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Wednesday, 10 August 2022

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 222 of 2022

2147hrs:

Day 66 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0847hrs

My punctuality deficit has increased to 462 minutes.

All those incremental improvements in punctuality over the couple of weeks have almost been washed away in one swoop, it seems. I didn't finish working till beyond 0500hrs and I couldn't get up till 0815hrs....

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The following programme is what I describe as:

Mapping the future of the most precious territory in the world.


Note*
This programme did actually take place on the 14th and not the 13th as originally advertised, due to some technical issues.

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The following note was written in the early hours of this morning:

I appreciate that we are all constrained for time but in public interest and the existential crisis we find ourselves in, I would like to obtain your thoughts on the following note: 

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The State of Jammu Kashmir & Allied areas (JKA) 

To be or not to be....from a people's perspective (the local public, inhabitants or permanent residents)

Note* 
The former princely State of Jammu & Kashmir is described as such to be inclusive of all regions while maintaining simplicity for ease of use, including the convenient acronym JKA. The word 'Kashmir' has been used both during and post British colonial era to refer to the whole State, for ease of use amongst other reasons. The actual valley of Kashmir, almost symbolising the core of the State on account of it almost being at the geographic centre of the State, which also has an almost exclusive geography distinct from the rest of the State - a plain area surrounded by mountains in every direction - where the majority speak a distinct language from the rest and have certain distinct cultural traits too. It has also been the centre of attention for a variety of good and bad reasons. It should also be noted that there is a cultural 'Kashmiri' identity and a political 'Kashmiri' identity. They are not one and the same for everybody. The political 'Kashmiri' identity has been used in AJK (Pakistani controlled Mirpur, Muzaffarabad and Pooch: whereby the acronym AJK is also used to be inclusive and easy to identify despite the controversial use of 'Azad') by its inhabitants to primarily differentiate between an Indian & Pakistani political identity, although both India & Pakistan have manipulated its connotations for the purposes of subverting internal political convergence of the inhabitants. It has also become abundantly clear that most people living in Gilgit Baltistan, Jammu and Ladakh do not subscribe to it as a political identity, not least because they think that it subsumes their own regional identities. Hence, our use of the acronym JKA. 

Our window of opportunity to restore the State of JKA is smaller than most of us think, in my opinion. When any politician, activist, judge or bureaucrat tells you that this is a long struggle and we need to go slow; they are either trying to stem the tide of much needed change for their own convenience or they are innocently misjudging the gravity of the situation, as well as the nature of the fast paced world we are living in and the concerted attempts of regional & global back door diplomacy.

If AJK (the 6% sliver of south western JKA) - is as anticipated -  the last hurdle in completing implementation of the British colonial designed (in 1947) gradual process of integrating our territory into India & Pakistan - minus the portions gained by China - does not rise to the occasion, we will no longer - in a practical sense - have a locus standi to reclaim the territory of JKA, as a people. 

Our strengths and weaknesses:

1) Peaceful
The people of Poonch in AJK have successfully re-ignited a spark hitherto seemingly dormant. We must all build on this and as explained before, we have maintained a peaceful resistance despite obvious long term structural suppression and violent - though intermittent - repression by the 'State'. 

2) Ethical
We have ethical arguments that provide a better alternative for humanity compared to what is effectively joint military control by India & Pakistan over our territory. 

3) Legal
We also hold title - as inhabitants identified as the 'people' of the territory - which provides a sound legal basis and 'natural' advantage over the claims of India & Pakistan.

4) Democratic
What we need to pay attention to is the 'democratic deficit' within us.

Weaknesses observed:

a) We do not give fair and equal space to each other. We talk 'at' each other rather than 'to' each other. We do not understand that the better we listen & observe, the better we can speak & write.

b) We want to mobilise everybody towards a specific ideology or strategy at the exclusion of all others. We do not recognise the merits of plurality or understanding the need for synthesising consensus to develop successful public policy. Most of us side with one country or another without realising that we are opening space for multiple external claims on our territory while closing all opportunities to internal ownership by the inhabitants. Lessons in geo-political neutrality and democracy can be learned from Switzerland.

c) We do not weigh the difference between each other in terms of commitment, integrity, consistency, grasp of the subject at hand and we do not devote our personal resources to the 'national cause' on merit. We have also de-linked the 'rights struggle' from everyday governance and have thus given a free hand to our own politicians, bureaucrats, judiciary and practically all other government servants to abuse public resources (both taxpayer funded and environmentally endowed) at will. As in all colonial structures, we pay for our own subjugation.

d) We do not act according to our title ('Maalik' aur 'Waaris' meaning 'Owners' and 'Inheritors'). This means that we do not seek re-instatement of our fundamental rights as a primary condition of dialogue with our neighbouring claimants. Our posture is to seek concessions from them to make our individual lives relatively easier to bear, likewise giving them a free hand to control all levers of governance, which we think is beyond our grasp or domain. This is how our politicians operate and this is how we emulate their behaviour by sacrificing public interest for personal interest, paving the way for India & Pakistan to consolidate their grip decade after decade, to the extent that we have now reached the verge of extinction as a political entity.

