Pakistan Studies CSS Syllabus 2021
Table of Contents
(ACCORDING TO THE FPSC)
PAKISTAN Studies CSS Syllabus (COMPULSORY)
Total Marks – 100
I. The ideology of Pakistan;
- The 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. The 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;
- The 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 Economic Cooperation (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. 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. 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……………