REFLECTIONS ON FUTURE OF KASHMIR
-DR. ABDUL RUFF COLACHAL
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Kashmir continues to face blood bath situation owing to perpetual terror attacks by huge Indian forces brutally occupying the alien lands. . Indian regime and media enjoy the situation and relish the Kashmiri blood taste.
Generally the illegal
Jammu Kashmir, under foreign occupation, is by no means a small country. The territory of Kashmir is larger in size than 121 independent countries and bigger in number than 117 nations of the world.
India claims Jammu Kashmir as an integral part of modern India while Pakistan
Pakistanis including those
India obviously opposes this "integral" move of Pakistan.
With Kashmiris waging a consistent struggle for freedom with Pakistani support , India sees Kashmir as a battlefield, a buffer zone in case of war with China or Pakistan. .
India refuses to grant the Kashmiris independence
Today, as the result of global terror wars perpetrated by NATO rogue states, Palestinians and Kashmiris, to mention a few, have been suffering without any positive outcome Indo-US nuclear pact, pushed by the Manmohan regime, has further cemented the terror links and India enjoys full liberty to attack the Kashmiris, especially Muslims
With a view to fooling the Kashmiris, occasionally Indian
Kashmir has as many political parties and leaders as streets/zones in it. but most them seek complete freedom from decades' long Indian yoke
Kashmir has been historically independent, except in the anarchic conditions of late 18th and the first half of 19th centuries. When the British Empire decided to quit Indian continent, it could, as the “owner of the region”, have asked both India and Pakistan to share the Jammu Kashmir and so India occupied part of it and Pakistani another part.
Colonialism keeps the nations and people under terror control. Kashmiris face the brutality of Indian occupational military forces, seeking to silence the freedom seeking Kashmiri Muslims. .
Kashmir does not present a so-called "clash of civilizations" in which two peoples of opposite values confront one another. That the Kashmiri people are finely friendly, exceptionally tolerant and accommodating of religious differences can be gauged by their peaceful struggle for freedom for India for years now, former British colony. Their and friendships are routine among Pundits, Muslims, Buddhists, and Sikhs.
UN has a duty to deliver justice to every nation on earth and also responsibility for ensuring global peace. UN resolution dated the January 5, 1949 says that the future of Jammu and Kashmir shall be decided through the democratic method of a free and impartial plebiscite; there shall be no threat, coercion or intimidation, bribery or other undue influence on the voters in the plebiscite; no restrictions should be placed on legitimate political activity throughout the State; all subjects of the State, regardless of creed, caste or party, shall be safe and free in expressing their views; and there shall be freedom of the Press, speech and assembly.
The lapse of British paramountcy on August 14, 1947, princely states including Jammu & Kashmir enjoyed three options: accession to India or Pakistan, or independence. But the choice, according to India's Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, was to be made by popular referendum in cases where the creed of the ruler varied from the religion of the majority.
India under Pundit Nehru denied the fundamental democratic principle of self determination in the case of Kashmir while the same had been sternly applied by Nehru in Hyderabad and Junagadh where the rulers were Muslim but their inhabitants largely Hindu. Kashmir presented a converse case: the Maharaja was Hindu but the majority subscribed to Islam.
UN chief Ban Ki-Moon should impress upon the parties concerned to create an atmosphere for a tripartite dialogue – India, Pakistan and Kashmiri leadership - that will guarantee peace and prosperity not only in Kashmir but in the whole region of South Asia which is home to one-fifth of total human race.
The question here obviously is: Is India fooling Kashmiris or UN?
Pakistan should come out with a honest statement of how it sees the future Kashmir if and when India agrees for independence. It should explain what it means by "resolution" of Kashmir issue.
remaining Kashmiris in India occupied Jammu Kashmir need to be saved. Pakistan should now , before too late, declare its determination to make a unified Jammu Kashmir by merging Azad Kashmir with India occupied Kashmir and step up efforts to reestablish Jammu Kashmir. Also, the Kashmiris in Azad Kashmir and Jammu & Kashmir under Indian occupation
By maintaining absolute secrecy, Pakistan is indirectly getting Kashmiri Muslims killed by Indian p forces. Kashmirs must, therefore, also declare their intention of living in their own
Kashmiris on both sides of the divide should seek full independence from both arrogant India and and friendly Pakistan.
Many Indians support the cause of Kashmiris for freedom thinking that Kashmiris want to rebuild their own home in a healthy fashion and certainly they may not support the Kashmiri freedom fighters and masses if they want to join Pakistan to remain
Hence the Kashmiris need to reset the objectives of their struggle to make a home for themselves and not to
د. عبد راف
Unfortunately, today there is not even on Muslim nation practicing truly Islamic
-BY DR. ABDUL RUFF COLACHAL has been an Educationist, Columnist-Commentator on world affairs Expert on Mideast Affairs, Former university Teacher; Editor:INTERNATIONAL OPINION; FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES; Author of books;website: https://
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