Zarvan, while I appreciate your sentiments as regards to Kashmir, let's be practical on the issue. Here are some facts. It's no point following propaganda churned out by vested interests.
Firstly, a plebiscite according to the UN Resolutions would be a non starter. Worse still, even if a plebiscite came about, the environment in Kashmir has changed so much that according to the latest survey by researchers from the London-based think-tank Chatham House, not a single person favored annexation with Pakistan, a notion that remains the bedrock for the hardline separate campaign in Kashmir.
However, the study by Robert Bradrock, a scholar from London's Kings College, that involved interviewing people in both parts of Kashmir in September-October 2009 showed that 44% of people on the Pakistani side of Kashmir favored independence, compared to 43% in Indian Kashmir.
Now then, if hypothetically speaking, the whole of Jammu & Kashmir including Gilgit - Baltistan is given independence 'as per the wishes of the Kashmiri people' (as the Cliché goes), it would set a dangerous precedent for the whole of South Asia. States would demand independence citing Kashmir's example. Balochis, Sindhis, Pashtoons etc would demand independence too, failing which Pakistan would well face dangerous insurgencies on multiple fronts.
Though the Kashmir imbroglio needs to be sorted out sooner than later, various options and out-of-the-box solutions need be explored.
For starters, the least contentious issues need to be solved like the Sir Creek dispute which is quite doable, as a confidence building measure. Kashmir can wait till statesmen from both sides can put their heads together to thrash out the issue. At the present juncture, there are no such statesmen that can forge a solution acceptable to all. So we need to put Kashmir on the back-burner for now and look at other issues that bedevil our relationship.
However, I would hasten to add that even if the Kashmir dispute is solved to the satisfaction of all parties concerned, the ideological divide will keep hostilities alive and kicking. And that is the crux of the problem.