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Subject: Pakistan
Affairs

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Paper: Pakistan Affairs (100 Marks)

I. Ideology of Pakistan --- definition and elucidation, historical aspects:


Muslim rule in the Sub-Continent, its downfall and efforts for
Renaissance. Movements for reforms-- Shaikh Ahmad Sarhindi,
Shah Waliullah, Sayyid Ahmad Shaheed, Aligarh, Deoband, Nadwah,
and other educational institutions Sindh Madrassah and Islamia College
Peshawar. Ideology of Pakistan in the light of Speeches and statements
of Allama Iqbal and Quaid- i Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
II. Land and people of Pakistan ------- Geography, Society, Natural
resources, Agriculture, Industry and education with reference to
characteristics, trends and problems.
III. Pakistan and Changing Regional Apparatus
IV. Nuclear Program of Pakistan, its Safety and Security; International
Concerns
V. Regional Cooperation Organizations (SAARC, ECO, SCO) and the
Role of Pakistan
VI. Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan
VII. Economic Challenges in Pakistan
VIII. Non-Traditional Security Threats in Pakistan: Role of Non-State Actors
IX. Pakistan’s Role in the Region
X. The Palestine Issue
XI. Changing Security Dynamics for Pakistan: Challenges to National
Security of Pakistan
XII. Political Evolution Since 1971
XIII. Pakistan and US War on Terror
XIV. Foreign Policy of Pakistan Post 9/11
XV. Evolution of Democratic System in Pakistan
XVI. Ethnic Issues and National Integration
XVII. Hydro Politics; Water Issues in Domestic and Regional Context
XVIII. Pakistan’s National Interest
XIX. Challenges to Sovereignty
XX. Pakistan’s Energy Problems and their Effects
XXI. Pakistan’s Relations with Neighbors excluding India
XXII. Pakistan and India Relations Since 1947
XXIII. The Kashmir Issue
XXIV. The war in Afghanistan since 1979 and its impact on, and
challenges to Pakistan in the Post 2014 era.
XXV. Proxy Wars: Role of External Elements
XXVI. Economic Conditions of Pakistan, the Most Recent Economic
Survey, the Previous and Current Budgets, and the Problems and
Performance of Major Sectors of Economy.
XXVII. The Recent Constitutional and Legal Debates, the Latest
Constitutional Amendments and Important Legislations, Legal
Cases and the Role of Higher Courts.
XXVIII. The Prevailing Social Problems of Pakistan and the Strategies to Deal
with Them, Poverty, Education, Health and Sanitation.

SUGGESTED READINGS

S.No. Title Author


1. Federalism and Ethnic Adeney, Katharine. , New York:
Conflict Regulation in India Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
and Pakistan.
2. Labor, Democratization and Candland, Christopher,
Development in India and Pakistan. New York: Routledge, 2007.
3. Perception, Politics and Chari, P.R. at al, New York:
Security in South Asia: The Routledge, 2003.
Compound Crisis in 1990.
4. The Future of Pakistan. Cohen Stephen P. et al.
Washington: Brookings Institute
Press, 2011.
5. Frontline Pakistan: The Struggle Hussian, Zahid. New York:
with Militant Islam. I.B.Tauris, 2007.
6. Modern South Asia: History, Jalal, Aisha and Bose,
Culture, Political Economy. Sugata. New York:
Routledge, 1998.
7. Democracy and Authoritarianism in Jalal, Aisha, Cambridge:
South Asia. Cambridge University Press,
1995.
8. Conflict Between India and Lyon, Peter. California: ABC-
Pakistan: an Encyclopedia. CLIO, 2008.
9. Back to Pakistan: A Fifty Year Mass, Leslie Noyes. Plymouth:
Journey. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
2011.
10. Judging the State: Courts Newberg, Paula R.
and Constitutional Politics in Cambridge: Cambridge
Pakistan. University Press, 1995.
11. Pakistan: Manifest Destiny. Qureshi, Atiff. London: Epic Press,
2009.
12. Pakistan, America, and the Riedel, Bruce. Deadly Embrace:
Future of Global Jihad. Washington: Brookings Institute
Press, 2011.
13. Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan Schofield, Victoria.
and the Unending War. New York: I.B.Tauria, 2003.
14. Islamic Law and the Law of Shah, Niaz A. New York:
Armed Conflict: The Armed Routledge, 2011.
Conflict in Pakistan.
15. Making Sense of Pakistan. Shaikh, Farzana. New York:
Colombia
University Press, 2009.
16. A Brief History of Pakistan. Wynbrandt, James.
New York: Infobase Publishing, 2009.

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