UnitedPak
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I think people need to realise and understand that the PARTION boundaries and subsequent borders after the Kashmir war in 1948 HAVE been drawn with blood.
No one is going to yeild an inch NOT pakistan NOT india.
The only option is for disaffected people to migrate to the side of Kashmir that they wish to reside in. IE pAKISTAN held Kashmir or India held held kashmir.
Millions of punjabis did this in 1947 SO WHY CANT KASHMIRIS who do not want indian rule.
When Punjab was split it was on the basis of Muslim, Sikh majority areas. Currently India occupies massively Muslim majority areas and the ten million people would never agree to leave their lands.
A district wise referendum is probably the best bet. India would get to keep Jammu and parts of Ladakh, while Pakistan would probably get Kashmir valley. Strategically, not much would change as India still wont get access to Central Asia and Pakistan wont get access to Himachal Pardesh.
Neither country should aim to occupy people who dont want to be with them. And bearing that in mind, nobody can say for sure who wants what, without conducting a referendum first. The people in power will have to make that decision if they want this dispute settled. If that decision is not made, then nobody should be pretending they are for Indo Pak peace and stability.