#JKASovereignty
#Neutrality
#DirectDemocracy
#PublicPolicy

AJK Public Agency Note #020910082022

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An Urdu translation of AJK Public Agency Note #020910082022: 

یہ بات درست ھے کہ ھم سب کے پاس وقت کی کمی ھے لیکن عوامی مفاد اور خاص کر کہ جب ھمارے وجود کی بقاء کو مٹنے اور مٹانے کے  المیے کا سامنا ھے اس سلسلے میں مناسب سمجھتا ھوں کہ آپ سب کو کچھ آنے والے حالات سے آگاھی دوں اور اس کے ساتھ ساتھ درج ذیل نوٹ  پر آپ کے خیالات بھی جان سکوں ۔

 

نوٹ*                     

ریاست جموں کشمیر و متحدہ علاقہ جات کو JKA کے نام سے جانا جاتا ھے کیونکہ یہ نام تمام خطوں کی نمایندگی کرتا ہے اور یہ لفظ کی اداییگی اور استعمال میں آسان بھی ھے اور  سادہ بھی ، اور جس میں آسان مخفف JKA بھی بنتا ہے۔ اور ریاست جموں کشمیر  و متحدہ علاقہ جات کو صرف لفظ 'کشمیر' برطانوی نوآبادیاتی دور کے دوران اور اس کے بعد دونوں وجوہات کے ساتھ استعمال ھوتا رھا ھے ایک  یہ نام   بولنے میں آسان اور مختصر ھے اور دوسرا یہ کہ ریاست کی پہچان اور نام کو آنے والی نسل کےلیے یچیدہ بنا دیا جایے۔ حالانکہ ریاست جموں کشمیر و متحدہ علاقہ جات میں واقع  کشمیر کا علاقہ دراصل تقریباً ریاست کے عین  جغرافیائی مرکز میں ہونے کی وجہ سے ریاست کے مرکز کی علامت ہے، جس کا تقریباً ایک مخصوص جغرافیہ بھی باقی ریاست سے کچھ الگ ہے - چونکہ یہ زیادہ تر میدانی علاقے پر مشتمل ھے اور اطراف سے پہاڑوں سے بنی قدرتی فصیل ھے  ریاست کے اس مرکزی خطہ کشمیر کی اکثریت کشمیری   زبان بولتی ہے جو کہ باقی علاقوں میں بولی جانے والی بولیوں سے بالکل الگ ھے۔ ریاست کے اس مرکزی خطہ کشمیر کی کچھ مخصوص ثقافتی خصوصیات بھی ہیں۔ یہ کچھ مختلف اچھی اور بری وجوہات کی بنا پر صدیوں سے توجہ کا مرکز بھی رہا ہے۔ یہ بات بھی واضح کرتا چلوں کہ ریاست کے اس حصے کی  ایک ثقافتی شناخت کے ساتھ ساتھ ایک سیاسی شناخت بھی ہے۔ حالانکہ یہ سیاسی شناخت سب کے لیے ایک جیسے نہیں ھے اور یہ سیاسی  شناخت صرف  آزاد جموں و کشمیر میں استعمال کی گئی ہے (پاکستانی کنٹرولڈ میرپور، مظفرآباد اور  پونچھ نیلم): جس کے تحت اس آزاد خطے کو  AJK  کا نام دیا جاتا ھے  جو کہ  اس کا مخفف بھی ھے۔  حالانکہ  لفظ  'آزاد' کے متنازعہ استعمال کے باوجود شناخت کرنے میں آسان اور آسانی کے لیے استعمال کیا جاتا ھے جب کہ اس کے باشندوں کے درمیان بنیادی طور پر فرق کرنے کے لیے۔ ایک ہندوستانی اورپاکستانی سیاسی تشخص، اگرچہ ہندوستان اور پاکستان دونوں نے ریاستی باشندوں کے اندرونی سیاسی اتحاد کو ختم کرنے کے مذموم  مقاصد کے لیے اس کے مفہوم میں ہیرا پھیری کی ہے۔ یہ بات بھی کافی حد تک عیاں ہو چکی ہے کہ گلگت بلتستان، جموں اور لداخ میں رہنے والے زیادہ تر لوگ اسے سیاسی شناخت کے طور پر نہیں مانتے، کم از کم اس لیے نہیں کہ وہ سمجھتے ہیں کہ یہ ان کی اپنی علاقائی شناخت کو واضع نہیں کرتا ہے۔ لہذا، ہمارے نام کا مخفف JKA کا استعمال ھی درست ھے

 

جے کے اے کی ریاست کو بحال کرنے کے مواقع کی ہماری کھڑکی میری رائے میں ہم میں سے اکثر کے خیال سے چھوٹی ہے۔ جب کوئی بھی سیاست دان، کارکن، جج یا بیوروکریٹ آپ کو بتائے کہ یہ ایک طویل جدوجہد ہے اور ہمیں سست رفتاری سے آگے بڑھنے کی ضرورت ہے۔ وہ یا تو اپنی سہولت کے لیے یا پھر  انتہائی ضروری تبدیلی کی لہر کو روکنے کی کوشش کر رہے ہیں یا پھر وہ معصومیت سے حالات کی سنگینی کے ساتھ ساتھ اس کی نوعیت کا غلط اندازہ لگا رہے ہیں۔ تیز رفتار دنیا جس میں ہم رہ رہے ہیں اور علاقائی اور عالمی بیک ڈور ڈپلومیسی کی ٹھوس کوششیں ریاست کو مٹانے کےلیے ھو رھی ھیں

