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Freelance Journalist, ex-BBC, ex-Reuters,ex-AFP, ex-Herald. Winner of BBC News Award of best reporting in the West and Central Asia region
Feb 5 32 tweets 4 min read
Kashmir Valley’s Humanitarian Catastrophe Monetised: Petrol Bills and Privileges in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir
Thread The immense suffering of people in Indian-administered Kashmir has been monetised in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, as official documents reveal how those in power continue to profit from the crisis without accountability.
Jan 27 12 tweets 2 min read
Facts versus fiction
اندازہ کریں۔ پاکستان کا زیر انتظام کشمیر 78 سال پہلے قائم ہوا۔ رواں سال اس کی متوقع امدنی صرف 112 ارب روپے اور اس میں بھی صرف 85 ارب روپے ٹیکسز سے متوقع ہے۔ جوائنٹ عوامی ایکشن کمیٹی کہتی ہے کہ ایڈوانس ٹیکس ختم کریں جس کا مطلب 42 ارب ٹیکسز سے ک۔ ہونگے۔ یوں ٹیکس سے امدنی صرف 43 ارب روپے رہ جایے گی اور کل امدنی 70 ارب روپے۔
ریاست جموں و کشمیر کے 6 فیصد علاقے پر پاکستان کے صوبہ پنجاب سے بڑا انتظامی سیٹ اپ ہے۔ پنجاب کی ابادی 13 کروڑ ہے اور پاکستان کے زیر انتظام کشمیر کی ابادی 27 لاکھ۔ ۔
Jan 26 25 tweets 3 min read
Pakistan-Administered Kashmir Assembly: Political Elites Enabled the Seizure of Kashmir House While Invoking Suffering in Indian-Administered Kashmir
Thread The outgoing PM of Pakistan-administered Kashmir continues to occupy 8 rooms @ Kashmir House in Islamabad more than 2 months after being removed from office, raising questions about the use of public property & the steady expansion of political privileges for political elites.
Jan 21 5 tweets 1 min read
On Wednesday, the PM of Pakistan-administered Kashmir visited Khurshidabad, a town in Haveli district. According to reports on social media, his convoy consisted of 123 vehicles and 150 motorcycles, 63 of which were government vehicles. Pakistan-administered Kashmir is one of the poorest regions in the world, heavily dependent on aid from Pakistan to sustain its administrative system.
In such a context, the deployment of such a large and extravagant convoy raises serious concerns.
Jan 21 4 tweets 1 min read
Welcome to Pakistan-administered Kashmir,one of the poorest regions in the world,where the ruling elite travel in cavalcades of luxury vehicles.
They justify their luxury by invoking the 1000s of unmarked graves & the graveyards of those who gave their lives in Kashmir Valley. This is Pakistani taxpayers' money misused by the selfish, opportunistic politicians of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, all in the name of those who gave their lives in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Jan 18 11 tweets 2 min read
Pakistan-administered Kashmir: Self-Made Law, Self-Made Privilege: Former PM Seizes Kashmir House
Do you know that there is a law in Pakistan-administered Kashmir that allows former prime ministers to take control of government buildings? 2. Yes! If you're a former prime minister,you can occupy government buildings located inside or outside Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
On 30 November 2023, the Legislative Assembly of Pakistan-administered Kashmir passed a law granting former prime ministers additional provilges
Jan 18 7 tweets 1 min read
کیا آپ کو معلوم ہے کہ پاکستان کے زیرِ انتظام کشمیر میں سرکاری عمارتوں پر قبضہ کرنے کا قانون موجود ہے؟
جی ہاں! اگر آپ سابق وزیرِ اعظم ہوں تو آپ پاکستان کے زیرِ انتظام کشمیر کے اندر یا باہر واقع سرکاری عمارتوں پر قبضہ کر سکتے ہیں۔ 30 نومبر 2023 کو پاکستان کے زیرِ انتظام کشمیر کی قانون ساز اسمبلی نے ایک قانون منظور کیا، جس کے تحت سابق وزرائے اعظم کو ملک بھر میں سرکاری گیسٹ ہاؤسز، ریسٹ ہاؤسز اور سرکٹ ہاؤسز تک بلا معاوضہ اور بلا روک ٹوک رسائی دی گئی۔
Jan 8 20 tweets 3 min read
Power Beyond Office: A Retired Clerk Rules Over Ministers and Deputy Commissioners in Clan-Dominated Pakistan-administered Kashmir
@CMShehbaz @GovtofPakistan
@PakPMO @KhawajaMAsif
@BBhuttoZardari @SenatePakistan
@NAofPakistan
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Amid a mass campaign for good governance, the newly appointed Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government in Pakistan-administered Kashmir was exposed when a retired head clerk reportedly wielded influence greater than that of serving ministers, deputy commissioners, and senior
Dec 16, 2025 9 tweets 2 min read
Power Without Office: Caste-Based Elite Capture & the Feudalisation of Governance in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir
In the southern Bhimber district, an official meeting in the Deputy Commissioner’s office is being presided over by an individual without lawful authority, Image 2 as he holds no public office, continuing a legacy of running the territory like a fiefdom.
