Do you know ground realities in the Valley have changed dramatically since 2011?
No I dont and I find no reason for believing in such baseless claims
Lets talk about Pakistani Kashmir as ell then- from the same survey-
It revealed that on average 44% of people in Pakistani-administered Kashmir favoured independence, compared with 43% in Indian-administered Kashmir.
When are you giving independence to Azad Kashmir?
There has been a lot of discussion over this 2010 survey commissioned by Dr Saif al Islam al Qadhafi and designed by Dr Bradnock and Ipsos Mori, but every time some new Indian guy with no clue about the background and facts comes up "jumping" with excitement that 44 % Kashmiris in Pakistani part of Kashmir want independence compared to 43% in IOK ..
you should first understand the purpose behind this survey and the faults in the techniques adopted ...
. Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) is a
self-governing state under Pakistani control, but under Pakistan's constitution
the state is not actually part of Pakistan . Azad Jammu and Kashmir covers an area of
13,297 square kilometr . Azad Kashmir has its own elected President, Prime Minister, Legislative Assembly, High Court . (44% of people want independence according to the survey , when they are already independent !!)
. Gilgit–Baltistan is an autonomous self-governing region that was established as a single administrative unit in 1970, formed by the amalgamation of the Gilgit Agency, the Baltistan region and the former princely states of Hunza and Nagar. It covers an area of
72,971 km²
.
Pakistani-controlled part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir is made up of AJK & Gilgit-Baltistan
.Gilgit-Baltistan was not included in this survey
.only
3,700 people were interviewed out of a total population of
15 million . (i.e
0.025% of total population)
.Without any survey one can tell that areas of Jammu, Kathua, Udhampur, Rajouri, Poonch, Kargil and Leh are not pro independence areas; yet all these areas were included in the survey and other militancy hit and pro independence areas like Doda, Pulwama and Kupwara were left out of the survey.
.It is surprising, rather shocking that in places like Poonch, Rajouri, Udhampur and Kathua not a single person supported an independent Kashmir. Some of these areas have sizable Muslim minority; It is very likely that those who ‘administered' the survey only approached non Muslims in the survey.
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The vote in favour of independence was as high as 95% in some districts.
To bring this very high percentage of vote in favour of independence down to acceptable or desired level, important pro independence areas were deliberately left out of the survey; and all anti independence areas were included in the survey.
.It is also interesting to note that 77% of people of Indian side of Kashmir believe that
‘an end to all militant violence in Kashmir will help to end the conflict over Kashmir'. It is also interesting that the highest support in favour of ‘an end to all militant violence' came from the Valley, with Baramulla showing 91% support, Badgam 92%, Srinagar 84% and Anantnag 98% respectively.Some areas of Pakistani Administered Kashmir also showed high support for this, for example, Bagh had 75% support and Mirpur had 72 %. From this side of the LOC, Kotli showed the least support for this, 27%.In Jammu province, Rajouri showed 0%, Poonch 3%, Jammu 64%, Udhampur 97% and Kathua 98% support. Kargil showed 81% and 87 % support for this
.The option of ‘Liberalised Line of Control' attained amazing support in the survey. From Kargil the survey showed 100% support for this option, Leh 81%; Srinagar 83%, Baramulla 81%, Anantnag 81%, Badgam 74%; Kathua 93%, Jammu 79%, Udhampur 66%, Rajouri 99% and Poonch 99%.
In Pakistani Administered Kashmir the support for this option was as follows: Muzaffarabad 95%, Sudanhoti 97%, Bagh 81%, Bhimber 87%, Mirpur 87%, Poonch 97% and Kotli 98%
.
It looks the powers that be want to push the Kashmir dispute in favour of this option
And this discussion can go on quite long .
No results can be drawn if opinion of only 0.025% of total population is considered, And selective areas and communities are questioned to achieve desired results .
Overall the survey results are against what India claims
And some fellows here bring "one liners" hoping that they would not be shown the reality (Only if they have any clue about it)
And for those who believe that there is no pro-pakistan sentiment in IOK , check this :
Pro-Pakistan sentiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
And just for a snack , enjoy this :
Faultline in Kashmir makes people root for Afridi and vote in polls - Times Of India
SRINAGAR: Like rest of the subcontinent, Srinagar shut down for the semifinal clash between India and Pakistan.
But, the team they cheered for wasn't the Men in Blue.
On the day of the semifinal, children took a day off from school. India batted first and
every Indian wicket prompted a blaze of firecrackers. When Pakistan started batting, every run was cheered
What the hell? Cant you comprehend or have reading issues?
Bro I think you have
