Ayesha Jalal, an Interpreter of jihad

Ayesha Jalal, an Interpreter of jihad

By Zia Haq, Hindustan Times

August 08, 2008

Jalal enters jihad from South Asia rather than from the Arab world. And how. The battle of Balakot, she says, was one prominent example. Syed Ahmad Shaheed of Rai Bareilly in UP fought the Sikhs, who — as allies of the British — had taken the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Jalal uses instances from undivided India to show how the concept of jihad changed.

http://www.newageislam.com/ayesha-jalal,-an-interpreter-of-jihad/islamic-personalities/d/499

Pakistan, India agree to ease visa curbs

Pakistan, India agree to ease visa curbs

By Shafqat Ali

Foreign ministry director-general for South Asia Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry headed the Pakistan side while external affairs joint secretary T.C.A. Raghvan led the Indian side during the day-long meeting. "Both the sides had constructive discussion on host of issues, including launching of truck service, operational of inter-Kashmir bus service on a weekly basis and opening of the crossing point and easing of visa curbs," the statement said.

http://www.newageislam.com/pakistan,-india-agree-to-ease-visa-curbs/current-affairs/d/263

India is not on the Pakistani radar any more

India is not on the Pakistani radar any more

By Pramit Pal Chaudhuri , Hindustan Times

New York, February 11, 2008

A half-truth: His father was born in pre-1947 Lahore. “He told me there was no welcome mat for Pakistanis in the border areas,” I said. The deepest faultline in South Asia was the one between Kabul and Islamabad. The Pakistani Parsee novelist, Bapsi Sidhwa, followed this up by telling the audience, “These Afghans are ungrateful wretches. “

http://www.newageislam.com/india-is-not-on-the-pakistani-radar-any-more/current-affairs/d/239