This individual belongs to the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and is a former minister, despite the fact that there is already a PPP government in the region.
Dec 7, 2025 13 tweets 2 min read
Bilawal Bhutto’s Protocol Brigade and the Rented Pipes-and-Drums Show in Pakistan-administered Kashmir’s City Mirpur
In Pakistan-administered Kashmir, Bilawal Bhutto’s Pakistan Peoples Party has introduced a novel way of governance: protocol vehicles escort the minister, rented pipes & drums play festive music,& supporters place garlands around his neck.This is aimed to create the illusion of popular enthusiasm and strong public support, even though the government has not yet achieved anything substantial.
Nov 27, 2025 12 tweets 3 min read
Pakistan-Administered Kashmir’s Outgoing PM Walks Away with Perks While People in Indian-Administered Kashmir Pay the Price
The outgoing Prime Minister of Pakistan-administered Kashmir left office with a 2,800cc Fortuner, accompanied by five police officers for protection. 2
He is also entitled to a Grade-16 assistant, 400 liters of petrol per month, 50,000 rupees for house rent, and free lodging in all government guest houses and circuit houses across Pakistan-administered Kashmir and Pakistan. Image
Nov 24, 2025 50 tweets 7 min read
One Billion Rupees Wasted in Just Five Years: Pakistan Must Intervene to Shut Down so called Kashmir Cause Department, Jammu Kashmir Liberarion Cell (JKLC) ,and Kashmir Policy Research Institute (KPPRI) n Pakistan-Administered Kashmir Exploiting Indian-Administered Kashmiris The Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Cell (JKLC), operating under the “Kashmir Cause, Arts & Languages” department of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, was created in the 1980s to promote what successive governments claimed as the Kashmir cause at the international level.
Nov 22, 2025 13 tweets 2 min read
The Humble Journey of the People’s Prime Minister — A Region Where the ‘Kashmir Cause’ Somehow Means Convoys, Protocols, and Political Theatre
The Prime Minister of Pakistan-administered Kashmir finally visited his hometown Haveli — for the first time since becoming PM. 2. And, true to his trademark humility, he travelled with the quiet modesty of a saint:
A small motorcade of only forty vehicles.
Just forty — barely enough to cover a two-kilometre stretch of road.
The video shows a single policeman standing on an empty mountain road,
Nov 19, 2025 28 tweets 4 min read
It is both irresponsible & unethical,as well as contrary to established journalistic principles, to provide a platform to the narrative promoted by certain politicians from Pakistan-administered Kashmir—particularly the claim that the region serves as a “base camp” 2
for the Kashmir"freedom movement."
