PAKISTAN AFFAIRS CSS Syllabus
PAKISTAN AFFAIRS CSS Syllabus 2016: Candidates will be expected to display knowledge and understanding of Ideology and history of Pakistan, Economic and technological challenges, land and people, social and international problems nation is facing
- Pakistan’s Energy Problems and their Effects
- Challenges to Sovereignty
- Pakistan’s National Interest
- Hydro Politics ; Water Issues in Domestic and Regional Context
- Ethnic Issues and National Integration
- Changing Security Dynamics for Pakistan: Challenges to National Security of Pakistan
- Palestine Issue
- Pakistan’s Role in the Region
- Non-Traditional Security Threats in Pakistan: Role of Non-State Actors
- Economic Challenges in Pakistan
- Pakistan and Changing Regional Apparatus
- Nuclear Program of Pakistan, its Safety and Security; International Concerns
- Regional Economic Cooperation (SAARC,ECO,SCO) and the Role of Pakistan
- Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan
- 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 Peshawae. Ideology of Pakistan in the light of Speeches and statements of Allama Iqbal and Quaid- i Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
- Land and people of Pakistan------- Geography, Society, Natural resources, Agriculture, Industry and education with reference to characteristics, trends and problems.
- Political Evolution Since 1971
- Pakistan and US War on Terror
- Foreign Policy of Pakistan Post 9/11
- Evolution of Democratic System in Pakistan
- Pakistan’s Relations with Neighbors excluding India
- Pakistan and India Relations Since 1947
- Kashmir Issue
- The war in Afghanistan since 1979 and its impact on, and challenges to Pakistan, in the Post 2014 era.
- Proxy Wars: Role of External Elements
- Economic Conditions of Pakistan, the Most Recent Economic Survey, the Previous and Current Budgets, and the Problems and Performance of Major Sectors of Economy.
- The Recent Constitutional and Legal Debates, the Latest Constitutional Amendments and Important Legislations, Legal Cases and the Role of Higher Courts.
- The Prevailing Social Problems of Pakistan and the Strategies to Deal with Them, Poverty, Education, Health and Sanitation.