 

اگرچہ AJK (جنوبی مغربی JKA کا 6%  کا ٹکڑا ھے) - جیسا کہ متوقع ہے کہ برطانوی نوآبادیاتی ڈیزائن (1947 میں) ہماری سرزمین کو ہندوستان اور پاکستان میں ضم کرنے کے بتدریج عمل کو مکمل کرنے میں آخری رکاوٹ  ثابت ھو رھا ھے - (چین کا حاصل کردہ ٹکڑا اس کے علاوہ ھے) مگر یہ کوشش ناکافی ھے اور اگر ھم حالات کے مطابق کھڑے نہیں ھو سکے تو آگے چل کر ھمارے پاس ریاست جموں کشمیر و متحدہ علاقہ جات کو حاصل کرنے کےلیے کویی دلیل نہیں ھو گی کہ ھم ریاست کو واپس حاصل کر سکیں لہذا ھمیں چوکنا رھنا ھو گا اور AJK خاص کر پونچھ کے علاقے سے دوبارہ اٹھنے والی اس تازہ آزادی کی لہر کا ہر ممکن تحفظ کرنا ھو گا۔

 

ہماری خوبیاں اور کمزوریاں:

 

1) پرامن

آزاد جموں و کشمیر میں پونچھ کے لوگوں نے کامیابی کے ساتھ ایک چنگاری کو دوبارہ بھڑکا دیا ہے جو اب تک بظاہر غیر فعال تھی۔ ہم سب کو اس کی پشت پر رھنا چاہیے اور جیسا کہ پہلے بیان کیا گیا ہے، ہم نے 'ریاست' کی طرف سے واضح طویل مدتی ساختی جبر اور پرتشدد - اگرچہ وقفے وقفے سے - جبر کے باوجود ایک پرامن مزاحمت کو برقرار رکھا ہے۔

 

2) اخلاقی

ہمارے پاس اخلاقی دلائل ہیں جو انسانیت کے لیے ایک بہتر متبادل فراہم کرتے ہیں اس کے مقابلے میں جو کہ ہمارے علاقے پر ہندوستان اور پاکستان کے مشترکہ فوجی کنٹرول ہے۔

 

3) قانونی

ہم ٹائٹل بھی رکھتے ہیں - علاقے کے 'لوگ' کے طور پر شناخت کیے گئے باشندوں کے طور پر - جو کہ ہندوستان اور پاکستان کے دعووں پر ایک مضبوط قانونی بنیاد اور 'قدرتی' فائدہ فراہم کرتا ہے۔

 

4) جمہوری

ہمیں جس چیز پر توجہ دینے کی ضرورت ہے وہ ہے ہمارے اندر کا 'جمہوری خسارہ'۔

 

کمزوریوں کا مشاہدہ کیا گیا:

 

A)

 ہم ایک دوسرے کو منصفانہ اور مساوی جگہ نہیں دیتے۔ ہم ایک دوسرے کی بات سننے  کے بجائے ایک دوسرے سے بات کرتے ہیں۔ ہم یہ نہیں سمجھتے کہ ہم جتنا بہتر سنتے اور مشاہدہ کرتے ہیں، اتنا ہی بہتر بول اور لکھ سکتے ہیں۔

 

B)

ہم باقی سب کو چھوڑ کر سب کو ایک مخصوص نظریہ یا حکمت عملی کی طرف متحرک کرنا چاہتے ہیں۔ ہم تکثیریت کی خوبیوں کو تسلیم نہیں کرتے یا کامیاب عوامی پالیسی تیار کرنے کے لیے اتفاق رائے کی ترکیب کی ضرورت کو نہیں سمجھتے۔ ہم میں سے اکثر یہ سمجھے بغیر کہ ہم اپنی سرزمین پر متعدد بیرونی دعووں کے لیے جگہ کھول رہے ہیں اور وہاں کے باشندوں کی اندرونی ملکیت کے تمام مواقع بند کر رہے ہیں، ایک یا دوسرے ملک کا ساتھ دیتے ہیں۔ سوئٹزرلینڈ سے جیو پولیٹیکل نیوٹرلٹی اور جمہوریت کا سبق سیکھا جا سکتا ہے۔

 

C)

ہم عزم، دیانتداری، مستقل مزاجی، موضوع کی گرفت کے لحاظ سے ایک دوسرے کے درمیان فرق کو نہیں تولتے اور ہم اپنے ذاتی وسائل کو میرٹ پر 'قومی مقصد' کے لیے وقف نہیں کرتے۔ ہم نے 'حقوق کی جدوجہد' کو روزمرہ کی طرز حکمرانی سے بھی جوڑ دیا ہے اور اس طرح اپنے ہی سیاست دانوں، بیوروکریٹس، عدلیہ اور عملی طور پر دیگر تمام سرکاری ملازمین کو اپنی مرضی سے عوامی وسائل (ٹیکس دہندگان کی مالی امداد اور ماحولیات کے لحاظ سے عطا کردہ) دونو کا غلط استعمال کرنے کی کھلی چھٹی دے دی ہے۔ تمام نوآبادیاتی ڈھانچے کی طرح، ہم اپنی محکومی کی قیمت خود ادا کرتے ہیں۔

