Very often, the people who actually live there are not taken into account. Although the UN resolutions of 1948 and 1949 stipulated that the fate of Kashmir and Jammu should be decided by a referendum under international supervision, this never actually happened.
For det meste tages der i den forbindelse ikke hensyn til de folk, der bor i området, uanset at FN i resolutioner fra 1948 og 1949 har bestemt, at Kashmirs og Jammus skæbne skal fastsættes gennem en folkeafstemning under internationalt tilsyn.