tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667580297281892602024-02-19T07:17:31.990-08:00Kashmir One SecretariatPerhaps Jammu and Kashmir's first ownership-building exercise. Tanveer Ahmedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00481781255161877060noreply@blogger.comBlogger143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266758029728189260.post-44476736904247950412015-04-02T15:53:00.001-07:002019-02-16T04:34:41.556-08:00Kashmir - One Secretariat : Working Proposal 2014 followed by AJK Public Agency - Working Proposal 2015<div style="text-align: left;">
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Working Proposal for 2014</span></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(Of J&K’s first genuine public institution, addressed to the citizens of AJK and it's diaspora)</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Monday, February 03, 2014 (Version 5) - The first edition was published on 21/06/10 and all previous editions are available at Kashmir – One Secretariat’s FB page. Also linked at www.kashmirone.blogspot.com</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Brief Profile and Background:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Have lived in this region un-interrupted since April 2005 and undertaken - on my own initiative - a step by step (top>down followed by bottom>up) logical approach to conflict resolution whilst analysing the needs and aspirations of the people living in this marginal territory, referred to as Azad Jammu & Kashmir (one part of seven disparate territories formerly known as the Princely State of Jammu & Kashmir). This followed a life mostly lived in the U.K. where I had worked as a journalist since late 2001. Experience covered Newspaper/Radio/Web, including stints in Iraq and Afghanistan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1) Daily (Diary) Blog at ajkpublicagency.org</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This was (re)initiated on January the 16th. An urge to define Riyasati (State) Agency has been high on my mind’s agenda for the past couple of years. This 8 years and 10 month old journey has by-passed mazes at every juncture to define a path for creating a genuinely indigenous process for resolving our lingering ‘National Question’. Put simply, it began with the concept of forum > Institution > Agency. Subscribe to my daily diary to unravel this pain-staking process @ ajkpublicagency.org</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2) Self-Determination Public Fund - AJK</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Although over 130 citizens have contributed to the concept of ‘Freedom and Responsibility’, the pace is too slow to conduct the initiatives titled as ‘current activity’ and ‘proposed public initiatives’ in the on-going document. The idea is to gradually employ one citizen outside each Post Office throughout AJK at a starting salary of 300 PK Rupees per day (During Post Office opening hours between 9am to 4pm, 6 days a week excluding Sunday) beginning from Khuiratta Post Office on Saturday morning, the 8th of February. This will be a monthly addition to the annual funding structure and will entail the payment of a mere 10 to a maximum of 50 PK Rupees per citizen per month. The legal basis for this activity and all other activities conducted by Kashmir – One Secretariat can be referenced from Article 21 of the UN Charter. As for the Institution’s constitutional structure, it endeavours to conform to the impending genuine constitution of the State and essentially operates as an interim framework which inherently intends to support all public efforts to evolve the very State’s own constitution. Links: ajkpublicagency.org and www.kashmirone.blogspot.com</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3) Operation Clean-up</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is a public effort to cleanse the environment of Tehsil Khuiratta from litter, garbage and other dirt (dust) etc. beginning from the Town Area or Bazaar of Khuiratta itself. Consultation with various citizens has been ongoing for the past few months and this initiative aims to be as transparent, consultative and inclusive a process of ‘governance’ as never witnessed before in AJK. It entails the payment of 10 PK Rupees per business per day and will include a daily record of output achieved. It has been understood that the inhumane governing system prevailing in AJK puts a heavy toll on the mental capacity of citizens to envisage change and thus - with cleanliness constituting half of faith - this activity could prove to be the catalyst we’ll all been waiting for. Link: ajkpublicagency.org</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">4) Opening of Kotli – Rajouri Route via Khuiratta: As J&K's first OBM – Ownership Building Measure</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is being conducted on the basis of an ownership-building measure by civil society, hence independent of the CBM structure initiated by India and Pakistan in January 2004. Experience of Chakothi and Tithrinote in particular and the Indo-Pak peace process in general, has delivered ample evidence that confidence-building between the two countries is conditioned on being mutually beneficial at the expense of Kashmiri aspirations and needs. Dividends achieved so far – though not insignificant – are bereft of Kashmiri ownership. This route would hopefully provide a model reference for incrementally opening other routes (throughout the divided territory) in due course. Efforts in this regard have been on-going for over two years and have included discussions with the two countries manning the LOC. Link: kotlirajouri.blogspot.com </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">5) 'Matters of the State' - a live net video and recorded