Arif Aajakia

Arif Aajakia (Urdu:عارف اجاکیا, Gujarati/Memoni:આરીફ આજકિયા) (born 21 May 1964) is a Pakistani human rights activist and a YouTuber. He is in exile from Pakistan due to his alleged human rights work in Pakistan administered Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. Based in London, he is a critic of the human rights violations conducted by the Pakistan Army.
Personal life.
Aajakia was born on 21 May 1964 in Karachi.He is born to a Muhajir Memon family. His mother is from Bantva in Junagadh District of Gujarat and his father is from Ajak village, also in Junagadh District of Gujarat, both of whom migrated to Karachi, Pakistan post partation. He stayed in Karachi till 1984, after which he left for Saudi Arabia and worked as a personal assistant in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia at the Riyadh Bank and from 1984 to 1987. After 1990, Aajakia spent time in France and Belgium.
In the 1990s, Aajakia worked for the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation.
Aajakia is married to Sabeen Arif and has two children, Saad Aajakia and Zaid Aajakia and lives in London.
Political career and views.
Aajakia was a politician in the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan party. He was also the former mayor ofJamshed Town, Karachi from 2005 to 2007.He left for Europe due to fears for his safety.
Aajakia is strongly critical of the Pakistan Army and Pakistan's legal framework. He repeatedly claims that the Pakistani army and Pakistan-based terrorist organisations are waging a proxy war against Afghanistan and India. In 2019, on the 11th anniversary of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, Aajakia joined other human rights activists in Geneva, Switzerland, calling for an embargo of Pakistan and for Pakistan Army generals to be convicted for their alleged war crimes before the International Court of Justice. 
In December 2019, Aajakia praised Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the passing of the Citizenship Amendment Act. At a protest outside the Chinese Embassy in London in July 2020, Aajakia sang "Vande Mataram" for the first time, joining Pakistani activists (including Amjad Ayub Mirza) calling for a boycott of China due to their expansionist policies.
He is also highly critical of the working environment (Kafala System) and of the human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia.
YouTube channel.
Aajakia started a YouTube channel in 2014 where he addresses current affairs and geopolitical issues in south Asia. He condemns alleged human rights violations by the Pakistani Army . He criticises fundamentalists and talk about history, mostly of Indian subcontinent.
Twitter.
Aajakia's Twitter account is highly critical of South Asian Muslims. He called Asaduddin Owaisi "just a hypocrite" and dared him:
"Mandir" is the Hindi word for temple.