An Independent Kashmir.

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@abdelyuuki

^ Didn’t mean to cause any offense, I like Pakistan, I think of it as a second home, I just don’t want my homeland to be a part of it . Pakistan aside, if you were to go to Kashmir valley, I’m sure you’d find over 90% of people would rather have Kashmir independent than a part of Pakistan.

I think you’re confusing Jammu with Kashmir, I’m pretty sure Kashmir was not part of the Indus civilsation. The indus civilisation stretched upto Jammu, u have to get over 30k ft high mountains to the north of Jammu to get to Kashmir. We really don’t share much history with Pakistan. Even when it comes to muslim conversion, Bin Qasim was unable to get to the valley, which is why kashmiris were still primarily bhuddist and hindu untill the 1400’s, which is when the Turks and Persians started coming to the valley.

Also the language of Kashmir isn’t Urdu, its Koshur, although Urdu is used widely in cities, its still second to koshur and outside cities, its use is very minimal. An urdu speaker will not be able to understand a person speaking koshur, its not like how urdu speakers can understand Punjabi, hindko, siraiki with ease.

http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=90785#compstory ← have a quick read <3

My view on this matter is very much a Pakistani nationalist one. An independent Kashmir has an even less of a chance of happening then merger with Pakistan. I am not confusing Jammu with Kashmir Valley, historically there have significant linkages during the Gandhara, Asoka periods. Sure Jammu itself has had linkages during the BC Indus Valley period. The geographic destiny of Kashmir is linked to Pakistan, whether it is the access points in Punjab, Pakhtunkwa or the migration patterns of Kashmiris, to the familial linkages that survive to the present day.

Religion: All of Pakistan was not converted by Bin Qasim. Bringing what is now the areas of Pakistan within the Muslim fold ocurred in similar gradual respects by Sufi missionaries. The fact that the majority of Kashmir (undivided) is Muslim is significant.

Language: Ofcourse Urdu is not the local language of Kashmir, however it is the a state in India that has Urdu as its official langauge which ties it to Pakistan. Even the Kashmiri language is written in Perso-Arabic script. An Urdu speaker will ot be able to understand Baluchi or Pakhtu, both are Eastern Iranian languages, or Sindhi which is linked to more of the Indian language family. What I am trying to say is that there is an Urdu heritage in Kashmir.

More signficantly (and please be fair about this) Pakistan has fought 2 of 3 wars with India, its blood spilled in the name of Kashmir. Not a day goes by where Pakistan brings up the Kashmir issue. It has kept the struggle of the Kashmiris alive in the International arena. We have done this because a great injustice has been done to your people, our Pakistani Muslim ideology led by Quaid E Azam calls for our eventual merger. There is no other place that a Pakistani would give lives for except Kashmir. Do you think that Kashmiri (Independence) activists could have put Kashmir into the same level of prominence? Even with their best efforts and platforms, a soverign nation like Pakistan has the influence to bring the matter to everyones attention.

So you can turn your back on us, but we will not do the same. Many Pakistanis would not have a problem with Independent Kashmir, but I ask you, have our efforts been in vain?