 

D)

ہم اپنے لقب ('مالک' اور 'وارث' کے معنی 'مالک' اور 'وارث' کے مطابق عمل نہیں کرتے ہیں۔ اس کا مطلب یہ ہے کہ ہم اپنے ہمسایہ دعویداروں کے ساتھ بات چیت کی بنیادی شرط کے طور پر اپنے بنیادی حقوق کی بحالی نہیں چاہتے۔ ہمارا موقف یہ ہے کہ ہماری انفرادی زندگی کو برداشت کرنے کے لیے نسبتاً آسان بنانے کے لیے ان سے مراعات حاصل کی جائیں، اسی طرح انھیں حکومت کے تمام پہلوؤں کو کنٹرول کرنے کے لیے آزادانہ ہاتھ فراہم کرنا ہے، جو ہمارے خیال میں ہماری گرفت یا دائرہ کار سے باہر ہے۔ اس طرح ہمارے سیاستدان کام کرتے ہیں اور اس طرح ہم ذاتی مفادات کے لیے عوامی مفادات کو قربان کر کے ان کے طرز عمل کی تقلید کرتے ہیں، بھارت اور پاکستان کے لیے دہائیوں کے بعد اپنی گرفت مضبوط کرنے کی راہ ہموار کرتے ہیں، اس حد تک کہ ہم اب ناپید ہونے کے دہانے پر پہنچ چکے ہیں۔     ھمیں جاگنا ھوگا۔ اور یہ آخری موقع ھے۔

#JKASovereignty
#Neutrality
#DirectDemocracy
#PublicPolicy

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Tuesday, 9 August 2022

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 221 of 2022

1151hrs:

Day 65 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0735hrs

My punctuality deficit has decreased to 415 minutes.

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For the purpose of public interest and specifically to provide an opportunity to examine how some of the more educated people in our territory respond to our efforts to galvanise the public, I am providing the text of a conversation I had with one such person today (with his permission), namely Zahid Sarfaraz of Ali Sojal in tehsil Rawalakot (Poonch):

Zahid Sarfaraz (hereon ZS):
Bro I have read lots of political structures and revolutions from the world canvas although your work and sincerity is much apriciated but really I don't understand the end result of your work what would it be?

Tanveer Ahmed (hereon TA):
Amongst the top 10 countries in the world in the 4 disciplines listed below:

1) Security
Our territory should be internally secured to prevent any future invasion or interference. After all, we inhabit the most precious territory in the world, on account of geography and resources.

2) Governance
Based on water, soil, waste and human/data management. We have to surpass the rest of the world in direct democracy, which can even be linked to enlightened autocracy if necessary.

3) Economy
Becoming a key global supply chain by creating new and reviving old land routes between Europe and Asia, particularly between Mirpur & London via Central Asia. 

4) Culture
Reviving Sharda as a pre-eminent global centre of knowledge and wisdom, which is contingent upon reviving Mandirs and Gurdwaras in AJK, which itself is contingent upon giving free access to Hindus & Sikhs of Jammu Kashmir & Allied areas (JKA) to this territory.

Finally....

All the above is contingent on the public of AJK initially and the remainder of JKA understanding the merits of the above approach. 

If they understand, it follows that then they will be able to mobilise peacefully, ethically, legally and democratically for such an alternative reality. 

The end....for now....

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The conversation continued on the next day (10/08/22):

ZS:
Sorry for that who will do for us all the things that you have mentioned above and why?

I think you believe in one man show which is not possible when its a collective task

Only the constitutional Assembly has the power to do so and you know that Assembly we don't have in realty

TA:
Your basic premise is faulty. No one will do anything for us, it is us who have to do everything.

Your thinking is also at fault and it is an indication that you are not trying to understand my work without preconceived notions about what is an 'individual' effort and what is a 'collective' effort.

What we don't have but need is what we have to create.

ZS:
What we have to create?
We have to create public committees and we would have to create a parallel parliament like as the zara's Russia

TA:
You are a very well read person but you have very little information about my work and how I operate. It is a pity that you have devoted so much time and energy on reading about the rise and fall of Communist Russia but you do not wish to devote much time to efforts closer to home, where your knowledge and background can be put to effective use.

Anyway, that is ok and it is not surprising....especially since we operate in a society with slavish characteristics. It isn't possible for you not to be affected.

In public interest, may I share this conversation (without using your name unless you want me to quote you) as it may prove to aid the learning process of our society?

ZS:
There is a difference between revolutionary work and the survey 
Right now we need the way out from the occupation may be you have read the PNA's Basis document if not kindly read it that is also a one of the way get freedom

TA:
Many thanks for your suggestion which I have already read. It could be a matter of opinion as to what is revolutionary work and what isn't. My work is far more comprehensive than a survey (which in itself was a very comprehensive piece of work). 

