Independent Kashmir means they are a sovereign state, they need no nation supervising them whether it be India, or Pakistan.
Kashmiri people, if in need, can certainly turn to Pakistan for help because of the traditional ties due to cultural similarities and religion, but that in no way comes as a pass for Pakistan to claim currently Occupied Kashmir. It's for the Kashmir residents to choose their destiny, and we all ought to support them gain independence from being Occupied. An independent Kashmir will lead to a prosperous India and Pakistan.
Nothing more, nothing less.
I really dont get this 'cultural ties with Pakistan' you guys seem to think Kashmir has. Ive lived in Islamabad for a couple of years, even went to school there for a while (froebels), and seriously, culturally there are hardly ANY similarities, religious yes, cultural no. Just because we can speak urdu doesnt mean we're the same lol, and most kashmiris at home tend to speak koshur (the ones with brains do so anyway). And koshur is totally unrelated to urdu/punjabi etc, the only Pakistani language it has similarities with is khowar (chitrali), and some other random dardic lingos of the Northern Areas.