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ENGLISH ESSAY
Understand the topic. Figure out whether you are good in Philosophical type essays or current affair
based.
Don’t JUST attempt the one about which you have read something , If you could not understand its
1 true dimension and demand .
Understanding completely will land you in the safe zone. Don’t rush. Take time to understand.
Better Writing now Francine D.Galko Learning Express
English Essay
How to write good essays Lauren Starkey Learning Express
ENGLISH PRECIS
High School
English Grammar and Wren and Martin OXFORD
composition
Polymer English Grammar Chishty,
Polymer
2 English Precis and Composition for B.A B. A. R. A. Khan , S. A. Hamid
Exploring the world of
Syed Saadat Ali shah ILMI
English
Vocabulary SAT or GAT books
Challenging Vocublary Redspot Publishers
GENERAL SCIENCE AND ABILITY
Prof.Muhammad Akram
General Science & Ability
Kashmiri
JWT General Science
Mian Shafiq World times
General Scince and Ability
3
and ability Encyclopedia of EDS Dr.Rab Nawaz
GMAT, GAT, SAT for
ability
portion
PAKISTAN AFFAIRS
Constitutional and
Political HAMID KHAN OXFORD
Development of Pakistan
Concise history of
M.R.Kazimi OXFORD
Pakistan
Pakistan : A hard country Aatol Leivin OXFORD
4 PAK. AFFAIRS The Future of Pakistan Stephen Cohen Brookings
Columbia University
Making Sense of Pakistan Farzana Sheikh
Press
Pakistan Enduring
Christine Fair
Challenges
Pakisan: Beyond the crisis
Maleeha Lodhi OXFORD
state

CURRENT AFFAIRS

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Useful Links:-
http://thediplomat.com/
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/
http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/
http://cscr.pk/
http://carnegieendowment.org/
https://www.usip.org/
http://www.criterion-quarterly.com/
5 C.Affairs http://www.belfercenter.org/
https://www.cfr.org/
Pakistan Enduring
Christine Fair
Challenges
Foreign Policy of
Abdul Sattar OXFORD
Pakistan
Modern South Asia Ayesha Jalal
The China Pakistan Axis Andrew Small
Policy of Parlimentary Affairs Journal
Dawn, The Diplomat, The Economist, Pildat
ISLAMIC STUDIES
ISLAM ITS MEANING
The islamic
AND Prof. Khursheed
foundation
MESSAGE
Hafiz Karim Dad
Islamic Studies
Chughtai
Introduction to islam Hamidullah
6 Islamic Studies
Islam at the cross road Allama Muhmmad Asad
Sealed nectar( Safi-ur- Rehman
Dar -us- Salam
Life of Holy Prophet) Al-Mubarakpurri
Islamiat O-Levels
Topic related discussions of
Dr. Israr and Javed Ghamidi could be helpful to an extent

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

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JOHN. BAYLISS,Patricia
Globalization of
Owens,
World Politics
and Steve Smith
International
Joshua.S.Goldstein PEARSON
Relations
World Politics: Trend and
Charles W. Kegley Jr Paperback
Transformation
How the world works:
International
1 A Brief Survey of Russel Bova
Relations
International Relations
International Relations
Robert jackson OXFORD
theories and approaches
Foreign Policy of
Abdul Sattar OXFORD
Pakistan
Understanding
International Chris Brown
Relations
INTERNATIONAL LAW
International Law DR. H.O. Agarwal
International Law J.G Starke
International Law Malcolm Shaw
International
2 International Law Kapoor
Law
International Law L.N.TANDON A.H.PUBLISHERS
https://sites.google.com/site/walidabdulrahim/
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLhJY-ribaZKB0CsF2pU4pzCM0Uu0wVzr
USA HISTORY
History of The United
MAJUMDAR
States of America
The USA 1917-1980 Nigel Smith
A People’s History of the
Harper & Row;
United Howard Zinn
HarperCollins
3 USA History States
The American Journey
Outline of US History by US Department of State in the US History Head
https://archive.org/details/OutlineOfUSHistory
http://www.ushistory.org/
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx5B22t2Ksu0Sj1bK0yjZbJBXnineoxWD
CRIMINOLOGY
An introduction to
Roger Hopkins Burke Willian Publishing
Criminology theory
4 Criminology
http://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780195387322/chapter1/flashcards/
http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415628945/questions.asp?unit=1

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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Environmental
Botkin Pearson
Sciences
Enviromental
Science:
Taylor Miller
Working with the
Environmental Earth
5
Sciences Enviromental Science Mian Sons
Official Website www.environment.
of Govt. of Pakistan gov.pk
Official Website of
UN www.unep.org
Environment
SOCIOLOGY
Sociology Horton and Hunt
Sociology Abdul Hameed Taga
Down to earth
James Henslin
6 Sociology Soiciology
Sociology-13th ED John J Macionis
Sociology Richard Schaefer
Sociology Amal Sajjad , Jawad Tariq
GENDER STUDIES

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Gender Studies Sujata Sen PEARSON

50 key concepts in
jane Pilcher
Gender Studies
Theories of Women Eds., Bowles. Gloria and
Studies Renate D. Klein
Women of Pakistan:
Two Steps Forward, Mumtaz,Khawar&
Gender One Shaheed, Farida(1987)
7 Step Back
Studies
Gender Studies Amanullah Gondal
Basic Statistics related to
women unemployment/ employment/ violence (UN data,
newspapers)
Youtube videos on the Suffrage Movement and the waves of
Feminism
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Report
PSYCHOLOGY
Essentials of
Understanding Robert S. Feldman
8 Psychology Psychology
Clinical Psychology Rakshanda
TOWN PLANNING AND URBAN MANAGEMENT
Urban Planning
Town planning Theory and Practice M.Pratap Rao
9 and urban
management Urban Growth Management for Sustainable Urbanization
(Examples from Asia Pacific Region)Research Papers
ANTHROPOLOGY

