Hence the impasse. I always felt that if Pakistan approached the UN before the first Kashmir conflict, before deciding to invade Kashmir, a settlement would have been reached.
And part of the problem is that Pakistan always had a turbulent government that was never able to set a standard on how to solve these issues. Your political history is wrought with coups and upheavals and each new guy has a new idea on how to solve Kashmir quick. A few of them instigated wars hoping for a quick victory. India uses these. In the end, Pakistan's association with Kashmir is always negitive, either starting wars or supporting terrorists. There is a bbc article about this very incident, where it says the attack was carried out by a Pakistan based group. How do you think that factors in the eyes of an outsider?
You can rightly claim that the Indian government will not conduct a plebiscite any time soon, cause who in their right mind will contest in an election that they know they will loose. We can afford to continue with our current position till the ground reality is more favorable to us for a plebiscite.
I agree that Pakistan cannot be removed from the issue, but when everything about Pakistan is portrayed negitively when it comes to the Kashmir issue, I'm not sure I want to remove Pakistan.