Do the mothers of the LOC in AJK give birth to daughters just so that they can fulfil the lust of the Pakistani army?

Do the mothers of the LOC in AJK give birth to daughters just so that they can fulfil the lust of the Pakistani army?

Here's an English translation of the letter in the FB image above:

For the attention of Esquire - Tanveer Ahmed Researcher

Subject: Redress, action against terrorism 

Your Excellency

I wish to bring to your attention that this petitioner is a resident of the LOC at Bandli. I am in the line of Indian fire on a daily basis. There is a Pakistani army artillery camp near our home. It was from this camp that on the 7th of September (2019) at the dead of night our under-aged daughter Samiya Anwar daughter of Muhammad Anwar resident of Hamlet Maanpura was kidnapped by soldier Raashid Ali, with the assistance of other soldiers.

When we found out after a while, we immediately notified the army camp nearby. They investigated and it was discovered that our daughter was at an individual named Raashid Ali's house in Hassan Abdaal Rawalpindi Pakistan. In reference to this, the Major of (Army) Camp Bandli and this unit's Colonel promised us that they would return our daughter within 2 days in all circumstances. Further, that even if a nikaah (marriage according to Islam) had been conducted they would obtain a divorce and return her forthwith. They also said that the Pakistani army is the guardian of Kashmiri dignity, unlike the Indian army which which acts as brigands where women are concerned.  

Many days have passed however. All we are witnessing are deceptive maneuvers. On the basis of humanity we implore your excellency to return our daughter to us. That the brigand of our dignity soldier Raashid Ali be punished for terrorism and for taking unconstitutional steps.

Thank you

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1) For the attention of esquire Chief of Army Staff GHQ Rawalpindi
2) For the attention of esquire DG ISI GHQ Rawalpindi
3) For the attention of esquire Corp Commander GHQ Rawalpindi
4) GOC Jhelum Pakistan

Petitioner

Raja Muhammad Anwar son of Baaqir Ali - Signature

Identity Card Number: 81202-7921723-7

Resident of Bandli Mohalla Maanpura near Pakistan artillery camp Bandli P.O. and tehsil: Khuiratta district: Kotli - AJK

Brother Arshad - Phone Number - 03495476052

Brother Manzoor - Phone Number - 03474311897

http://tanveerandkashmir.blogspot.com/2019/11/daily-diary-dd-day-324-of-2019.html

Five years on, PTI’s foreign funding scrutiny still not started

Five years on, PTI’s foreign funding scrutiny still not started

ISLAMABAD: Five years ago on this day, a founding member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Akbar S. Babar had filed a petition before the Election Commission of Pakistan and submitted evidences of alleged illegal funding, money laundering and corruption demanding the PTI leadership be held to account for gross violations of the laws governing political financing.

A lot has changed on the accountability front with oppositions leaders sent to jail through speedy justice, however, the foreign funding case against the PTI remains inconclusive with the PTI tried to stop its scrutiny by filing as many as seven petitions before the Islamabad High Court and more than a dozen times objections raised against the ECP regarding jurisdictions. Taking the ECP word as guide, “this case being the worst historical example of abuse of the process of law” and accused PTI of delaying the scrutiny process “one way or the other.”

In one petition, it was stated on behalf of party chairman Imran Khan that he was not answerable to ordinary citizens of Pakistan for scrutiny of accounts. As of to-date, the PTI has refused to comply with over 24 written ECP orders demanding production of documents including PTI bank statements of accounts maintained in Pakistan and abroad which according to State Bank of Pakistan record submitted to the ECP are 23 as against the eight accounts declared before the Commission.

This is in contrast with Prime Minister Imran Khan’s “no NRO” mantra which appears to have confined to the political opponents as the PTI has not only tried to disrupt the scrutiny process on different excuses, it demanded in-camera proceeding of the case where even the complainant should be barred from attending. The News tried to speak with the PTI secretary general for comments but he neither attended the call nor returned the message.

In the beginning, Akbar S. Babar, the complainant received threats of dire consequences. In a letter he wrote to the interior secretary on November 21, 2014, he claimed to have been threatened of attacks and quoted a PTI affiliate saying “some criminal elements can resort to any measure including grievous physical harm in case I persist with the accountability drive.” Akbar mentioned the name of the PTI affiliate who conveyed this message in the presence of three other individuals. All were named and their phone numbers also enlisted.

