Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana

KASHMIR ISSUE: the status quo

                            

1-Kashmir , a flashpoint between india and Pakistan almost since independence 

2-Presently the line of control bifurcate the region with one part administered by india and one by Pakistan

3-India would seek to formalize the current situation and make it an accepted international line unlike the Pakistan and the separatist ( Kashmiri activist ) who want greater control over the region

1947-48 Indo pak war over Kashmir

Under UN intervention they agreed for a ceasefire

A line rendered two regions as following-

Pakistan administerd-  one-third of the state  i.e the region what Pakistan calls Azad Jammu

and Kashmir, and the Northern Areas 

India administerd - two-thirds of the state i.e  Jammu, Ladakh and the Kashmir Valley, administered by India.

1972, under the terms of the Simla agreement, the ceasefire line was renamed the Line of Control.

Though india has a claim for the whole state but it has been prepared to agree upon the LOC as the international border

The same scenario has been backed by the US and UK and sought to turn LOC as international border

However Pakistan has been consistently refusing the idea of LOC  as an international border as it would render  the Kashmir valley- which is predominantly muslim population -under the administration and control of India , and also this situation does not account for the aspirations of the Kashmiri activists who are demanding the freedom of Jammu Kashmir or a part thereof as a separate nation since 1989