Kashmir at Crossroad: The Partition's Unfinished Agenda

Hikmat Afridi, Manzoor Khan Afridi and Ijaz Khalid
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Hikmat Afridi: Phd Scholar, Department of Politics & IR , International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan
Manzoor Khan Afridi: Assistant Professor and HoD, Department of Politics & IR , International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan
Ijaz Khalid: PhD Scholar and Demonstrator, Department of Political Science, AWKUM, Mardan, Pakistan

Global Social Sciences Review, 2017, vol. 2, issue 2, 85-108

Abstract: Independent dominions in shape of Pakistan and India emerged as result of partition on 14 August and 15 August 1947 respectively while the fate of over 500 princely states awaited decision. Due to overwhelming majority of Muslims, Jammu and Kashmir should have acceded to Pakistan. The hardness in Indian stance resulted in the two wars i.e. of 1965 and 1971 besides two limited wars of 1947-48 and 1999Kargil war. South Asia remained on the brink of war in 2002 standoff and the current escalations in Azad Kashmir. Contrarily, both Pakistan and India had agreed upon the United Nations resolutions, including, "the accession of the state of Jammu and Kashmir will be decided through free and impartial plebiscite under the auspices of United Nations". The Indian strategy was to gain time on the pretext that "Indians are superior to Pakistanis in military and industrial power therefore Pakistan would accept a settlement imposed by the Indians". Additional India pleaded that Pakistan had joined defence Pacts with west, so India moved away from the process of Plebiscite. Now, India wants to discuss only terrorism brushing aside the core issue of Kashmir. Resultantly, the people of Kashmir are at the mercy of despotic and tyrant Indian Forces and they are suffering the most. How long the innocent population of Kashmir will be looking to ask the world to come forward for an open hearted settlement of this long outstanding dispute? The situation may escalate into a nuclear flashpoint.

Keywords: Pakistan; Kashmir Issue; India; UNO; India; Cross Border Terrorism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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