As for the case is concerned, the ECP took up the matter six months after it was filed and passed an order wherein it was explicitly stated that details and sources of funds were missing from the annual audit reports. There came the first challenge from the PTI which questioned ECP jurisdiction of the scrutiny of funds and it was rejected by the Commission.

The PTI then moved the IHC challenging ECP jurisdiction and locus standi of Akbar S. Babar on the grounds that the petitioner was expelled from the party thus he was no member PTI member. The claim was contested by the petitioner who proved through documents his party membership was intact.

However, it took one and half years for the IHC to decide the petition rejecting PTI’s plea and remanded it back to the ECP acknowledging its jurisdiction of holding a political party to account on the question of irregularities and illegalities in funding.

Instead of submitting itself for accountability, the PTI started questioning the maintainability of the case and ECP powers to summon the record. In one petition, the party demanded its scrutiny be held in-camera.

The setting up of scrutiny committee was delayed through litigation on frivolous grounds for three and half years. The committee was set up only in March 2018 under the leadership of DG Law of the ECP. Two auditors (DG Audit Defense Services and Controller Accounts Pakistan Air Force) were also made part of this committee.

As the scrutiny committee demanded financial documents and held two dozen meetings on this issue conveying written directives, the PTI was nevertheless reluctant to do so. Finally, the committee wrote to State Bank of Pakistan on July 3, 2018 for the production of financial record for the period of 2009-13. The SBP complied with directives and wrote letters to all scheduled banks demanding statements of bank accounts maintained by the PTI. It was revealed that the PTI had 23 bank accounts as against a total of eight declared before the ECP.

Now as the ECP is in receipt of account details, scrutiny process still faces delay. Yet another petition from the PTI seeking the suspension of scrutiny process was heard by the IHC on November 11. The petition had sought to set aside the ECP order of October 10, 2019 rejecting four PTI applications seeking secrecy of scrutiny and excluding the petitioner and PTI founding member Akbar S. Babar from the case. It had also sought to restrain the ECP scrutiny committee from conducting scrutiny of PTI accounts that commenced in March 2018.

The PTI had sought an urgent hearing of its latest writ petition as the next meeting of the scrutiny committee was scheduled for November 12, the first such meeting after PTI walked out and boycotted the October 23 meeting. While hearing the case, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani asked the PTI lawyer for record of earlier PTI writ petitions filed before the IHC under the same foreign funding case. Upon PTI lawyer’s ignorance of the matter, the judge ordered the lawyer to complete the record of all previous writ petitions including the PTI Intra Court Appeal before the double bench of the IHC headed by Chief Justice Justice Athar Minallah before proceeding further. This intra court appeal is scheduled to be heard on November 26, 2019 on similar grounds of seeking secrecy of scrutiny and removing the petitioner Akbar S. Babar from the scrutiny process.

https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/555351-five-years-on-pti-s-foreign-funding-scrutiny-still-not-started

Defeating Pakistan’s Proxy War In Kashmir. By Nilesh Kunwar*

Defeating Pakistan’s Proxy War In Kashmir

 November 11, 2019    By Nilesh Kunwar*

There are no two views that by abrogating Article 370, the Government of India has effectively neutered Islamabad’s narrative that Kashmir is “disputed territory” over which New Delhi has no legal rights and perhaps that’s why The Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) in its recently released report has rightly opined that “Pakistan has limited options to advance its foreign policy agenda on the issue of Kashmir.”

But despite Islamabad lacking the diplomatic leverage to fulfill its dream of getting hold of Kashmir, which became evident when all it could achieve was the support of only three out of the 193 strong UN member states, it still refuses to realize the futility of harping on this issue and reconcile with reality. Instead, the bull-headed military leadership, which oversees Pakistan’s Kashmir policy, has already put into motion its ‘Plan B’ in order to keep the Kashmir pot boiling.

What is Rawalpindi’s new game-plan?

