{"id":6255,"date":"2009-07-09T09:08:15","date_gmt":"2009-07-09T04:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/?p=6255"},"modified":"2009-07-09T09:08:15","modified_gmt":"2009-07-09T04:08:15","slug":"pictory-the-representation-eyewash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/2009\/07\/09\/pictory-the-representation-eyewash\/","title":{"rendered":"[Pictory] The representation eyewash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/pc.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6256\" title=\"pc\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/pc.jpg?resize=455%2C218\" alt=\"pc\" width=\"455\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">While many would be happy to see Chief Executive of Gilgit &#8211; Baltistan sitting with elected representatives of other provinces, or\u00a0some may even\u00a0take it as a &#8220;proof&#8221; that we are represented at the highest level, realities lie two scratches below the surface.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Local bodies were never introduced in Gilgit &#8211; Baltistan and we are still ruled by bureaucrats, so one doesn&#8217;t understand the need for Ghazanfar&#8217;s presence in this meeting when <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawn.com\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/dawn-content-library\/dawn\/news\/pakistan\/16-local-bodies-polls-postponed-hs-01\" target=\"_blank\">nothing significant related to the region was being discussed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">It is ironic that our elected representatives are not part of the formulation process of a proposed reforms plan for Gilgit &#8211; Baltistan but they are being &#8216;honored&#8217; at irrelevant meetings of the &#8216;higest level&#8217;, or in post-meeting photography sessions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">How significant are photo-sessions? Let&#8217;s discuss.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While many would be happy to see Chief Executive of Gilgit &#8211; Baltistan sitting with elected representatives of other provinces, or\u00a0some may even\u00a0take it as a &#8220;proof&#8221; that we are represented at the highest level, realities lie two scratches below the surface. Local bodies were never introduced in Gilgit &#8211; Baltistan and we are still &hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17,56,3,4],"tags":[4777,4781,6,4772,4773],"class_list":["post-6255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-development","category-gilgit-baltistan","category-pakistan","category-politics","tag-development","tag-gilgit-baltistan","tag-hunza","tag-pakistan","tag-politics"],"better_featured_image":null,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6255\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}