audio broadcast </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the absence of effective electronic media in AJK, a need has been felt to develop a centralised and consistent media forum to connect and highlight matters of public interest in AJK, relay them to a domestic as well as global audience and use that as a tool to make public institutions accountable to the public. Noticing the lack of connectivity of our largest diaspora in the UK with matters in AJK, an effort is also being made to link this programme with local radio stations in Birmingham, Bradford and Luton. Links available via ajkpublicagency.org at Bambuser and Ipadio </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">6) National Survey</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A 10 question (random) survey of AJK's population covering our unresolved 'national question' and matters of 'good governance'. The aim is to generate as genuine and as representative a sample as possible by conducting one-to-one interviews with 10,000 people; giving proportionate weight for each sub-division, district, profession and tribe (including the diaspora). We aim to complete this survey this year during a walk through every tehsil (sub-division) of AJK. The Document entitled 'NATIONAL SURVEY ON A CITIZENSHIP WALK ALONG THE LOC' is available at the following link: www.kashmirone.blogspot.com</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">7) SMS Democracy</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Regularly assessing and presenting public opinion via SMS on issues of 'national' concern and posting questions and answers (anonymously to protect the public's identity and to elicit as genuine a response as possible). Link: maloomaat.blogspot.com</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">8) Media</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Regular update of media content (audio, photo, text and video) generated in AJK (includes content generated in Pakistan and Indian controlled Kashmir) and all accessible from my blog: ajkpublicagency.org</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">9) Diplomatic/Academic/Media/Security Exchange</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Engaging with various local, regional and global institutions covering the above ‘disciplines’ and exchanging notes on current affairs, particularly in the context of Kashmir’s lingering ‘National Question’. Discussions also include possible association or joint efforts on addressing matters of ‘good governance’ given the aforementioned context. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1) Freedom of Information Act</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lobbying for transparency, accountability and meritocracy necessitates a legal tool to empower civil society activists and all other concerned citizens to bring public finances, institutions and individuals clearly into the public domain. This needs to be implemented by the current Legislative Assembly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2) Consensus building for the formation of a Constituent Assembly in AJK (and GB)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Having failed to transition from an autocracy (pre 1947) to a genuine democracy post 1947 (via a consultative public process), a cloud of ambiguity and stale ad-hoc-ism surrounds the current governing structure in AJK. A former Chief Justice has kindly offered to give lectures on the topic at the Bar Associations, Press Clubs and University Campuses of Mirpur, Kotli, Rawalakot and Muzaffarabad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3) Holding a global forum at the PC Hotel in Muzaffarabad </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The idea is to create the necessary civil space to discuss and resolve our outstanding 'National Question' by inviting local as well as international stakeholders to our territory and aiming to initiate a form of 'open diplomacy', rather than relying on others (with compulsions of conflict) to resolve our future. The intention is to invite the political section of 5 or 6 countries (most of whom have been engaged in discussion within one's time here) including political figures/activists from GB, Ladakh, the Valley and Jammu as well as writers/activists from our neighbouring countries and further afield. An invitation would also be extended to academic experts who've done work on Kashmir as well as personalities of AJK who live in the diaspora.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Merging Freedom with Responsibility:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Aspiring for freedom is a natural human condition - not peculiar to Kashmir – however, it requires a proportionate set of responsibilities that must be agreed and acted on collectively so that the fruit of freedom can transpire. One has tried in every sense to understand and work to resolve our predicament of wrestling back our basic rights and entitlement to ownership of our territory. It has been learned that nobody is going to solve our 'National Question' for us, the burden is entirely ours and we must be seen to fulfill it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Maintaining a civic intent and posture whilst recognising our legal and constitutional right to map out our future requires painstaking civil society work at all levels, utilising all mediums. It is crucial that one transforms their individual efforts into a nascent State institutional set-up. Understanding the deficiency (or even absence as some suggest) of governance in AJK, the responsibility once again lies with the citizens who are being 'governed', to devise solutions and deliver. Hence, the institution in operation (Kashmir - One Secretariat) cannot possibly operate as a private