I sympathize with your position, Swarthyguy, because I have no earthly idea why any sentient human being would choose to live in Pakistan rather than India. But as you know most muslim voters boycotted the election. I don’t see how this ends without much more violence unless by a truly democratic process.
OK, CT, point taken.
However, India allows separatist parties to operate in Kashmir and run in elections.
In Pak, no elections at all in Kashmir, ever. And the Hindu and Buddhist minorities.....gone!
And anyway, no country is going to let a part of itself be detached. Now, if America and the West want to pull a Kosovo in Kashmir, meaning defacto annexation by Pakistan, then that may work.
But India is not letting the non Sunnis of Kashmir get oppressed by Pakistan.
And do Kashmiris think they will get more rights in Pakistan than what they have in India, this after India funds more projects for Kashmiris, per capita it gets more central government aid than virtually any other part of India.