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Cultural Anthropology:
The William A. Haviland
Human Challenge
Essentials of Cultural
G. Bailey
Anthropology
Anthropology:
10 Anthropology Appreciating Phillip Kottak
Human Diversity
Anthropology William A. Haviland
Pakistani Society Akbar S. ahmed
Introduction to
Anthropology of Brian moris OXFORD
Religion
ECONOMICS
The Economy of
Khawaja Amjad Saeed OXFORD
Pakistan
Principles of
Mankiw
Microeconomic
11 Economics Principles of
Mankiw
Macroeconomic
Development Economics Todaro
Issues in Pakistan ‘s
Akbar S.Zaidi
Economy
PUNJABI
Dungian Sochaan Akhtar Hussain Jehangir Publishers
12 Punjabi Qamar Husnain Qadri
PUNJAB RANG
& Faisal Hayat Jappa
GEOGRAPHY
Human Geography De Blij
Physical Geography De Blij
13 Geography
Comprehensive
Jahangir Sanpal
Geography
EUROPEAN HISTORY
Mastering modern
Stuart Miller Palgrave Master Series
European History
European
14 A History of Modern
History
Europe H.L.Peacock
(1789-1991)
Political Science

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Political Thought
: From Plato to the M. Judd Harmon McGraw-Hill,
Present
Muslim Political Thought Muhammad Aslam Chaudhry Publishers Emporium
Political Science: Theory
and Mazhar-ul-Haq Bookland
Practice
15 Political Science
Constitutional and
Political Hamid Khan, Advocate OXFORD
History of Pakistan
Politics Among Nations:
The
Hans J. Morgenthau,
Struggle for Power and
Peace
Muslim Law & Jurisprudece
Muslim Law &
Aatir Rizvi Jahangir Books
Jurisprudence
An Introduction to the
16 Muslim Law
Study of Dr. Hussain Hamid Hassan
Islamic Law
Islamic Law of Inheritance Hamid Khan, Advocate
Agri-Forestry
17 Agri-Forestry Agri-Forestry Akhtar Abbas
Constitutional Law
Comparative
Hamid Khan & M.W. Rana
Constitutional Law
Constituitional
18 Constitutional & Political
Law
History Hamid Khan , Advocate OXFORD
of Pakistan
Accountancy and Audit
Principles of Accounting,
Sohail Afzal
and Advanced
Walter B. Meigs, Robert F.
Financial Accounting
Accountancy Meigs
19
and Audit Principles of Accounting,
and Advanced M.A Ghani and Ejaz
Accounting
Advanced Auditing Prof. Dr. Khuaja Amjad Seed
Business Administration

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Principles of
Kotler and Armstrong
marketing
Principles of
Stephen Robbins
Management
Principles of Finance Gitman
Principles of
Business Raturi and Amitabh
20 Operation Management
Administration
Supply Chain Sunil Chopra and
Management Peter Meindl
Operation Management Jay Heizer, Render
Virtual university notes for Human Resource management
Human resource
Gary Dessler, Biju Varkey
management
Public Administration
Public Administration with
special reference to Dr. Sultan Khan
Public Pakistan
21
Administration
New York, Ronald
Public Administration By John M. Pfiffner
Press Company
Philosophy
Philosophy Made Simple Richard Popkin
Islamic Philosophy M. Saeed Sheikh
A History of Muslim
22 Philosophy M. M. Sharif (SPECIFIC Topics)
Philosophy. Volume I & II
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (plato.stanford.edu).
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (www.iep.utm.edu).
Physics
Fundamentals of
Halliday Resnick Krane
Physics
Microelectroics circuts Sedra Smith OXFORD
Quantum Physics Bieser
Quantum Mechanics David Miller
23 Physics
Solid State Physics Robert F Pierret
Physics Krane and Resnick
Electromagnetics Sadiku
Thermodynamics Easetop and McConkey
Graduation Books Majeed Sons
History of Pakistan and India

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MUSLIM CIVILIZATION
S.M.Ikram
OF INDO- PAKISTAN
Advance history of
Majumdar
History of Inida
24 pakistan and Pakistan : The formative
India K.B.Sayeed OXFORD
Phase
Constitutional & Political
History Hamid Khan, Advocate OXFORD
of Pakistan

Pushto
Pohanna Sahar Katoze
25 Pushto Pukhto Adab sa De Sahar Yousafzai
Pashto (urdu edition) Hanif Khalil
Mercantile Law
Companies Ordinance Mirza Munawwar Hussain
Mercentile Law M.C.Kucchal
26 Mercantile Law Business law khalid cheema
Company law Lauqman baig
Bare Acts Govt. of Pakistan
URDU Literature
Urdu Adab ki mukhtasir
Sohail Bhatti
Tareen Tareekh
27 Urdu Literature
Urdu Adab Amjad Ali Shakir
Ghubar-e-khatir Abul Kalam Azad
Zoology
28 Zoology Zoology 4th Edition Miller and Harley
British History
Part-1
History of England PC Thomas
Modern British History Norman Lowe
29 British History Part-2
English History 1914-1945 Taylor
For preparing portion regarding Thatcher govt. , Modern Labour, 9/11 policy,
Cameron era and his policies , Consult The Economist, Guradian.com and other
reliable sources.
Important note for all subjects:-
NOTE: Internet is the key to cover topics that are not covered by books.
Internet will remain helpful for all subjects (Both Compulsory and Optionals )and must be utilized in a proper
way. Youtube videos give great insight.

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