Proper way of Solving India Pakistan conflict

[ejaz007]

Srinagar: Only 2% of residents of Kashmir want to join Pakistan while less than half of them favor independence as a solution to the unrest in the region, an independent survey conducted by British academic Robert Bradnock said. The survey found 44% of people in Pakistan side Kashmir and 43% in the Indian side favoring independence.

Titled “Kashmir: Paths to Peace”, the survey is seen as a rare attempt to assess the opinions of people on both sides of the Line of Control (LOC) – the de facto border that splits the region between the two countries.



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“Any solution will depend on the Indian and Pakistani governments’ commitment to achieving a permanent settlement," Bradnock has been quoted as saying by Zee News.

United Nations resolutions soon after the partition of the sub-continent in 1947 called for a plebiscite to determine whether the region should belong to India or Pakistan. The resolutions, however, have not been implemented.

Less than 50% Kashmiris want independence: Survey
98% Kashmiris do not want to join Pakistan | TwoCircles.net
Only 2% Kashmiris want to join Pak: Survey - National Issue | hindujagruti.org

You have quoted Indian links to the survey. They have created headlines to please their own readers. Actual survey does not state that 2% people want to join Pakistan. Selective use of the survey for your own appeasement I guess.

 

[ejaz007]

This is what a non Pakistani and Indian source says about the survey:

Kashmir survey finds no majority for independence
(AFP) – May 27, 2010

SRINAGAR, India — Less than half of residents in both the Indian and Pakistani zones of Kashmir favour independence as a solution to end unrest in the disputed Himalayan region, a survey said Thursday.

Conducted by British academic Robert Bradnock, the independent survey found that 44 percent of people in Pakistani-administered Kashmir favour independence, and 43 percent in Indian-administered Kashmir.

United Nations resolutions soon after the partition of the sub-continent in 1947 called for a plebiscite to determine whether the region should belong to India or Pakistan, both of which claim Kashmir in full.

"These results support the already widespread view that the plebiscite options are likely to offer no solution to the dispute," said the survey, which was released by the London-based Chatham House think-tank.

Titled "Kashmir: Paths to Peace", it was a rare attempt to assess the opinions of people on both sides of the Line of Control (LOC) -- the de facto border that splits the region between the two rival nations.

"Any solution will depend on the Indian and Pakistani governments? commitment to achieving a permanent settlement," Bradnock said.

The survey interviewed about 3,800 people to record their views on how they saw the future of Kashmir -- a scenic region that has been a constant source of tension between India and Pakistan.

In the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley, which has been at the heart of a 20-year-old insurgency against Indian rule, between 74 percent and 95 percent respondents favoured independent Kashmir.

But in the Hindu-dominated Jammu region -- which is also part of Indian Kashmir -- support for independence dwindled to less than one percent.

The survey found that the "overwhelming majority" of people wanted a solution to the dispute, even though there were no "simple fixes".

More than 47,000 people have died in Indian Kashmir since the eruption of the insurgency in 1989.

India and Pakistan have fought two of their three wars over Kashmir, but a recent peace process has brought a reduction in violence.

AFP: Kashmir survey finds no majority for independence

 

[billi]

Maybe only 80-90% of Kashmir Valley which is muslim majority should be given independence.Well, they should be let to choose between Pak or independence. This doesnt include Ladakh and jammu.
The other 10-20% of Kashmir vally should be a place where pandits are resettled.

This way everyone gets a face saving exit