enterprise. Bearing in mind that the current 'governing' structure cannot be replaced 'overnight', a gradual capacity-building exercise is in order and the public of AJK (and it's diaspora) must play their part in inducing positive change. Otherwise, the majority of us will increasingly suffer from not engaging on our own terms with each other as well as with the rest of the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Much of the format, structure and other relevant details have appeared in previous versions (linked at www.kashmirone.blogspot.com). Thus far, over 3,000 citizens have received this document and the aim is to reach at least 100,000 citizens by the end of this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">i) Donors must be citizens of the AJK portion (of the divided territory) or their descendants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ii) Citizens in AJK who earn more than 50,000 PK Rupees per month or have assets worth over 50 lakh (50,00,000) PK rupees are requested to contribute 1,500 (one thousand five hundred PK rupees) per year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Iii) Those resident in AJK who don't meet the above criteria but wish to contribute to this public institution-building exercise can contribute up to 500 PK rupees per year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Iv) Working citizens of AJK abroad are requested to contribute the equivalent of £20 (British pound sterling) a year, which works out to be just over 3,500 PK Rupees at current exchange rates. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">v) Each citizen can pay their respective annual fee up to two years in advance i.e. maximum £40.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">vi) If any citizen feels genuinely motivated enough to want to contribute more than the equivalent of £40, they will be requested to provide a video interview explaining their decision in public interest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The idea behind this format is to request those financially able stakeholders (citizens) to play a 'relatively' equal part in taking responsibility for our present predicament and a brighter future. Upto February 2013, one has relied almost entirely on their own sources or their family to avoid 'compromising' on their objectivity and hence Kashmir's future. Since then, aside from a few academic assignments paying very modest fees, one has totally relied on the public for subsistence. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1) Paypal via www.kashmirone.blogspot.com or ajkpublicagency.org</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2) At a UK Bank: Barclays Bank Plc. 170 Dunstable Road, Luton, Beds. LU1 1EY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Account Details of Sibling: Mrs A Rafique - Sort Code: 20-53-31 - Account No.: 33455564</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3) Via EasyPaisa, OMNI or HBL Freedom Account by contacting me on 03455044252</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Notes:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">- Whichever method is used, please notify me via email at sahaafi@gmail.com with the date of transaction, name, city (abroad) as well as home locality in AJK and a contact number so that I can send you an indexed receipt. In all circumstances, I must be informed and citizens are requested not to give payment to anyone without informing me. So that I may uphold the concepts of transparency and accountability before you: the public.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">- A database of citizens has been generated over the years that I’ve worked in my motherland. This will remain confidential and only accessible to recognised and publically accountable citizens.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">- If certain targets pertaining to public output are not achieved by the 31st of December 2014, then I will have no option but to return to the UK (possibly settling for academic work in Switzerland). Of course, a detailed analysis of my time in AJK (which will be 9 years and almost 9 months by this date) will be subsequently available in book format and other mediums. I hope for the sake of our lingering ‘National Question’, for the martyrs who gave their blood and the citizens whose untold energy has been sacrificed; that results are achieved and the world does not perceive us to be incapable of creatively using our initiative. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Created by Tanveer Ahmed – Writer, Broadcaster and Activist working for civil society development in AJK</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>This document remains the property of Kashmir - One Secretariat: an ownership-building exercise undertaken in AJK (Azad Jammu & Kashmir) Contact: 00 92 (0) 345 5044252 – Email: sahaafi@gmail.com Petition: petitiononline.com/kokoi5</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>AJK Public Agency - Working Proposal 2015</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;"><i><b>A decade-long public discovery from citizen > forum > institution > agency</b></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Have lived in
this region un-interrupted since April 2005 and undertaken - on my own
initiative - a step by step (top>down followed by bottom>up) logical
approach to conflict resolution, whilst logging/recording/analysing (via text,
photo, audio & video) the issues and aspirations of the people living in
this marginal territory, referred to as Azad Jammu & Kashmir (or AJK for
short and one part of seven disparate administrative territories formerly known
as the Princely State of Jammu & Kashmir). This followed a life mostly
lived in the U.K. where I had worked as a journalist since late 2001.
