahi wo bol rahey hain

..uhm..pichley majmooi taur par 73 saal se...teek hay..jo process hay jis ke zariye se yaha ka nizaam change huwa 1947 me..hum kehtey hay ke wo logo ke..kisi due process ke zariye se nahi huwa...aur jo bhi changes ayi hain humey

...uhm..Malika e Britannia ki ..uhm.....ke namaaindo ne kaha ji ke logo se poocha jayega....jo bhi halla gulla huwa October 1947 me to...us me...uhm..jo letter ...uhm..Lord Mountbatten jo basically us waqt Governor General they India ke

...aur ye bhi zehn me rehna chahiye ke India ke andar jo nizaam hay wo 1950 tak wo angraiz hi chalaa they rahey aur..1956 tak wo Pakistan me wo chalaatey rahey...to ye angraizo ki hi..uhm...nigraani me..un ke supervision me hi

...zaahir hay Indian Independence Act bana..aur jo bhi cheezey huwi hay..saara nizaam aur insiraam...eh uhm...economy, defence har cheez unhi ke control me thi..to Mountbatten ne

...Governor General ne Maharaja ko jawaab detey huwey ye likha tha ke..jab aman o amaan qaim hojayega..uhm..to hum logo se poochengey to...uhm..ye hamaara pehla point of reference hay

..humey UN me chalang lagaani ki zaroorat nahi hay......teek hay..masla Britannia ne banaaya aur masla ka hal jo hay....us ki jo chaabi ke kuch hissey hain wo London me hi hain..baaqi hissey yaha pe hi hain..ground par hi hain

...aur agar hal aap ko chahiye to ground se hi koi initiative hoga to wo cheezey dunya me paidaar aur baqi jo effectiveness hay wo mu'assar banaaney ke liye jo aap ka narrative hay dunya ke saamney us ke liye aap ko aik androona process chahiye

..mere khyaal se ye alfaaz kaafi honey chahiye...ye doosra ijlaas hay..pehla ijlaas 9 February itwaar.....itwaar 9 February..ibtadai ijlaas Assembly Secretariat Muzaffarabad ke baahir hi huwa tha..us ka me video link aap ko yaha bhejh deta hoo..bahut bahut shukrya       

Reference:

Proviso*
Victoria Schofield - ‘Kashmir in Conflict – India, Pakistan and the Unending War’ (I.B. Tauris - London & New York - 2000 & 2003

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 125 of 2020

2359hrs:

In the nick of time....as the cliche goes....maintaining a 99% daily diary output ratio for the year remains an achievable target.....as we ease ourselves into our second third of the year.

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 124 of 2020

2025hrs:

Just preparing for our weekly programme on JKTV 'In Search of the Internal Narrative', which in Urdu is titled as 'Androoney Bayaaniya ki Talaash'.

The programme broadcasts live for an hour every Sunday at 9pm AJK time and can be viewed directly from your browser via: https://www.facebook.com/JammuKashmirTV/

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It's useful that the embedding feature on JKTV's facebook page has been restored:



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There's been a lot more cross LOC firing/shelling between India and Pakistan this evening than there has been for a while and in multiple sectors at that. It is highly likely that it is in direct consequence to what happened in Handwara yesterday.

Hence:

"Meeting jaw to jaw is better than war" was Churchill's exact quote. N #JandK we disown the military option by default as we always lose > any neighbouring country. Churchill also said, “I no longer listen to what people say, I just watch what they do."https://t.co/FHQu0LvNES

— Tanveer Ahmed (@sahaafi) May 3, 2020

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 123 of 2020

1741hrs:

Have almost recovered from my leg injury and hope to resume football as of tomorrow.

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 122 of 2020

2248hrs:

They deserve a day in the year, at the very least. The labourer of the world has much to question the fabulously rich of the world.

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 121 of 2020

1931hrs:

File work or desk work compared to field work. The latter is what I've spent a lot of the last 15 years on. It is of little practical use if it is not documented properly, organised and categorised for easy access, even if just for posterity.

This enduring lockdown has allowed us to slow down and reflect.

Maybe now I'm finally in a position to get the balance right!

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