Schofield tried to silence Ashis Ray so many times. She is described as an independent voice on Kashmir but as a British Christian she holds anti-Hindu, anti-Indian views. Furthermore, she was best friends with the late Benazir Bhutto dating back to their days as students at Oxford. So much for her objectivity which explains why she kept saying history was not important in the discussion. She is very pro-Pakistani, pro-Muslim.

There were references to the voice of Kashmiris yet the only voices were those of Kashmiri Muslims. A Kashmiri Pandit Hindu was not asked to be a panelist nor were any in the audience allowed to speak. They only allowed Kashmiri Muslims including a journalist who claimed to be objective but she too failed to mention that the Kashmiri Muslims eradicated 450,000 Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley.

Even though it was clearly explained that the former princely state is more than just the Kashmir Valley and its Muslim population…the discussion was just about that. No viewpoints from a Jammu Hindu, Ladakhi Buddhist or from anybody from Pakistan-controlled J&K (Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan).

So many references by Pakistani journalist Imran Khan to the voice of Kashmiris yet all he cared about was the voice of Kashmiri Muslims..not Kashmiri Pandits.

Also, references to the plebiscite were made again by the biased audience including some stiff who says he works for the Pakistani High Commission and Ashis Ray was the only one to make reference to the fact that first precondition of UN Resolution 47 was never met by Pakistan which was to withdraw all of its troops as well as withdraw all Pakistani nationals and the tribal invaders not native to the state. They would not let him talk and kept shouting over him. Only after the first precondition was met would India then withdraw most of its forces and only maintain a minimum force to take control of the state and hold a plebiscite. India cannot hold a plebiscite in a state it does not control in its entirety. It controls 60%, Pakistan 30% and China 10% which was a later development. Nobody from the Pakistan side or audience wanted to address the specifics of UN Resolution 47 for good reason.

Also, the demographics have been altered which was not discussed. The Kashmiri Pandits were chased out at gun point. Hindus and Sikhs have been also eradicated from Azad J&K. Pakistani nationals have moved into the state in large numbers since 1947. Restoring the demographics back to 1947 is pretty much impossible. Also, whether a referendum would be conducted for the entire state as a whole or region by region is another question. The biased panelist and audience with one exception did not make reference to the other regions of the state. Finally, the Kashmiri Pandits want a separate homeland created out of the Valley regardless.