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Books for Muslim Law and Jurisprudence

1.Muslim Law By D.F.Mulla
2. For Jurisprudence Sir Abdur Rahim
3.Outlines of Muslim law by Asif.A.A.Fyzee (very good book)

Books for International Law

1.International by Tandon
2.International law by Agarwal
(both books cover whole of the syllabus and are very good)


Books For History Of India and Pakistan

Paper-1

1.Muslim Rule in Subcontinent by Ishwari Parsad

2.Muslim Rule in Subcontinent by S.M.Ikram

3.Muslim rule in India by Stanley Lanepoole.


Paper-2

1.Trek to Pakistan by Ahmed Saeed

2.British Raj in India by S.M.Burke

3.Formative Phase of Pakistan by Khalid-Bin-Saeed


Books For Europeon History


1.Europe since Napoleon by David Thomson

2.European History by C.D.Hazen

3.Aspects of European History by Stephen.J.Lee

4.European History since 1789 by V.D.Mahajan


These books are very good and are most suited to the questions which are being asked since two years.

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* An Introduction to Psychology by Morgan and King
* Abnormal Psychology by Neil Davisson

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Books for business administration

1. Management by Horold Koontz and Heinz Weihrich
2. Marketing by William J. Stanton
3. Financial management by Fundamentals of Financial Management Van Horn


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Books for Philosophy

Sophy's World by Justein Gaarder
Political Thought by M. Judd Haarmon


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what abt the computer science??????????????????????????
As you know that syllabus of computer science multiple dimensions of the subject therefore one may consult following books for preparation
Software Engineering
Software Engineering – A practitioner’s Approach by Roger S. Pressman
Databases
Fundamentals of Database Systems by R. A. Almasri
Programming and Datastructures
How to Program by Dietel and Dietel
Object Oriented Programming in C++ Robert Lafore
Courses handouts of Datastructures and Design and Analysis of Algorithms provided by Virtual University are very good as well.
Networks and Data Communications
For fundamentals of data communications Behroz a Ferozan’s Book is very informative and easy written
For detailed concepts relating to computer networks you may consult
Computer Networks by Tenumbahum
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Geography:

Paper I

1) Modern Physical Geography by Sarfaraz Ahmad Bajwa - Publishers Emporium

Paper II

2) Economic Geography (11th Edition) by M. Fazle Karim - Saleem Publishing House

3) Human Geography For Students of Degree & Other Classes by Prof. Mian Muhammad Anwar - White Rose Publishers

Past Papers:


4) Geography for CSS: Top 20 Questions by Muhammad Jahangir Sanpaal - Jahangir Book Depot

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please suggest me readings for sociology, journalism, international law, muslim law.

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i had only journalism as my optional.
the books i used are
  • Journalism By Jss (Mian M.Asghar)
  • Journalism For All By Dr Mehdi Hassan
  • Jss Top 20 Questions.
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just found a very good book for Islamic HIstory


History of Arabs by Anthony Nuttings.(writer of lawrence of arabia)

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Assslam o Alikum

Here are few books


4 Journalism

A to Z journalism by Tanvir Ahmed By Emporium

Asif Malik's MCQs by Emporium

and arrange Notes of Saliha Saeed from Officers Academy Lahore.

this stuff is enough to get 70+ marks in journalism


and for sociology

i would suggest to go through Javed Jiskani book by faridi sons, sociological thoughts and mcq's by jahangir series


and u must go through the socio problems of pakistan thoroughly.. i hope u will get good marks in this subject too.





for Sindhi

go through Badar Dhamraho's bool Sindhi Adab jo muqadimo and Notes by A.Sammad Bhachoo Originall written by Mr.Uquailli.. and also refer Akbar Laghari.. Inshallah U wil get thru..


For Public Add.

mcq's by jahangir series
n Asif Maliks Book on public Ad. by emporium
n Liaqat Niazi's book on public ad.



FOr British History


Mcqs by jahangir series
n British history book by A. Qayoom.