Experience covered Newspaper/Radio/Web, including stints in Iraq and
Afghanistan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Upon arrival
in 2005, I used whatever I could of personal resources and when they were
exhausted by 2008, I relied totally on my family to support me to 2010, since
when a combination of public support (financial and in kind), regular support
from my family and limited teaching, editing, writing, translating and consulting
assignments have indisputably helped in creating Jammu & Kashmir's first
genuine public agency > institution > forum, arguably since the beginning
of mass-organised public formation of 'assertion of rights by subjects as
aspiring citizens', during the autocratic Dogra regime’s rule in 1931.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">Like others I
do not fascinate with the word ‘I’. However, in the context of the citizen’s (former
subjects or their descendents) of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK will be used
here-on) struggle for basic rights (achieved in some shape or form by arguably
most inhabitants of the world), I firstly acknowledge and salute the
contributions of all those citizens and subjects before me of their sacrifices
in life, wealth and honour. Without their reference, what I’m working on would
not have been a rational exercise.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> As for
mainstreaming the word ‘agency’ into public thinking, whereby ‘public’
linguistically refers to, “of, relating to, or concerning the people as a
whole”, agency acts as a publicly funded delivery mechanism which avoids
interference from external sources and holds public interest supreme at the
cost of personal benefit. Its use is all the more important considering how
external agencies have consistently denied the supremacy of public interest in
AJK, exhausting all political avenues for delivery. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I agree with
various other ‘public interest practitioners’ across the globe that ‘awareness
builds through action. Not the other way around’. Rarely does the average
citizen wake up in the morning planning to contribute to public interest, thus
I have adopted direct interaction techniques with the public to successfully
receive over 500,000 (units of Pakistani rupees) in public donations since 2010
- from around 2,000 citizens of AJK (at home and abroad) - all logged and
available for public scrutiny. Whilst achievements, activities and recognition
(public, diplomatic and academic) have been listed in previous annual public
documents, the increasing intensity of my engagement with the public makes me
feel increasingly accountable and ever more conscious of my need to develop an
indigenous public process through which our common struggle for basic rights
can come to fruition. Some citizens have made the very valid point about
expansion of public interest activity through other citizen members and it must
be re-iterated that I have tried various methods to expand from ‘I’ to ‘we’
with mixed success, as commitment to public interest for local citizens has its
own challenges. Nevertheless, efforts to realise this necessary condition
continues through the current concept of identifying 32 public agents
throughout AJK, each representing one tehsil (sub-division). See sub-heading 3)
below: </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Current
Activity:</b><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1) National
Survey</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">A 10 question
(random) survey of AJK's population covering our unresolved 'national question'
and matters of 'good governance', begun in the summer of 2011. The aim is to
generate as genuine and as representative a sample as possible of public
opinion in AJK by conducting one-to-one interviews with 10,000 people; giving
proportionate weight by population for each of the 32 sub-divisions, whilst
also aiming to cover each and every profession and tribe (including the
diaspora). This exercise is scheduled for completion by June this year. This
will be followed by a summary report with stats available in both English and
Urdu by July.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2) </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Daily
(Diary) Blog at ajkpublicagency.org</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">This
began in 2007 when I was closely following the relationship between India and
Pakistan. It immensely helped in providing an alternative medium of expression
and I was able to log my 2007 bicycle ride from Torkham (Afghanistan’s border)
along the GT Road to Wagha (India’s border), as well as my bicycle ride from
Sehnsa to Muzaffarabad in 2009. Subsequently, though I‘ve strained to log every
day’s activity on this blog, the abysmally receding access to the internet in
AJK since early 2013 has hampered me. Nevertheless, whatever is noteworthy of my
experience in public interaction everyday will eventually be accessible for the
public through this medium: @ <u>ajkpublicagency.org</u></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3) An indigenously-created Political
Process</span></span></span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> While getting to learn much about
the behaviour, opinion and history of each region through the national survey
(1 above); I was astounded as to the level of co-operation, hospitality and
usually very frank opinion on the state of public affairs in AJK. However,
amongst the very few reservations on the utility of trying to create a
representative sample of public opinion in AJK was the assertion that the
'West' (sometimes also generalised as the 'International Community') know only
too well as to the opinion of the public of Kashmir. While this may be true of
the ‘West’, they also know that the public of Kashmir have not conclusively
laid out an implementable road-map for acquiring their aspired goal of
determining their future, which some may choose to describe as independence in
short. In other words, they've never taken the initiative to conduct an
exercise of self-determination, they've only sought it (mainly verbally without
clear reference to public opinion or organised, representative character) and
even that with mixed or convoluted aspirations.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> An indigenously created political
process in AJK - if implemented - could not only settle the above impasse
(according to various foreign analysts the issue of Kashmir is not progressing
towards a settlement). Indeed, one seasoned British journalist with good working
knowledge of the region, exclaimed that he had no idea as to how a solution of
Kashmir could be arrived at, in a write-up after a visit to Srinagar last year.
An indigenous political process created without external influence with the
agreement of the public could also settle the constitutional ambiguity of AJK
and perhaps even act as a model political process for the other disparate
regions of the State; namely Gilgit Baltistan, Jammu, Ladakh and the Valley of
Kashmir (the heart of the dispute between India and Pakistan, the heartbeat of
the Dogra constructed erstwhile J & K state and the generic
name/idea/concept behind a civilisation possibly older than 7,000 years). Areas
under Chinese control would foresee-ably necessitate an alternative mechanism
of conflict resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> In summary, the essence of this
proposal is linking public activity with public interest monitored and financed
by the public. Our problem needs to be solved by us through developing a
consensual framework that can be presented to the International Community. My
role, I have come to envisage, is to help prepare our citizens for this task.
