Pak Affairs:Assignments for CSS

P.S: I analysed the new syllabus and came to the conclusion that the following assignments must be covered. I also realized that there are many a topic that coincide with Current Affairs' syllabus. I've shared it just to make things easy: I myself was nervous as I was not finding any clue where, how to cover. but, after this exercise, i'm happy to feel easy preparing Pak Affairs paper with a clear direction. I request others to apprise me if they feel any improvement to be made in it.


1. Ideology of Pakistan-----definitions and elucidations, historical aspects; Two-Nation Theory
2. Ideology of Pakistan in the light of speeches and statements of Allama Iqbal and Quaid- i Azam Muhammad Ali
Jinnah
3. Evolution and growth of Muslim Society; Muslim rule in the Sub-Continent (Mughal Empire); causes of its downfall and efforts for Renaissance.
• Role of Sufis (short note)
4. Movements for reforms:
• Mujadid Alif Sani Shaikh Ahmad Sarhindi,
• Shah Waliullah,
• Sayyid Ahmad Shaheed Brelvi,
• Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
5. Educational Movements and Institutions:
• Aligarh movement,
• Darul-Uloom Deoband,
• Nadwahtul Ulema
• Sindh Madrassah, and
• Islamia College Peshawar
6. Pakistan’s agriculture and industry; its salient features; industrialization; Certain problems and solutions
7. Pakistan’s geo-strategic location and regional dimensions; Pakistan’s role in the region
8. Nuclear Program of Pakistan, its safety and security; International concerns
9. SAARC and the Role of Pakistan
• ECO and Pakistan (short note)
• SCO and Pakistan (short note)
10. Civil Military relations in Pakistan after independence; Martial Laws in Pakistan
11. Economic Challenges in Pakistan; Economy Crisis; Economic Conditions of Pakistan, the Most Recent Economic Survey, the Previous and Current Budgets, and the Problems and Performance of Major Sectors of Economy
12. Terrorism in Pakistan; threats to the internal security of Pakistan; Proxy Wars: Role of External Elements
13. Palestine Issue and Pakistan’s role
14. Evolution of Political, Constitutional and Democratic systems in Pakistan esp. after 1971
15. Foreign Policy of Pakistan Post 9/11 esp. towards US for War on Terror
16. Hydro Politics ; Water Issues in Domestic and Regional Context; Water issue with India and solutions
17. Pakistan’s Energy Problems and their Effects along with solutions
18. Pakistan’s Relations with Neighbors excluding India (China, Iran, Afghanistan)
19. Pakistan and India Relations Since 1947 (early problems, water crisis, wars)
20. Kashmir issue (genesis, impacts, solutions)
21. The war in Afghanistan since 1979 and its impact on, and challenges to Pakistan, in the Post 2014 era.
22. The Recent Constitutional and Legal Debates, the Latest Constitutional Amendments and Important Legislations, Legal Cases and the Role of Higher Courts.
23. The Prevailing Social Problems of Pakistan and the Strategies to Deal with Them:
• Poverty and Unemployment
• Education
• Health and Sanitation

Why not simply go through a Pakistan Affairs (Ikram Rabbani kind) book and prepare the important topics referring to 2-3 more books?

yes these topics cover the whole syllabus...
which books will be helpful for pak affair's preparation?? or we have to make our own notes ??

I don't think any single book is going to cater the needs specifically. So, multidimensional approach should be followed to cover the syllabus of at least compulsory subjects. There are 8-10 traditional topics which can easily be covered from Ikram Rabbani's book, or Trek to Pakistan or from any other book. But the remaining topics are like current affairs for which Net-surfing is good. There is a book 'Pakistan and World Affairs' by Shamshad Ahmad published by Jahangir Publishers. I think this book can be really handy for Pak Affairs as well as Current Affairs. So, have a look of this Book.

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No need to read whole syllabus, because 60 percent course is same like last year, we just need to focus on hot topics, because PA has become CA paper now. Daily dawn reader, can attempt such paper to the level of perfection, further you just need to read the backgrounds of the issues.

i agree with you hafiz mibashir . i want to ask can we uses Iqbal,s verses of poetry which are in persian, urdu etc in our notes????

I'm not sure about it, although I've seen some notes of the CSS passed candidates who had written and used verses of Iqbal in Persian or Urdu. I'm not good at quoting verses, so I never thought about this option and so not sure.
I hope that some other fellow will answer this question with a solid reason.

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bhai can you help me in preparation of notes on the pak affairs topic previous and current budgets of Pakistan

Can anyone suggest book for covering these topics.
agriculture
industry and
geo-strategic location of pakistan

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In order to crack pakistan affairs new syllabus, i would suggest you make an all-out effort. One book cannot be sufficient or good enough because the topics are of current affairs in nature and a book can give you just raw material thus, lacking up-to-date information and critical analysis. Try read magazines, newspapers etc and make your own notes that can benefit you in current affairs and a bit in essay as well. Imtiaz shahid's quarterly book on current affairs, magazines like current affairs digest by dr safdar mahmood, the economist, press review, world times, dawn newspape,r internet , etc can be helpful.

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