Beautiful valleys,Dal lake,Shalimar garden,House boats,yummy food on the other side Chitta Katha lake,Neelum valley,Ratti Gali lake etc , but it has been the flashpoint for both Pakistan and Indian for over 6 decades. What’s your view on Kashmir?
It is the most controversial topic between the two nations and many say once Kashmir issue is resolved ,everything is going to be perfect in a fortnight.
India says whole of Kashmir is an integral part of India and Pakistan says Kashmir belongs to it and others say it is an independent country.
What’s your take?Will this issue be resolved in the next 100 years?
a negotiated settlement is in the bet interest of both India and Pakistan. use of force will lead to disaster for both. there can be found a compromise. it's NOT too difficult. the problem is that there is a lack of will on both sides. the fanatics on both sides are more interested in maintaining the status-quo by derailing the peace process by carrying out terrorists acts.
a negotiated settlement is in the bet interest of both India and Pakistan. use of force will lead to disaster for both. t*here can be found a compromise. it's NOT too difficult*. the problem is that there is a lack of will on both sides. the fanatics on both sides are more interested in maintaining the status-quo by derailing the peace process by carrying out terrorists acts.
What would be that compromise,according to you?
it can be explored by the leaders of both the countries and Kashmiris themselves. it will take time to find a common ground because it's do-able.
Gilgit baltistan as a part or Pakistan, and Jammu and Ladakh as India. Maybe an independent Azad Kashmir plus the valley could be the solution. At the end of the day Kashmiris should be the ones to decide.
If you read up about the history of Kashmir from an unbiased perspective it actually belongs to Pakistan and any Kashmiri nationalist that knows their history wouldn't deny it, but most people are pretty ignorant about this conflict and how it all started and how the people of Poonch and Gilgit rebelled against Hari Singh to join Pakistan.
That being said I think it's important for the people of the valley to decide for themselves, it would most likely be a tiny independent state that would be dependent on Pakistan because it wouldn't choose to depend on India for historical reasons, so it would practically be our 5th Province even if it officially isn't.
Gilgit baltistan as a part or Pakistan, and Jammu and Ladakh as India. Maybe an independent Azad Kashmir plus the valley could be the solution. At the end of the day Kashmiris should be the ones to decide.
Ladakh is half Muslim, so half of it would also join a Free Kashmir and so would parts of Jammu cause it's 25% Muslim, the rest of Jammu and Ladakh would stay with India.
Gilgit-Baltistan would stay with Pakistan and so would Azad Kashmir; the people of Azad Kashmir are culturally the same as people of the Potohar region in North Punjab as well as people from Hazara-Mansehra; people from across the Rawal lake aren't different, in fact Mirpuris and people from Kotli are more similar to people from Pindi than they are to people from Srinagar; the Neelam valley in North Azad Kashmir is exactly the same in culture as the people of the Kaghan valley, they actually mirror eachother, so it doesn't make it sense for them to join the Kashmir valley which is home to the actual Kashmiris.
Any Pahari person from AJK claiming to be "Kashmiri" is delusional; in fact there are more ethnic Kashmiris in Sialkot than in Azad Kashmir lol