Consultation with the public on this ‘process’ is ongoing and will be publicly
discussed throughout the 32 sub-divisions of AJK in August/September, once 32
public agents representing each respective sub-division emerge. Please follow
my blog @ sahaafi.net to meaningfully participate in this unfolding process.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Rough
outline of indigenous political process; subject to on-going consultation with
the public of AJK:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">st</span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">
stage: 1771 (Administrative villages or mozaat)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">nd</span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">
stage: 189 (Union Councils)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">rd</span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">
stage: 32 (Sub-divisions or tehsils)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">4</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">th</span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">
stage: 10 (districts or azlaa)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">5</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">th</span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">
and final stage: 3 (divisions encompassing the regions of Mirpur, Muzaffarabad
and Poonch)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The
task is to first identify 32 public agents (one from each sub-division of AJK)
who qualify according to the following criteria: For him or her to be<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1)
Non-political <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-
In terms of party affiliation or interest beyond those of a citizen of AJK
desiring the State of AJK to be in control of its public affairs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2)
Business-free <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-
Beyond or except being a recipient of subsistence rent or performing necessary
duty as part of family network.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3)
State Agencies-free<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-
To not be operating as an agent of any sovereign nation-state or similar entity
beyond the borders figured at 84,471 sq. miles.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Upon identification, they would take responsibility for identifying public
agents at union council and moza level. Likewise, district and division level
public agents would be identified from amongst them. Once, these 1771 public
agents throughout AJK are identified, then an indigenous political process to
identify political representatives from moza to division level can proceed. The
initial 1771 public agents would be performing a non-partisan administrative
role in managing, monitoring and administrating the political process.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: center;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Citizen
Participation:</b><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Consultation<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> As I strain to
utilise the ‘collective wisdom’ of our public at all times, each and every
citizen (at home and abroad) is encouraged to engage with this unfolding indigenous
political process through various communication means available. Your suggestions,
evaluation and perhaps most importantly monitoring to ensure public interest
adherence is crucial to the success of this exercise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Financial<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">i) </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Donors must be citizens of
the AJK portion (of the divided territory) or their descendants.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ii) </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Citizens in AJK who earn
more than 50,000 PK Rupees per month or have assets worth over 50 lakh
(50,00,000) PK rupees are requested to contribute </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1,500</span></u></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> (one thousand five hundred PK rupees) per year.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Iii)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Those resident in AJK who don't meet
the above criteria can pay as little as </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">10</span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PK Rupees to participate in this wholly public interest-oriented exercise.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Iv) </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Working citizens of AJK living
abroad are requested to contribute the equivalent of £</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">20</span></span></u></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> (British pound sterling) a
year, which works out to be just over </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3,000</span></u></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">
PK Rupees at current exchange rates. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">v)</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Each citizen can pay their respective annual fee
up to two years in advance i.e. a maximum of £</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">40</span></span></u></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">vi)</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> If any citizen feels genuinely
motivated enough to want to contribute more than the equivalent of £</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">40</span></span></u></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, they will be
requested to provide a video interview explaining their decision in public
interest.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">The idea
behind this format is to request those financially able stakeholders (citizens)
to play a 'relatively' equal part in taking responsibility for our present
predicament and a brighter future, whilst minimising the possibility of me
succumbing to personal interest.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Payment method(s):<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1) Paypal via <a href="http://www.kashmirone.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">www.kashmirone.blogspot.com</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> or <a href="http://ajkpublicagency.org/" target="_blank">ajkpublicagency.org</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2) At a UK