Judging by the conversation we have had so far, I still feel that you have not tried to understand my work to the best of your ability.

If you can please respond to this question (in reference to seeking his permission to share this conversation), I would appreciate it.

ZS:
You are much appreciated for your work
Inteed it has its own importance but its not the way out

I don't have any objecton at all because at least it could open up a debate which will be obviously in the best of public interest

End of conversation....

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Monday, 8 August 2022

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 220 of 2022

1130hrs:

Day 64 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0749hrs

My punctuality deficit has decreased to 440 minutes.

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It was inevitable that Dadyaal would also witness a total shutdown and it did:

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It was a very hot day but this interview by Mohammad Khan for Channel Live Ratta111 in Birmingham was as important to produce as it was necessary to endure the heat. The interview begins in Pahaari but then drifts into English so that both 'worlds' can be addressed:



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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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Saturday, 6 August 2022

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 218 of 2022

2256hrs:

Day 62 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0742hrs

My punctuality deficit has decreased to 447 minutes.

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News of fresh swoops by #AJKPolice (& others) in various parts of Poonch & elsewhere in #AJK. The public protests throughout AJK are ballooning and they categorically do not want to be a part of Pakistan, or any other country. 

75 years of legerdemain have intersected somewhere different now. 

Our people want to and need to explore their own political identity.

For that they need parliamentary practice.

#PublicAssembly
#AwaamiAssembly
#LokaNiAssembly
#DirectDemocracy

AJK Public Agency Note #013106082022

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Dr Nazir Gilani provides some alarming context in Urdu, to the current wave of protests throughout AJK and the response of the AJK government: 

گرفتار کریں !

متوازی قانون !!

غداری  !!!

 

 ایکٹ 1974 کے آرٹیکل 6 (2)

 [جس  کی صحت بحث طلب ہے]،  کی بنیاد پر متوازی Jurisprudence پر ہر اس پاکستانی شہری اور سیاست دان کے آزاد کشمیر میں داخلے پر پابندی لگائیں، یا ہر اس شہری یا سیاسی شخصیت کو گرفتار کریں، جن کی آمد اور  جن کے کلام یا بیان سے 24 اکتوبر 1947 کے Provisional Declaration اور کشمیر پر UN Template کی نفی ہوتی ہو یا نقصان پہنچنے کا احتمال ہو۔

 

آزاد کشمیر کی لوکل اتھارٹی کی حیثیت کو نقصان پہچانے کی کوشش کو، کشمیریوں کے حق خودارادیت کے خلاف جرم قرار دیا جائے۔

 

ریاست کے کسی شہری اور  سیاسی جمات کے سربراہ یا اس کے ممبر کا 24 اکتوبر 1947 کے Provisional Declaration یا کشمیر پر UN Template کے تحت آزاد کشمیر کی لوکل اتھارٹی کی حیثیت کو نقصان پہنچانے کے کسی بھی عمل میں معاونت، "غداری،" قرار دی جائے۔

 

جواہر لعل نہرو کو جموں وکشمیر کی انتظامیہ نے کوہالہ پل پر گرفتار کیا تھا۔

 

آزاد کشمیر کی اپنی حکومت بننے کے بعد ہم نے اپنے ہی صدر کے ایچ خورشید،  اپنے ہی چیف جسٹس خواجہ یوسف صراف اور اپنے ہی شہریوں کو گرفتار کرنے کی سنت شروع کی ہے۔

 

اور اپنے لئے ہر دور کا ایک  چراغ بیگ ڈھونڈ نکالنے کی عادت پختہ ہوگئی ہے۔

 

سید نذیر گیلانی

06۔08۔2022

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Friday, 5 August 2022

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 217 of 2022

1340hrs:

Day 61 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0718hrs

My punctuality deficit has decreased to 465 minutes.

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In the afternoon - given that it was the 5th of August - making a second entry into the Square today was a 'national duty':

1517hrs

Here's some footage of proceedings including a speech by yours truly:


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It is after many a year that we have managed to obtain an - on the record - microscopic view of the Pakistani State narrative on Jammu Kashmir & Allied areas (JKA). 

With all due respect to the 86 year old PMLN chairman Raja Zafar ul Haq, perhaps the most seasoned - Pakistani politician alive - Pakistan only wants a solution that suits it or no solution at all, come what may. 

It is also sadly obvious that Pakistan will continue to lie and deceive the inhabitants of JKA, in order to take as much of the territory it can, even if that means sharing it with China, India, UK, USA or even any other claimant that shows serious intent, as long as it doesn't have to concede an inch to the titled inhabitants.

Courtesy a Twitter Space conversation hosted by Wahid Kashar on JKTV.

I will translate into English important parts of the transcript, in order to prove my assertions:

Please listen, share and comment:

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Some notes on action oriented research, which is essentially the type of research I have been conducting in this region, since April 2005:

Learning by Doing : Action Research and Governance

A great deal of literature exists on the concept of 'action research.' Common among most is the concept that creating dialogue among different groups promotes change through a cycle of evaluation, action and further evaluation, an iterative process. In particular, action research has been described as embracing 'principles of participation and reflection, and empowerment and emancipation of groups seeking to improve their social situation.' 

