dear members i am going through friday features of dawn regularly .is there any other source from where we can prepare? as questions are coming general not bookish so what to do? i need help from seniors plz do reply

Read articles by Muftis and scholars on internet.I posted a few;

http://www.cssforum.com.pk/css-compu...otes-urdu.html

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tarjuman-ul-quran, a magzine by prof. Khurshed Ahmad is also helpfull.....

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Yar for the preparation and most importantly for attempting the Islamiyat paper,u shud have an open,receptive and witty mind..coz questions would be put in such a way that u will quickly have to gather all the bits and pieces of knowledge,whether general,islamic or current and manufacture an answer...REMEMBER..Attempt the paper as a tolerant and a forward looking muslim,not an Al-qaeda type muslim..if in paper u wud write things like 'Mar do sb kufaar ko','Kashmir ki azadi tk jung jari rhe gi','auraton ko dhakk do parde me or bara khandn jihad asan',then u are as good as donein islamiyat..Have enlightened vies..Quran shareef ki tafseer parho.Coz it is the best explanation regarding every question and if u back up ur arguments with logic from quran(NOT NECESSARILY QUOTING FROM IT),nobody can refute u..Paper nowadays is much more discussion and argument oriented..jazbati naarey or taqreerain wouldn't get u good marks..Dont overload ur paper with rferences from Quran and Hadith..put 3,4 in every question but keep the emphasis on ur arguments..use references only to back up ur arguments..
It has been rightly said k ub paper bookish nahy ata..it is more like a paper of current affairs than hardcore islamiyat..U can use the following material for preparation:
1.Read Maulana Maw'dudi's tafseer or listen to Dr Israr's tafseer
2.Islami Nazriya e Hayat by Prof Khurshid Ahmed
3.Pamphlets and 'Khutbat' by Maulana Maudoodi
4.Zakir Naik's lectures
5.Articles on Islam and the CURRENT ISSUES whether in DAWN or on the internet
As I mentioned b4,dont be a slave of bookish knowledge and what the Local masjid's molvi sahab says.Prepare well for Jihad,Terrorism,Women rights in Islam,Islamic moral and political systems,and the burning issues and questions about Islam and the Ummah...give examples in the paper..combine logic and rhetoric..Do prepare for Islamiyat well as it has proven to be a nemsis for many a man this time in CSS..keep at hand solutions for every problem faced by Muslim world,they might come in handy..practice the writing speed...hope this helps,
Regards

look at this post

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this will surely help u and what hamza has suggested u follow it

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where from this magzine is purchased and is it weekly bases or monthly

aoa to all
for islamiat paper one must go through the refernce books for css/pms and then have a look at the current islamic world:... their major issues and problems , major causes of downfall, non islamic systems in the states, causes of unrest, injustice inequality etc, western media and union...., and then finding the solution for these topics to help the current islamic states to cope with the situation,,,,, etc.... one more thing i must say that first have a thorough look at islamiat reference book and then past papers of 2009, 2010, 2011 to have a complete and good idea...
best wishes ws