This narrative not only lacks any factual basis, but it also directly exacerbates the miseries faced by the people of Indian-administered Kashmir. The so-called idea of a “base camp” is not grounded in reality
Nov 19, 2025 12 tweets 2 min read
The Government of Pakistan should provide grants for Azad Kashmir, but these grants should not be given to the self-appointed “Azad Government of the State of Jammu & Kashmir.” Moreover, any grant that is given must be properly audited. 2. Since 2005, the Government of Pakistan has given approximately Rs.350 billion in development grants to the self-appointed Azad Government of the State of Jammu & Kashmir. Out of this, only 3 billion rupees were actually spent on Kashmiri refugees residing in Pakistan,
Nov 18, 2025 14 tweets 2 min read
An Administration Built on Blood: Exploiting the Suffering of People in Indian-Administered Kashmir
Pakistan-administered Kashmir’s political elite routinely make the false claim that their region serves as a “base camp” for the “freedom struggle.” 2. This rhetoric is political, designed to mislead people in Indian-administered Kashmir into risking their lives—while the politicians themselves enjoy a lavish lifestyle funded by Pakistani taxpayers. In this way, they exploit both Kashmiris and Pakistani citizens,
Nov 10, 2025 7 tweets 1 min read
There are the kind of people who see land, not lives. They count acres, not bodies. They debate borders, but stay silent about broken families. To them, the conflict is a map — lines and ownership — not the story of people who bleed, grieve, and struggle to survive. 2. They do not speak of the mothers who lost their sons, the breadwinners who once held the family together. They do not speak of widows and half-widows who now live between despair and survival, or of orphans who must learn too soon what hunger and loss mean.
Nov 10, 2025 7 tweets 1 min read
There is widespread corruption in Pakistan-administered Kashmir (AJK).
The corruption represents a particularly acute form of wrongdoing: using the suffering in Indian-administered Kashmir and along the Line of Control as a cover or tool 2.for money-raising, misappropriation of funds, and using the broader Kashmir dispute for personal and political gain. This is a very serious form of conflict-related corruption.
Oct 26, 2025 11 tweets 3 min read
کشمیر:ایک تاریخی فریب
4 اکتوبر 1947 کو پاکستان کے زیر انتظام کشمیر میں ایک حکومت قائم ہوئی۔ 24 اکتوبر 1947 کو اس حکومت کی تشکیل نو ہوئی۔ سردار ابراہیم خان صدر مقرر ہویے۔ یہ لوگوں کی منتخب کردہ حکومت نہیں تھی بلکہ راولپنڈی کے کمشنر، خواجہ عبدالرحیم نے اس حکومت کو تشکیل دیا۔ Image 2.
اس حکومت نے ایک اعلامیہ جاری کیا جس میں کہا گیا کہ وہ ریاست جموں و کشمیر کی نمائندہ حکومت ہے اور کشمیر کے اُس حصے کو آزاد کرائے گی جو اب بھارت کے زیر انتظام کشمیر کہلاتا ہے۔
لیکن آج تک یہ واضح نہیں ہو سکا کہ کشمیر کے اس حصے کو کس سے آزاد کرانا تھا
Oct 24, 2025 21 tweets 4 min read
ریاست جموں و کشمیر کے صرف 6 فیصد حکومت پوری ریاست جموں کشمیر کی نمائندہ حکومت ہوسکتی ہے؟ پہلے تو اس کا احتساب ہونا چاہیے کہ اس حکومت کے قیام کے بعد سے بھارت کے زیر انتظام کشمیر میں لوگ مرتے ائے ہیں اور اب تک جموں سے وادی تک تین لاکھ لوگ مارے گیے ہیں۔ اس کا مطلب یہ ہوا کہ وہاں تین نسلیں قبروں میں اور پاکستان کے زیر انتظام کشمیر میں چند خاندانوں کی تین نسلیں اقتدار کے ایوانوں میں۔ کیا اپ نہیں سمجھتے انکے ہاتھوں پر خون ہے؟ کیا یہ وہی حکومت نہیں جس نے 2019 میں بھارت کے زیرانتظام کشمیر کے لوگوں سے اعلانیہ طور پر لاتعلقی
Oct 9, 2025 11 tweets 2 min read
A fabricated narrative is being spread to create hatred against Kashmiri refugees: that the 12 refugee members in the Pakistan-administered Kashmir Assembly, out of a total of 53, form or topple governments in the region, supposedly under the direction of the Pakistani govt. This propaganda is pushed by pro-status quo political elites and regionalist groups. The hatred has spread beyond Pakistan-administered Kashmir to Europe, the United States, and Canada.