The World Bank Institute's (WBI) Governance program applies the methodology described both in the piloting of its new approaches to public sector management issues and its dissemination of lessons learned from such pilots and experiences elsewhere. The program arose from a need to provide assistance to those countries and governments seeking to reform an unsatisfactory governance environment.

Reference:

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/04/12384116/learning-doing-action-research-governance

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Akram Sohail is a gifted writer and poet of AJK (retired as a secretary of the AJK government) who has penned the words for the following song:


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Thursday, 4 August 2022

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 216 of 2022

1938hrs:

Day 60 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0840hrs

My punctuality deficit has increased to 507 minutes.

After a few days of progress I have slipped once again.

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A backfooted 'rationalising' attitude displayed by - Pakistan's Advisor to the Prime Minister on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan - or just another example of Pakistani legerdemain in Muzaffarabad?


We are certain that Qamar Zaman Kaira is working hard to downplay Pakistan's annexation attempt.

He describes the problem as an administrative one in terms of there being no clear link between AJK and the federation of Pakistan, in terms of administering the appropriate share of Pakistan's federal finance to AJK, as it isn't a province or a constitutional part of Pakistan. Further that the Pakistani prime minister as chairman of the (now advisory post 13th amendment) Kashmir Council is not a sufficient enough bridge. 

Kaira is categorically saying that there is no intention to take back financial powers from the AJK government via the Kashmir Council (obtained via 13th amendment).

He is also categorically saying that there is no attempt to provincialise (or federalise) AJK.

Qamar Zaman Kaira describes the proposed (15th) amendment as a list of suggestions which required feedback from the AJK government, that it is open to revision and is of course subject to acceptance by the AJK Assembly.  

He ends (this particular video clip) with an attempt to butter the audience by using the terminology 'special status' for AJK.

What we are saying is:

You need to de-link from us all together as siding with you (or any other country) is an automatic liability for the most sought after territory in the world. We can only prosper if we are independent. We cannot be independent unless we are neutral towards every other country on earth. The world will only believe us if we can provide a powerful enough ethical argument as to why this is a more meaningful alternative to regional occupation (China, India and Pakistan) and superpower contests between (China and USA).  

Possessing world class water management technology and delivering religious harmony are 2 clues to this ethical argument.

As a footnote, we also understand that all other political parties in the AJK Legislative Assembly boycotted Qamar Zaman Kaira's visit to Muzaffarabad, except his own party, namely PPP (Pakistan People's Party).

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Hajeera has on average - at least over the past few years - been the most active tehsil (subdivision) in AJK. In this video, the tehsil's women can also be seen leading the public rights rally:
  

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Kotli has also registered itself on the anti-15th amendment radar:


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Students in Muzaffarabad have also convened to chalk out their role in the current heated atmosphere:


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In many senses, Haveli is our remotest district in AJK, not least because it juts out eastwards on the map leaving it surrounded on 3 sides by the Indian army. Despite its geographic peculiarity it hasn't been immune to the sentiment throughout the rest of AJK:
 

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Wednesday, 3 August 2022

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 215 of 2022

1337hrs:

Day 59 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0748hrs

My punctuality deficit has decreased to 467 minutes.

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1757hrs

This evening an all parties meeting took place in the Square in Dadyaal and I was also invited but as is normal with the organisers of the event (local members of JKNAP), I wasn't invited to speak. Which is fine in normal circumstances but when the organisers pretend to give you importance after the event, you recognise that they are practicing legerdemain, just like the Pakistani occupiers they are supposedly struggling to evict from this territory.

I also remember to put matters in context. After all, such people and their forbears practiced a similar attitude with K. H. Khursheed and Maqbool Bhat while they were alive, before eulogising them endlessly after their deaths.  That is: to marginalise sincere activists while they are alive and pretend that you are playing a more instrumental role than them - despite the former giving their all - while you only make your presence felt at opportune moments to maximise your visibility and provide the perception that it is you that is giving your all.

Obviously, when sincere activists die then they no longer make you uncomfortable and you are no longer competing with them. Now, the path is clear for you to eulogise them and further your own political aspirations.

I haven't written the above to vent my frustrations but to describe to my people and the rest of the world that how hard genuine activism is in the most precious territory in the world. On a practical basis, this is more difficult to overcome than the various hurdles that the occupiers use to stall our struggle, which in itself is a long list of ugly tactics.

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The 'All Parties Peoples Rights Forum' that emerged in district Poonch has also extended to our southern-most district, namely Bhimber:


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Total bazaar (market-place) shut-down (what our people describe as shutter-down) in Bagh:


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An important convention also took place in Gilgit today under the aegis of the 'Awaami Action Committee' which involved representatives from all 10 districts of Gilgit Baltistan:


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Meanwhile, we continue to periodically engage the local administration to aid us in beautifying the Square. On this particular visit to the Assistant Commissioner (AC), we explain - in written form as well as through one to one communication - that to begin tree plantation in the Square we need to increase the height of the metal grills surrounding the Square by 2 feet, so that animals and particularly goats cannot leap into the Square to cause rampage. We also need to affix some strong spring hinges to the gates of the main entrance to the Square, to prevent larger animals from headbutting their way in. 

