thanks for your questions and please find my opinion / response accordingly
should be for all Kashmir region, whatever was defined as Jammu & Kashmir at the time of Partition.
Yes, if both India & Pakistan agree to abide by the UN resolution & there are UN observers or forces there then both will need to do what the UN says otherwise this exercise will fail. neither India or Pakistan will unilaterally move out its forces.
thats a tough question, for the sake of the regional stability and a peaceful resolution, I hope so too. but with yet another entity in this equation, it will only complicate things. I am not too sure if China will be more enthusiastic than either India or Pakistan.
a valid and a sobering point, and I agree. all other extremist parties will use this as an excuse. Muslim extremists forget that its not always a one way traffic there are always repercussions and normally its the innocent Muslims who take the brunt.
Kashmiri Pundists have as much right to Kashmir as any other Kashmir has. the freedom fighters would do themselves a favour by giving support and confidence that the rights of the Pundits will be as respected and honoured as would be for any other Kashmiri.
same as the Indians settled in Kashmir and specially Jammu. the rule must be the same, if one side stays then the other should too, if the recent settlers has to go from one side then so should the other side (that shows how complex the situation is). but it should be their own choice if they want to stay where they are whether Kashmir becomes an Independent country or stays as it is. the only argument will be their right to vote which should be restricted to the Kashmiri natives (again open to interposition).
thats a repeat of question 1 and answer is the same, Jammu is now Hindu majority part as far as I know and they might not be that keen to seek independence from India. Gilgit / baltistan likewise might stay with Pakistan or seek independence as well on the bases of the main question of Kashmir.
what about the people of India who want entire (pakistani Kashmir includes) to be part of India? if both countries agree to honour the rights of Kashmiri people then it will be the duty of the leadership to convince their respective people to respect the rights of kashmiris and accept them as their new friendly neighbours (remember that they are not going to teleport out into Atlantis Kashmir and Kashmrisi will still be there where they are).
valid questions and like you have heard many times from both ex Indian and Pakistani FMs and leaders that both India and Pakistan have approached a solution in principle and Gen Musharraf (COAS of PA) had lead this drive last time so PA is not going to be a hurdle, can you say the same about Indian military?
in short, it will be down to the political leadership on both sides to sell it to the public and be sincere about it. the non state players and trouble makers will fade away when both states will chase them and beat them off and when people in general will accept the solution.
maybe not now but give it few generations we will eventually learn that it might be more beneficial to cooperate and accept each other rather than keep on enriching Western weapon producers.