Bank: Barclays Bank Plc. 170 Dunstable Road, Luton, Beds. LU1 1EY</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Account
Details of Sibling: Mrs A Rafique - Sort Code: 20-53-31 - Account No.: 33455564</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3) Via
EasyPaisa, OMNI or HBL Freedom Account by contacting me on (0092) 3455044252</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Notes:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">- Whichever
method is used, please notify me via email at </span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">sahaafi@gmail.com</span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> with the
date of transaction, name, city (abroad) as well as home locality in AJK and a
contact number so that I can send you an indexed receipt. In all circumstances,
I must be informed and citizens are requested not to give payment to anyone
without informing me. So that I may uphold the concepts of transparency and
accountability before you: the public.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">- A database
of citizens has been generated over the years that I’ve worked in my
motherland. This will remain confidential and only accessible to recognised and
publicly accountable citizens.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Footnote:</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Created by Tanveer Ahmed – an aspiring technocrat claiming to be assisting in the formation of J & K's first genuine public agency, in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">End of public document 2015</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.....</span><br />
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<br />Tanveer Ahmedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00481781255161877060noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266758029728189260.post-65642198789833866702013-11-07T14:12:00.001-08:002013-11-07T14:12:05.978-08:00British opposed military action in Kashmir: Advani<a href="http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/11/07/338--British-opposed-military-action-in-Kashmir-Advani-.html">British opposed military action in Kashmir: Advani</a>Tanveer Ahmedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00481781255161877060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266758029728189260.post-67809157054844247792013-11-03T00:22:00.001-07:002013-11-03T00:22:09.330-07:00Lawyers in Gilgit Baltistan vow to stand up for separate state<a href="http://brooshaaltimes.com/lawyers-vow-stand-separate-state/">Lawyers vow to stand up for separate state | BrooshaalTimes</a>Tanveer Ahmedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00481781255161877060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266758029728189260.post-36582009877733839782013-10-30T22:19:00.001-07:002013-10-30T22:19:38.155-07:00Independence, Scottish or Kashmiri, is about owning your own problems<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/25/independence-scottish-kashmiri-own-problems?CMP=twt_gu#start-of-comments">Independence, Scottish or Kashmiri, is about owning your own problems | Deborah Orr | Comment is free | The Guardian</a>Tanveer Ahmedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00481781255161877060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266758029728189260.post-67099113981420365962013-10-11T12:16:00.001-07:002013-10-11T12:16:50.679-07:00China’s Interests in Shaksgam Valley<a href="http://www.sharnoffsglobalviews.com/china-shaksgam-valley-191/">China’s Interests in Shaksgam Valley | Sharnoff's Global Views</a>Tanveer Ahmedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00481781255161877060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266758029728189260.post-17003663366511111572013-10-11T07:31:00.001-07:002013-10-11T07:31:32.657-07:00Kashmir’s worst kept secrets<a href="http://www.risingkashmir.com/kashmirs-worst-kept-secrets/#comment-8672">Kashmir’s worst kept secrets - Rising Kashmir. The Daily English Newspaper.</a>Tanveer Ahmedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00481781255161877060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266758029728189260.post-35645465235937646002013-10-10T13:04:00.001-07:002013-10-10T13:04:12.081-07:00Kashmir petition handed to Wycombe MP<a href="http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/10715727.Kashmir_petition_handed_to_Wycombe_MP/?action=success">Kashmir petition handed to Wycombe MP (From Bucks Free Press)</a>Tanveer Ahmedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00481781255161877060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266758029728189260.post-63823940364443563482013-10-09T23:50:00.001-07:002013-10-09T23:50:50.571-07:00Is Kashmir a heaven for agents?<a href="http://www.risingkashmir.com/is-kashmir-a-heaven-for-agents/">Is Kashmir a heaven for agents? - Rising Kashmir. The Daily English Newspaper.</a>Tanveer Ahmedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00481781255161877060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266758029728189260.post-86578713727435050222013-07-24T12:32:00.001-07:002013-07-24T12:32:14.408-07:00A SUMMARY OF QUAYYUM RAJA’S PROFİLE<a href="http://globalmediauk.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-summary-of-quayyum-rajas-profile.html">MEDIA.UK.NET: A SUMMARY OF QUAYYUM RAJA’S PROFİLE</a>Tanveer Ahmedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00481781255161877060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266758029728189260.post-74442828408511991292013-07-09T10:07:00.001-07:002013-07-09T10:07:49.471-07:00An inspirational story from Kashmir at the 63rd Nobel Meet in Lindau, Germany<a href="http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/treasurehunt/entry/an-inspirational-story-from-kashmir-at-the-63rd-nobel-meet-in-lindau-germany">An inspirational story from Kashmir at the 63rd Nobel Meet in Lindau, Germany by Treasure Hunt : Narayani Ganesh's blog-The Times Of India</a>Tanveer Ahmedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00481781255161877060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266758029728189260.post-70349878181967817882013-06-09T00:58:00.001-07:002013-06-09T00:58:03.690-07:00Kashmir people instigated dispute<a href="http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/ruPdlPM0crufMTIMhr2zuN/The-people-of-Kashmir-instigated-the-dispute.html">Christopher Snedden | Kashmir people instigated dispute - Livemint</a>Tanveer Ahmedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00481781255161877060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266758029728189260.post-21646709467565709502013-06-03T10:13:00.001-07:002013-06-03T10:13:44.632-07:00The Quest for Self-Determination<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/opinion/global/End-the-Campaign-to-Spread-Democracy.html?hpw&_r=1&">End the Campaign to Spread Democracy - NYTimes.com</a>Tanveer Ahmedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00481781255161877060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266758029728189260.post-22570264158333943292013-05-24T10:28:00.001-07:002013-05-24T10:28:48.530-07:00Film-making beyond borders: The process is the message<a href="http://www.c-r.org/partner-feature/process-is-message">Film-making beyond borders: The process is the message</a>Tanveer Ahmedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00481781255161877060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266758029728189260.post-77997765455527007802013-05-22T00:04:00.001-07:002013-05-22T00:04:27.570-07:00Un-free Kashmir <a href="http://www.redpepper.org.uk/Un-free-Kashmir/">Un-free Kashmir | Red Pepper</a>Tanveer Ahmedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00481781255161877060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266758029728189260.post-68470241315470575332013-04-02T08:25:00.001-07:002013-04-02T08:25:18.581-07:00Lord Nazir batting for Pakistan?<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C0uMCPnuSQ#.UVr3G58MxaI.blogger">Loyalties, loyalties, loyalties....to Britain? NOPE! - YouTube</a>Tanveer Ahmedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00481781255161877060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266758029728189260.post-38943097583727645982013-03-03T03:20:00.001-08:002013-03-03T03:20:49.326-08:00Lawyers Opinion Poll ref Pakistani Army Exit from AJK 010313 - YouTube<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3916P13p4I&feature=youtu.be#.UTMxhTAquwo.blogger">Lawyers Opinion Poll ref Pakistani Army Exit from AJK 010313 - YouTube</a>Tanveer Ahmedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00481781255161877060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266758029728189260.post-58698656777417988552013-02-03T15:42:00.001-08:002013-02-03T15:42:35.502-08:00UNMOGIP and Merits of Indian Stand<a href="http://www.risingkashmir.in/news/unmogip-and-merits-of-indian-stand-40718.aspx">UNMOGIP and Merits of Indian Stand</a>Tanveer Ahmedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00481781255161877060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266758029728189260.post-25424827160101554032013-02-03T13:59:00.003-08:002013-02-03T13:59:59.747-08:00Vijay Abrol & Devinder Singh hours before their kidnap and false charges by Pakistan's ISI<iframe frameborder="0" height="240" src="https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=10151395335797908" width="320"></iframe>Tanveer Ahmedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00481781255161877060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266758029728189260.post-82610870382707928212013-01-26T03:51:00.001-08:002013-01-26T03:51:44.436-08:00‘UN mission in Kashmir can be terminated only by UNSC’<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/un-mission-in-kashmir-can-be-terminated-only-by-unsc/article4335377.ece">The Hindu : News / National : ‘UN mission in Kashmir can be terminated only by UNSC’</a>Tanveer Ahmedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00481781255161877060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266758029728189260.post-15974938270480916382013-01-20T13:30:00.003-08:002013-01-20T13:30:59.330-08:00Preparation for a White Paper on Pakistan's role in Jammu and Kashmir<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Research is based on the following points and corroborating evidence is sought from citizens of the State</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1) The role of Pakistan's army. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- Thousands of acres of valuable land confiscated. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- High-handed ruling approach over our citizenry. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- Bargaining on our honour. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- Plundering of our resources including forests, minerals and herbs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2) The role of Pakistan's clandestine agencies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- Kidnapping innocent citizens. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- Incarceration without legal recourse. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- Physical/mental torture </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- Murdering our citizens with impunity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3) The role of Pakistani and Afghani citizens. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- Under the pretext of conducting business marry local women and take possession of Kashmiri land.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- Sell inferior quality goods/services.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- Promote and inculcate the tradition of kickbacks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4) The role of Pakistani banks, insurance companies and mobile phone companies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- Despite our citizen's cumulative investment of billions of rupees in Pakistan's economy, our citizens are either deprived of employment in favour of Pakistani citizens or employed on relatively lower salaries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">5) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- Kashmiris deprived of air travel within their own territory.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- Being robbed at Pakistani airports.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- Unable to utilise foreign exchange for the benefit of Kashmir.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- Pakistan creating conditions whereby Kashmiris have gradually abandoned agro-production including crops, vegetables and livestock.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">6) The Pakistani state's wanton plundering of our mineral resources and viceroy like attitude of their lent officers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">7) The plight of Kashmir's armed forces.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- Pakistani officers and subordinate Kashmiris.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">8) The dysfunctionality of the AJK Government. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- Unaccountable and un-representative roles of the Kashmir Council, Senate Committee on Kashmir Affairs and GCO Murree</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">9) The role of Pakistani militant groups (their own version of 'Blackwater'). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- Promotion of sectarianism.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- Violent targetting of our civilians.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">10) The imposition of a Pakistan curriculum (based on a fake historical narrative) on Kashmiri schools and institutes of higher education and depriving Kashmiris of their geography and history.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">11) Pakistan's unwarranted restrictions without notice on free media, tourism and visits by foreign citizens/diplomats to AJK and GB.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">12) Pakistan's plot to mute the genuine aspirations of Kashmiris and make them politically impotent, including prolonged prohibitions on grass roots/union council level democracy and student union activity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Research conducted by Haq Nawaz Khan with assistance from Kashmir One Secretariat</i></span></div>
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Tanveer Ahmedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00481781255161877060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266758029728189260.post-13113458788633539422013-01-02T12:19:00.001-08:002013-01-02T12:35:28.504-08:00The confusion on Kashmir - Asif Ezdi<a href="http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-9-151581-The-confusion-on-Kashmir"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The confusion on Kashmir - Asif Ezdi</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Perhaps the most telling paragraph: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Mirwaiz alluded to this eventuality in his speech when he said that India had been willing to address Kashmiri ‘grievances’ rather than their aspiration for freedom. He did not say so, but India’s hope is that, as Pakistan’s support for the Kashmiri people’s right to self-determination is scaled down, the Kashmiris would settle for a removal of these ‘grievances’ as the fulfilment of their aspirations."</span>Tanveer Ahmedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00481781255161877060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266758029728189260.post-56601252965194482642012-12-17T22:44:00.001-08:002012-12-17T22:44:19.780-08:00Cross-LoC civil society dialogue concludes, 11 point resolution adopted<a href="http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/newsite/cross-loc-civil-society-dialogue-concludes-11-point-resolution-adopted/">DAILY EXCELSIOR</a>Tanveer Ahmedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00481781255161877060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266758029728189260.post-13870973837594141782012-12-14T19:43:00.005-08:002012-12-14T19:49:31.350-08:00Quayyum Raja's Press Briefing on Istanbul Tour<br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Prominent Kashmiri columnist, political activist and reformist Quayyum Raja has said in his press briefing on his return from Istanbul, that Turkey has made remarkable ecomonic and political achievements for which the main credit goes to the ruling AK or Justice and Development Party, led by the Turkish premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Quayyum Raja, who was on a research tour met with Erol Adayilmaz, the ruling party's Head of Foreign Affairs at his office in Istanbul. Quayyum Raja described Erol Adayilmaz as a sharp and articulate young Turkish leader, who said education, health and economic improvement are the top priorities of his party, which is the vision of the Prime Minister Erdogan. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Quayyum Raja said these were not just claims but facts backed up by the national budget, respectively allocated for each sector. The AKP government believes that the nation has to be educated and healthy in order to make progress. The discussion between the two men featured a discussion on the Ottoman Empire, its rise and fall, the Turkish War of Independence led by Kemal Ataturk, the ruling party's 2023 vision, Turkish Diplomacy, Kashmir, Palestine including regional and international issues such as Turkey's relationship with the EU, the Muslim World and Turkey's economic development. Quayyum Raja said he was most impressed by Turkey's rising confidence and self-reliant national spirit, which makes a nation respectable in the eyes of other nations. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The most important aspect of Turkish economic development according to Mr. Raja is, the fact that the Turkish economy is the result of the Turkish people's hard work and large production and export rather than exploitation of smaller nations like some other powers. He described the Turkish people as highly positive, productive, disciplined, organised, hospitable and dignified having strong Islamic and national spirit. He visited amongst others, Istanbul University and it's professors, Chairman TUMSIAD Dr. Hassan Sert and his staff, the daily 'Hurriyet' newspaper and it's Foreign Desk Editor Ms. Turan, some NGOs and students. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He said he always loved the Turkish people and his fresh discoveries and experiences led him to respect them as well. Quayyum Raja, who is also writing a diary on his tour was asked how he would sum up his diary and he said: "The Turks believe in making products themselves for their own use. Import less and export more. No compromise on quality of production and discipline." Of Turkey's future role he said, Turkey has the capacity and pedigree to lead the Muslim world, because the Turkish people are not arrogant but compassionate and co-operative. The diary is likely to come out soon. </span>Tanveer Ahmedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00481781255161877060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266758029728189260.post-52978858637963539662012-12-03T10:34:00.001-08:002012-12-03T10:34:21.588-08:00Europe, Not Euro, May Break Apart - Lessons for Kashmir<a href="http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/europe-not-euro-may-break-apart?utm_source=YaleGlobal+Newsletter&utm_campaign=067ee9672c-Newsletter9_14_2010&utm_medium=email">Europe, Not Euro, May Break Apart</a>Tanveer Ahmedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00481781255161877060noreply@blogger.com0