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Before you opt optionals, go through their question papers as well. Muslim law and jurisprudence paper was quite unconventional. Almost 3 questions were out of syllabus. International law is part of IR syllabus, but after attempting it two years in a row, i can say that ir papers had nothing of i.law in it, though latter is a safe subject as compared to muslim law.

Thank you for sharing your personal experience I am getting sense that Muslim law has more unpredictability than I law. While I law is more safer and high scoring than former. As I have already made up my mind to choose I LAW so thank you for supporting my decision to opt it . If you want to give any suggestion regarding preparation of subject , you are most welcome to tell.

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Certainly! your post shows your insight regarding GS . Have you attempted the paper of GS or you have some kind of degree??? . Now I am seriously thinking to switch from PA to GS , now another question arises in my mind about length of syllabus of both subjects which one is easily digestable ???

secondly! If you have gone through preparation phase of GS then how many days do we require to tackle GS if spare with 4 to 5 hours daily .

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20 days are enough for covering GS 100% If you're spending four hours/day. For me Public Ad was boring and a dry subject compared to GS. Earlier, I used to think GS is the subject of ladies, however, my opinion changed when I read the relevant material. It was interesting, social and not merely related to women but all genders, even the queer group.

It's not a lengthy subject at all. The syllabus is divided into eight sections, however, all are concise. It depends upon you whether you want to cover all sections or leave one or two. These days covering 100% is a wise thing as paper setters cover almost every part of the course in question paper.

I have a social science background so it was an interesting subject for me. You are a Psychologist, I guess you'll find it more interesting than me...

My sincere advise would be to collect recommended books of FPSC and start making your notes keeping in view the bullets in syllabus. One or two books on theory are enough, I hope you find Free PDF of these somewhere on internet or in the GS section of this forum. Or visit a good book store or order on-line. If you have access to libraries that would be best.

On Women issues in Pakistan: Try to collect all materials by Dr. Farzana Bari and Robina Seigol even If you find their news items, op-eds, or journal articles. The issues are; gender based violence in Pakistan (all types; be it honor killing, domestic violence, rapes, acid throwing, sexual harassment, add flavor to it with the statistical data of Human Rights Commission Pakistan reports), women and political marginalization in Pak (again Farzana Bari and Seigol have written alot about it, you can collect news articles and seminar reports on the issue), women and quota system (you can go pro or against the system of women proxies by political parties they nominate for 60 women seats), yet another important element is the problems of queer community (LGBTS).

Also visit websites of Gender Studies Center/Departments of main Pakistani universities; QAU, Karachi Uni, Peshawar Uni, Allama Iqbal Open Uni and Punjab Uni to get an idea of the working of discipline.

Hope it has cleared your confusion about the subject. May Allah bless you...
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20 days are enough for covering GS 100% If you're spending four hours/day. For me Public Ad was boring and a dry subject compared to GS. Earlier, I used to think GS is the subject of ladies, however, my opinion changed when I read the relevant material. It was interesting, social and not merely related to women but all genders, even the queer group.

It's not a lengthy subject at all. The syllabus is divided into eight sections, however, all are concise. It depends upon you whether you want to cover all sections or leave one or two. These days covering 100% is a wise thing as paper setters cover almost every part of the course in question paper.

I have a social science background so it was an interesting subject for me. You are a Psychologist, I guess you'll find it more interesting than me...

My sincere advise would be to collect recommended books of FPSC and start making your notes keeping in view the bullets in syllabus. One or two books on theory are enough, I hope you find Free PDF of these somewhere on internet or in the GS section of this forum. Or visit a good book store or order on-line. If you have access to libraries that would be best.

On Women issues in Pakistan: Try to collect all materials by Dr. Farzana Bari and Robina Seigol even If you find their news items, op-eds, or journal articles. The issues are; gender based violence in Pakistan (all types; be it honor killing, domestic violence, rapes, acid throwing, sexual harassment, add flavor to it with the statistical data of Human Rights Commission Pakistan reports), women and political marginalization in Pak (again Farzana Bari and Seigol have written alot about it, you can collect news articles and seminar reports on the issue), women and quota system (you can go pro or against the system of women proxies by political parties they nominate for 60 women seats), yet another important element is the problems of queer community (LGBTS).

Also visit websites of Gender Studies Center/Departments of main Pakistani universities; QAU, Karachi Uni, Peshawar Uni, Allama Iqbal Open Uni and Punjab Uni to get an idea of the working of discipline.

Hope it has cleared your confusion about the subject. May Allah bless you...

Ahmed Abbas I am thankful to you for giving me such a comprehensive response regarding GS. Well after analyzing syllabus of both PA , GS and an insight from your side , I have decided to opt GS. Yes I am psychologist by profession and hopefully will find this subject interesting as told by you . I will cover it by keeping 20 days in my mind having syllabus in front of me .

I will surely keep with you a contact at this forum if felt any problem during course of preparation .

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