Having found no takers for its “disputed territory” argument, Pakistan is now focusing on trying to internationalize the Kashmir issue by spreading the canard that New Delhi has “caged’ the people of Kashmir and is brutalizing them in order to prevent them from expressing their resentment against abrogation of Article 370. This plan is being implemented in two stages- initial restraint in stage 1, followed by violence in stage 2.

Restrictions on movement and communication imposed by the center as a precautionary measure suited Islamabad’s interests since it lent credence to its allegations that people of Kashmir had been “caged.” In order to further buttress this narrative, the ISI ensured that separatists and terrorists kept a low profile as long as restrictions were in force. The aim was to cite lack of any major untoward incident as proof that New Delhi was just trying to fool the international community by using the law and order maintenance excuse to conceal its covert pogrom against Kashmiris.

Once the center started easing restrictions, ISI kickstarted the second stage of its plan by activating its proxies. While ‘upper ground’ elements incited mobs to pelt stones at vehicles plying on roads without even sparing tourists and torching school buildings, terrorists went about attacking the public with guns and grenades without any forewarning. No call for shutdowns were given but still those who dared to venture out were targeted, be it shopkeepers, roadside vendors, people connected with the apple industry, truck drivers and even ordinary commuters.

In this unprecedented orgy of violence perpetuated by Pakistan sponsored terrorists, several innocent civilians have been killed while nearly a 100 people, some as young as three years old and some as old as 65 years have been injured in grenade attacks in busy market places.

Why are terrorists targeting Kashmiris indiscriminately?

The aim of rampantly targeting civilians is to so terrorise them that they dare not venture out of their homes and a just a sample of a few excerpts from news reports that reinforce this assessment are reproduced below:

•    “Militants have stepped up grenade attacks in the valley since August 5, when centre scrapped Article 370 and Article 35 A, besides divided the state into two UTs.” (Kashmir Observer, November 4).

•    “The petrol bomb attack spread panic among the people, who ran for safety. Streets, which were a buzz before the attack, with heavy vehicular traffic, wore a deserted look in just minutes after the attack.” (Brighter Kashmir, November 5.).

•    “About resumption of transport service, the members expressed concern about safety and security of drivers and passengers,” sources said. They said the sector has already suffered huge losses due to strike and any damage to vehicles or drivers or conductors will prove disastrous. (Brighter Kashmir, November 5).

•    “The (grenade) blast created total chaos and confusion in the area with attackers taking advantage of the chaos and managing to escape from the spot. The entire marketplace from Residency Road to Batamaloo, reports said, wore a deserted look after one person was killed and 40 others mostly street vendors selling fruits, vegetables, used clothes, crockery and other items were injured in grenade attack.” (Kashmir Times November 5).

•    “Roadside vendors were still missing in the area where one person was killed and over 35 others injured in a grenade attack by unidentified persons in civil line area on Monday afternoon. However, life again came to halt at 1100 hrs when shopkeepers closed their establishments and left for home.” (Kashmir Observer, November 6).

•    “Amirakadal and its adjoining markets wore deserted look a day after a non-local street vendor from Uttar Pradesh lost his life in a grenade attack in the vicinity. Forty others including three security forces personal also suffered injuries in the incident.” (Kashmir Times, November 6)

Threat of bodily harm due to terrorist attacks will obviously discourage people from venturing outside unless it’s unavoidable and this will give Islamabad a chance to internationalise the Kashmir issue by portraying the subtly enforced indoor stay as being a voluntary decision taken by Kashmiris to express their resentment against abrogation of Article 370.

Since the main objective of inciting mobs to indulge in wanton acts of violence and directing terrorists to target civilians is to create mayhem in Kashmir and pass off the ensuing chaos as a mass resentment against abrogation of Article 370, the need of the hour for all political parties, NGOs and activists is that they should not get unduly emotional and fall into the trap laid by vested interests by igniting passions or succumb to the temptation of drawing political mileage, settling personal scores, or for achieving petty gains.

Since Pakistan has now unleashed a no-holds-barred covert war in Kashmir, it’s time for us to set aside our differences unitedly take this challenge head-on.

*Nilesh Kunwar is an amateur Kashmir watcher and after retirement is pursuing his favorite hobby of writing for newspapers, journals and think tanks.

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