Here's the correspondence including estimate of cost, which we would prefer the municipality to afford, given that it derives an income from the public, hence its responsibility:


We can also provide you with a written estimate from the welder too:


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Tuesday, 2 August 2022

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 214 of 2022

1116hrs:

Day 58 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0748hrs

My punctuality deficit has decreased to 479 minutes.

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Priceless content. You are what you eat is that old adage:

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Dr Nazir Gilani under the banner of his NGO affiliated to the United Nations - namely Jammu Kashmir Council for Human Rights (JKCHR) - has energetically been calling to question the merit of Pakistan's attempt to annex AJK into its federation, under the guise of the 15th amendment. He has addressed this latest letter to Pakistan's cabinet committee:



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Meanwhile, the following tweet provides a comprehensive message:

 

Translation of above tweet:

There has been a total shut-down of business in Pakistani-administered Kashmir (specifically Rawalakot and other areas) today. This is a very clear message for all those thugs who want to trade the State (of Jammu Kashmir). (The State of) Pakistan should open its eyes fully and see that at no level will we compromise with the identity of the State (of Jammu Kashmir).

Our Resources, Your Occupation

(Is) Not Acceptable, (Is) Not Acceptable

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Video footage of scenes in Rawalakot today can be observed courtesy JKTV:



Translation of the video intro above:

Rawalakot: 

(A huge rally in aid of) Jammu Kashmir National Awami Party (JKNAP) president Liaqat Hayat and other political prisoners (was taken out by the public of Rawalakot) protesting against the arrest and police violence (against their co-citizens). (Further, the public is seething) against (regularly) imposed electricity (power) cuts, cruel taxes on electricity bills, the proposed 15th constitutional amendment (to annex AJK), the (proposed) tourism act and against the excessive (luxury) facilities (provided via our taxes) to our bureaucrats and politicians. 

This activity was co-ordinated by the All Azad Kashmir Trader's Association which conducted a shut-down of all businesses throughout the Poonch division (which has 4 districts). All trade was suspended and all shops remained closed. A historic rally was taken out (through the city of Rawalakot) under the supervision of the Rawalakot Trader's Association and led by Abdul Naeem Khan. 

End of translation....

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Here's are some scenes of the shut-down in Palandri, where Qari Naseer of JKLF is in his element, taking the Pakistani army to task:


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Restricted AJK Public Agency Note:

Your response should not be optional or voluntary, it is compulsory - in my bruised opinion - given the nature of our current situation in AJK.

Public Policy Themes:

1) Security
We want to keep the peace. It requires discussing demilitarisation on a practical level with local civil society in AJK and framing a documented outcome that will confirm clarity of thinking for the 'international community'.

2) Governance 
Continue with our census data collection activity and parliamentary practice of direct democracy via the #PublicAssemblyAJK

3) Economy
Continue with collection of a voluntary public tax to safeguard public interest (exclusive to the titled inhabitants of JKA) against anything unlawful, unconstitutional, unjust and unreported: such as intra communication documentation between India, Pakistan, China, USA, UK on JKA.

4) Culture
Continue with reviving the Mandir of Sharda and Gurdwara of Ali Beg in Bhimber. Aligned to which we are pursuing the greater civilisational pursuit of reviving Sharda as a preeminent University of the world.   

I'm sure that you understand that the people of AJK are doing the maximum - in a civil manner - to stop the Pakistanis from annexing our territory. However, the Pakistanis will not avert this - not least because they are heavily indebted to the world - yet we still have to prevent this. Public opinion is visible, the public is active throughout the territory on a daily basis with total shutdowns becoming more frequent, as in #Poonch division today.

What is missing to prevent this is a central parliamentary platform that addresses the democratic deficit in our society. We have the legal references, we have an ethical argument, we are peacefully pursuing our objectives but.................a Public Assembly must be convened with political representation from throughout the territory. Due to modern technology, everybody doesn't have to be physically in the same place. It must happen before Pakistan takes this step.

Your thoughts on paper are vital at this stage.....

The international community requires clarity of political representation and public opinion in order to be activated on Jammu Kashmir & Allied areas (JKA).

This applies to any international conflict resolution platform....be it the UK, UN, USA or other.

External narrative:
India and Pakistan have been fighting over Kashmir since 1947.

Internal narrative:
India and Pakistan have been consolidating a mutually beneficial share of the territory of JKA since 1947.

