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Plebiscite.
Will Pakistan do so for Balwaristan, Balochistan or Pakhtoonistan?
The Balochistan and Pakhtoonistan issues are separate. They were fairly divided during partition. As such no international law requires them to be re-assessed. Not the same with Kashmir. International law does require a referendum to be carried out there. GoP not choosing to carry out a referendum in Balochistan etc is not illegal. It is illegal for India to not carry out a referendum though in Kashmir. One more point, the Balochis do not want to be divided from Pakistan. They were fighting for royalties (2 tribes only), and the Pashtuns I highly doubt would want to join with Afghanistan in a Pashtunistan considering the state of the economy. I think a referendum in both those areas would favour Pakistan in current conditions. A referendum though in Kashmir would not favour India (and probably not Pakistan either, but more so Pakistan than India).