Kashmir cannot / will not be "solved". Ever.
Either status quo will be maintained, or somewhere down the line there will be re-unification and re-absorption of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir back into India, as Pakistan and Pakistanis struggle to keep the rest of their country together in the face of large scale violence and anarchy across large swathes of the country.
Many experts have predicted, based on the current scenario and the way things are heading, the very real short to medium term reality of a Pakistan that has lost Balochistan, that never really had Waziristan and the so called NWFP, and that is now in reality and officially what it has and had always been for the elite polity and army since Partition in 1947 - Sindh and Punjab.
The age-old argument/stand by Pakistanis that they were always a different people from Indians per-se and hence deserved a different nation (the so-called Two-Nation theory) was and is therefore no different by extension to the Balochi people's arguably legitimate historical/racial claims of being a completely different people from sub-continental Pakistanis and thus not ever wanting to have gotten dragged into the Pakistani state from the very begining, instead of having their own
independent nationhood (with parts of Afghanistan and Iran merged into the same) or merged into Afghanistan (or even Iran ..... depending on a
plebiscite of what the Balochi people want for themselves and their right to determine their own future) with whose people they share much more in common ancestry as a people. (howz that for a single sentence OceanX?
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A coin always has two sides, and I for one would like my country to increasingly make the world aware of the other side of the Kashmir / Balochistan coin as fair return for what Pakistan has done to my country and my people for the past 6 decades.
See what the India has done to develop Kashmir and see how Pakistan has treated Balochistan for the past 60 years ..... the answer and solution should and will be self-evident to all.
The rest as they say will follow.
Cheers, Doc
A bit too much really.
Re absorption back into India...there is no real basis for such a hypothesis.
Have there been continued anti state protests in Pakistani Kashmir?
The same is not applicable in Indian Kashmir so clearly there is resentment against the state in your part of Kashmir which is the result of something much deeper than just Pakistani influence.
Are the Kashmiri Muslims in Pakistan subjected to any sort of victimization or is there any unrest in Pakistani part of Kashmir, the answer here is no.
Speaking from a Kashmiri background, let me be point blank here.
Pakistan's Kashmiris are integral part of Pakistan and don't want anything to do with India.
Even many Kashmiri Muslims on the Indian side are pro Pakistan.
There are states in India other than Kashmir which have no Muslim militant movement but are the hotbed of unrest and terrorist anti state activities...clearly even mighty India has a lot to sort out in the coming years.
Pakistan giving up Kashmir because of unrest in other parts is quite a strange thought and i hope this is not reiterated by your government because then it clearly implies that India is the key beneficiary of any terrorists activity and unrest in Pakistan, as opposed to the official view where India projects itself as a victim in case there is unrest in Pakistan.
Will India give a part of its country to Pakistan if the Naxalites grow out of control?
I mean they are operating in nearly 182 districts and have caused the death of thousands of people...Indian state has acknowledged this movement as the most serious threat to Indian national security...India also has serious problems.
Baluchis chose to become part of Pakistan...it was not forced in any manner. If few rotten eggs and some bad decisions have destabilized Baluchistan, that does not mean that Baluchistan is lost to Pakistan.
Even Akbar Bugti was pro Pakistan and was a very influential Sardar, the fact that later he fought against the state forces does not negate his acceptance of Pakistan earlier.
It was unfortunate that things came to this but it does not mean that Baluchistan did not choose to become part of Pakistan.
On the contrary Baluchistan will be developed heavily in next 2 decades.
Baluchistan may not be a rosy place right now but a lot was done in terms of development by the GOP in last few years, politically there have been serious issues and friction which led to unrest but with passage of time Gwadar will perform and generate revenue for Baluchistan which will address the key concerns.
The population of Baluchistan is small and after the things cool down, just a few right steps in next five to ten years will make it stable again.
Coming back to Kashmir, other than the Pakistan giving up Kashmir idea which to me is quite impossible... I agree that Kashmir will not be solved since India has always been rejecting any plan downright which means that India knows it has all the Kashmir it wants to enjoy an advantage on Pakistan.
This is the reason that the terms of withdrawal as per UN resolution (to facilitate a plebiscite) were not agreed upon by India as stated by UNCIP.
Reason is obvious, because India did not want to lose the advantage in case the plebiscite was in favor of Pakistan.
It may come to be that we recognize the LOC as the boundary and be done with it...however that too seems unlikely.
The steps Musharraf took to control the cross border infiltrations were good and dramatically reduced the violence in order to provide a conducive environment for talks...however India does not want to talk it seems, there is always something which holds the talks...if we tie the talks to each and every thing then there is no hope for peace and so i see not only Pakistan but India too suffer because of such a rigid stance.
The terrorists won in Mumbai because they ensured that India has yet another reason to walk away from talks, leaving Pakistan frustrated and out of options on how to ensure stability.
Mumbai tragedy and the fallout was not at all in favor of Pakistan.
If this was a move by terrorists to cause further instability then India has played into their hands.
The more instability the more the war mongers on both sides can hold sway...this is interest of all terrorists who thrive on conflict whether they are in Pakistan or in India.
There has to be a closure on Kashmir or at least some sort of positive steps like ease of movement within Pakistani and Indian Kashmir so that the Kashmiris have more freedom and interaction in their land.
As long as there is some progress, it shall bode well for all parties except those who want War.
Time will tell how things work out but i hope that we truly achieve a better understanding and regard than the mutual state of mistrust and aggression which has always prevailed.