#DemocraticDeficitAJK
#PakOccupiedAssembly
#LokaNiAssembly
#JKASovereignty

AJK Public Agency Note #222302082022

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An Urdu translation of AJK Public Agency Note: #222302082022

 

محدود اے جے کے پبلک ایجنسی نوٹ:

 

آذاد جموں کشمیر کی موجودہ صورتحال کو دیکھتے ہوئے، میری زخمی رائے کے مطابق، یہ ضروری ہے کہ آپ کا جواب آپ کی مرضی و منشا کے مطابق یا برخلاف نہیں ہونا چاہیے۔

 

پبلک پالیسی تھیمز:

 

1- سیکیورٹی

ہم امن قائم رکھنا چاہتے ہیں۔ اس کے لئے آذاد جموں کشمیر کی مقامی سول سوسائٹی سے  فوجی انخلا کا تذکرہ عملی بنیاد پر ڈسکس ہونا چاہئے جس کے نتیجہ میں ایک دستاویزی نتیجہ ملنا چاہئے جس سے یہ بین الاقوامی دنیا کو یہ سمجھنے میں آسانی ہو کہ یہاں کے لوگ کیا سوچتے ہیں

 

2- حکومتی نظام

مردم شماری کے لئے مواد اکٹھا کرنے کا عمل جاری ہے اور براہِ راست جمہوریت سے لوگوں کی آگاہی کے لئے پارلیمانی مشق کر رہے ہیں

 

3- معشیت

ہم رضاکارانہ طور پہ عوام سے جو ٹیکس اکٹھا کر رہے ہیں وہ جاری رکھنا چاہتے ہیں تاکہ ہم۔عوامی مفادات کا تحفظ کر سکیں اس کے خلاف جو غیر قانونی، غیر آئینی اور ناجائز نہ ہو اور وہ منظر عام۔پہ نہ ہو جیسا کہ ایسی مواصلاتی تحریریں جو  انڈیا، پاکستان، چین، امریکہ اور برطانیہ کی  آپس میں ریاست جموں کشمیر و متحدہ علاقہ جات پر ہیں۔

 

4- ثقافت

ہم شاردہ مندر اور علی بیگ گوردوارہ جو بھمبھر میں ہے، کو بحال کرنے کی کوشش جاری رکھیں گئے(گزشتہ 12 سالوں سے)، اس کے ساتھ ہی تہذیب و تمدن کی اعلی سطح کے معیار کی طرف جانے کے لئے ضروری ہے کہ ہم شاردہ کو دنیا کی نمایاں  جامعہ کے طور پہ بحال کریں

 

میں سمجھتا ہوں کہ آذاد جموں کشمیر کے عوام پاکستان کو اس خطے کے پاکستان میں انضمام سے روکنے کے لئے  پرامن طریقے سے آخری حد تک جدوجہد کر رہے ہیں، لیکن پاکستانی اس کو نہیں روکیں گئے جس کی بہت سی وجوہات ہیں جن میں سے ایک یہ ہے کہ پاکستانی پوری دنیا کے مقروض ہیں لیکن اس کے باوجود ہمیں اس کو روکنا ہے۔ عوامی رائے واضح ہے پورے آذاد کشمیر میں عوام روزمرہ کی بنیاد پہ بہت زیادہ متحرک ہیں اور مکمل شٹر ڈائون کر رہے ہیں جیسا کہ ہم نے گزشتہ روز پونچھ ڈویژن میں دیکھا۔

 

اس سازش کو روکنے کے لئے ہمیں ایک مرکزی جمہوری محاذ چاہئے جو یہاں کی جمہوری قلت کو دور کرے،ہمارے پاس قانونی ریفرنسز، اخلاقی مدعے بھی ہمارے حق میں ہیں اور ہم پرامن طریقے سے اپنے اہداف کی طرف بڑھ رہے ہیں لیکن ایک عوامی اسمبلی کا اجلاس بلانا، جس میں پوری ریاست جموں کشمیر و متحدہ علاقہ جات کی سیاسی نمائندگی ہو، ضروری ہے اور آج جدید ٹیکنالوجی کی وجہ ہر کسی کو ایک جگہ پہ ہونا ضروری نہیں ہے۔اس سے پہلے کہ پاکستان ایسا کوئی اقدام اٹھائے اس عوامی اسمبلی کا اجلاس ہونا چاہیے۔

 

آپ کے جو خیالات ہیں وہ اس مرحلے پر  تحریری طور پہ اہم ہیں۔۔۔۔

 

بین الاقوامی دنیا  کو سیاسی نمائندگی اور رائے عامہ کی وضاحت چاہئے تاکہ وہ جموں کشمیر و متحدہ علاقہ جات کے معاملے پر عملی طور پہ متحرک ہو سکیں اور یہ ضروری ہے چاہے جو بھی بین الاقوامی تصادم کو حل کرنے کے لئے کوئی بھی پلیٹ فارم ہو چاہے وہ برطانیہ، اقوامِ متحدہ، امریکہ کے ذریعے ہو یا کسی اور ذریعے سے ہو،

 

بیرونی بیانیہ:

انڈیا اور پاکستان جموں کشمیر پر 1947 سے لڑ رہے ہیں۔

 

اندرونی بیانیہ:

انڈیا اور پاکستان نے 1947 سے ایک بتدریج ذریعے سے مشترکہ طور پر اپنے اپنے حصے کو مستحکم کیا۔

#DemocraticDeficitAJK
#PakOccupiedAssembly
#LokaNiAssembly
#JKASovereignty


اے جے کے پبلک ایجنسی نوٹ
#222302082022

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