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Best Books For CSS

ENGLISH ESSAY
1- Current Essays (AP Aamer Publications) Rs:200
2- Latest English Essays (AP Aamer Publications)Rs:165

ENGLISH COMPOSITION
1- Precis Writing (Abdul Basit Jasra, Naimatullah Khan Joyia) RS 60/-
2- A Practical English Grammar (A. J. Thomson, A. V. Martinet) RS 600/-
3- Practical English Usage (Michael Swan) RS 1600/-
4- English Grammar & Composition (Nawaz Khalid, Mohammad Baqir Hussain) RS 250/-
5- English Grammar & Composition (Shabbir Hussain Chaudhry) RS 350/-
6- Dictionary of Synonyms & Antonyms (Prof. Tariq Ali Khan) RS 80/-
7- Oxford Idioms RS 800/900/

CURRENT AFFAIRS
1- International Affairs (Dr. Safdar Mahmood) RS 500/-
2- Strategic Studies //Quarterly// RS 50/-
3- Current Affairs including solved CSS Papers(AP Aamer Publications) Rs 350
4- Daily DAWN RS 13/-

PAKISTAN AFFAIRS
1- EXAM CRAM Pakistan Affairs (Adeel Niaz) RS 300/-
2- Pakistan Affairs (M. Ikram Rabbani) RS 375/-
3- Pakistan's Foreign Policy: A Reappraisal (Shahid M. Amin) RS 495/-
4- Pakistan's Foreign Policy 1947-2005 (Abdul Sattar) RS 595/-
5- Pakistan Political Roots & Development 1947-1999 (Safdar Mahmood) RS 395/-
6- The Military & Politics in Pakistan (Hasan Askari Rizvi) RS 350/-
7- The Idea of Pakistan (Stephen Philip Cohen) RS 600/-

EVERYDAY SCIENCE
1- Encyclopedic Manual of Everyday Science (Dr. Rab Nawaz Samo) RS 350/-

ISLAMIAT (URDU)
1- Islamiat (Zahid Hussain Anjum) RS 135/-
2- Islamiat Advance bray CSS (Muhammad Imtiaz Shahid, Attiya Bano) RS 300/-
3- Islam Ka Nizam-e Hayat (Dr. Liaqat Ali Khan Niazi) RS 350/-

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
1- EXAM CRAM Public Administration (Asif J. Mir) RS 225/-
2- Public Administration (S. M. Shahid) RS 180/-
3- Pricples of Public Administration (Dr. Muhammad Hassan Sheikh) RS 375/-

SOCIOLOGY
1- Sociology (John J. Macionis) RS 350/-
2- Social Problems of Pakistan (Dr. Mohammad Khalid) RS 400/-
3- Sociology (M. Iqbal Chaudhry) RS 250/-
4- Pakistani Society (M. Iqbal Chaudhry) RS 175/-
5- EXAM CRAM Sociology MCQs (Syed Salman Hameed Kazmi) RS 90/-

JOURNALISM
1- A-One Exploring Journalism (Mirza Muhammad Yousaf) RS 200/-
2- Mass Communication (M. S. Shahid) RS 150/-
3- Mass Communications MCQs (Muhammad Asif Malik) RS 60/-
4- Journalism for CSS (Mian Muhammad Asghar) RS 120/-

GEOGRAPHY A
1- Physical Geography of the Global Environment (H. J. Deblij, Peter O. Muller)
2- EXAM CRAM Geography (Mohammad Jahangir Sanpaal) RS 225/-
3-Geography (AP Aamer Publications) RS 300/-
GEOGRAPHY B
1- Geography (AP Aamer Publications) RS 300/-
2- Geography of Pakistan (Prof. Nazir Ahmad Khalid)
3- The New Oxford Atlas for Pakistan RS 335/-
4- Fundamentals of Human Geography (Prof. Mian Mohammad Anwar) RS 125/-
5- World Economic and Commercial Geography (Prof. Nazeer Ahmad Khalid) RS 150/-

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
1- International Relations (Dr. Sultan Khan) RS 180/-
2- International Relations (Parkash Chander)
3- Understanding International Relations (Aamer Shahzad)(AP Aamer Publications) RS 400/- //objective//New Edition 2009
POLITICAL SCIENCE
1-Political Science (AP Aamer Publications) Rs 500
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The books above suggested for political science do not cover the two parts of the said subject.i wud suggest the following:
political science
Part 1:
Political Theory by V.D.Mahajan.
political science:theory and practice by Mazharul Haq.
Western political thought From plato to present:by Judd Harmon.
Muslim political Thought : by S.M.Shahid.

Part 2:
Select Modern Governments: V.D.Mahajan.
World Constitutions: S.Kaely.
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