India continues to assert its sovereignty or rights over the entire region of Kashmir , while Pakistan maintains that it is a disputed territory . Pakistan argues that the status quo can not be considered as a solution and further insists on a UN-sponsored plebiscite . Unofficially , the Pakistani leadership has indicated that they would be willing to accept alternatives such as a demilitarised Kashmir , if sovereignty of Azad Kashmir was to be extended over the Kashmir valley , or the " Chenab " formula , by which India would retain parts of Kashmir on its side of the Chenab river , and Pakistan the other sideeffectively re-partitioning Kashmir on communal lines . The problem with the proposal is that the population of the Pakistan-administered portion of Kashmir is for the most part ethnically , linguistically , and culturally different from the Valley of Kashmir , a part of Indian-administered Kashmir . Partition based on the Chenab formula is opposed by some Kashmiri politicians , although others , including Sajjad Lone , have suggested that the non-Muslim part of Jammu and Kashmir be separated from Kashmir and handed to India . Some political analysts say that the Pakistan state policy shift and mellowing of its aggressive stance may have to do with its total failure in the Kargil War and the subsequent 9/11 attacks . These events put pressure on Pakistan to alter its position on terrorism . Many neutral parties to the dispute have noted that the UN resolution on Kashmir is no longer relevant . The European Union holds the view that the plebiscite is not in Kashmiris ' interest . The report notes that the UN conditions for such a plebiscite have not been , and can no longer be , met by Pakistan . The Hurriyat Conference observed in 2003 that a " plebiscite is no longer an option " . Besides the popular factions that support one or other of the parties , there is a third faction which supports independence and withdrawal of both India and Pakistan . These have been the respective stands of the parties for a long while , and there have been no significant changes over the years . As a result , all efforts to solve the conflict have so far proved futile
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