KASHMIR: A Conflict between India and Pakistan.
Saba manzoor
Manzoor hussain
Student of Indus hospital karachi, Karachi
ABSTRACT
Kashmir is the oldest and the most serious dispute between Pakistan and India. Various efforts at
the bilateral and multilateral levels could not resolve this problem. The two countries have fought
hot and cold wars which undermined their bilateral relations. India’s efforts to strengthen its
control of Kashmir by use of force have always been questioned by Pakistan that supports
Kashmiri demand for right self determination under the UN Resolution of 1948-49. This paper
analysis the origins of the Kashmir dispute, its influence on Indo-Pakistan relations, and the
prospects for its resolution.
Key Words
UN Resolution, Human Rights Violations, Human Tragedy, LOC.
Introduction
India’s efforts to integrate Kashmir into Indian Union did not succeed because the
major Kashmiri leaders and parties resisted these efforts. The Kashmiris want that
they should themselves decide about their political future, as committed to them by
the UN Resolutions of 1948-49. Indian leadership contests this and use force to
crush this demand. This has caused a perpetual conflict between the Indian
authorities and the people of Kashmir. India has been using security establishment
to control Kashmir which often resulted in human rights violations in Kashmir.
Indian actions are driven by the consideration of keeping Kashmir under its control
irrespective of the human rights or other cost. The excessive use of security forces
and state power by India has the Kashmir Valley into a “Human Tragedy.”
The Indian government use security forces and intelligence establishment to
subdue Kashmirs. The Kashmiri people want freedom from India and decide their
political future on their own. This is not acceptable to India and it use force to
control Kashmiris.
We remember the statement of Sardar Patel, who said, “give Jinnah his state,
it would not survive in five years, the Muslim league would be knocking at their
door begging for India’s reunification” (Collins & Lapierre, 2011).
