Pakistan, July 13 -- The roots of precarious peace in South Asia can be traced back to the bloody and violent division of India in 1947, as a result of the Muslim struggle based on the two-nation theory. Both states have yet to overcome the trauma of partition. Moreover, the role of religion in the partitioning of India added another layer to the precariousness of peace in the region. Rooted in ideological divergence, clashing nationalisms, and the politicisation of religion, partition did not merely mark the end of colonial rule; it erected a postcolonial architecture of hostility and mistrust that continues to imperil peace in South Asia. The historian Ayesha Jalal points out that the abrupt and violent division has sown the seeds of an...