Current Affairs: Read news paper daily. Dawn and Express Tribune are best.
Go extensively through Jehangir World Time Monthly Magazine.
Solve Past Papers.
Draw Maps
Give fact and figures and charts in your papers.
Economic Survey ov Pakistan which can be downloaded from Pak govt website should be on your Finger Tips.
Also divide Current affairs in various parts such as National Issues, International issues, Relations, Personalities and Events that laid impact on World politics (i.e World Wars, cold war, era of Colonizations and Noe-Colonization).
PAPER: CURRENT AFFAIRS (100 MARKS)
For current affairs ,read Dawn + The Nation + The News + Current Affairs Digest + Newsweek + Times + Economist + World times (Jehangir book depot) + Contemporary Affairs by Imtiaz Shahid (read at least 3 latest editions) + The Khaleej Times + The Washington Post + The New York times.
For current affairs read some good columnists for example in Dawn read Tariq Fatemi, Sultan Khan in The Nation Shamshad Ali Khan in The News Shirin Mazari ,Ayaz Amir,Farrukh Saleem in The Daily Times read Hasan Askari Rizvi and Ejaz Haider(You can find these papers online)
Read columns and editorials in a newspaper.A great website for those people who want to read different columnists all in one place it is: http://www.pkcolumnist.com/
For current affairs read some good columnists for example in Dawn read Tariq Fatemi, Sultan Khan in The Nation Shamshad Ali Khan in The News Shirin Mazari ,Ayaz Amir,Farrukh Saleem in The Daily Times read Hasan Askari Rizvi and Ejaz Haider(You can find these papers online)
Read columns and editorials in a newspaper.A great website for those people who want to read different columnists all in one place it is: http://www.pkcolumnist.com/
Candidates will be expected to display such general knowledge of history, politics and International Affairs, as deemed necessary to interpret current affairs.
1. Pakistan's Domestic Affairs (20 marks)
A-Economic
B-Political
C-Social
2. Pakistan's External Affairs (40 marks)
A- Pakistan’s relations with its Neighbors (India, China, Afghanistan, Russia)
B- Pakistan’s relations with the Muslim World (Iran, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Turkey)
C- Pakistan’s relations with the United States
D- Pakistan’s relations with Regional and International Organizations (UN, SAARC, ECO, OIC, WTO, CW)
3. Global Issues (40 marks)
International Security International Political Economy§ Human Rights§ Environment: Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol, Copenhagen Accord§ Population: world population trends, world population policies§ Terrorism and Counter Terrorism§ Global Energy Politics§ Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear Security§ Nuclear Politics in South Asia§ Globalization§Millennium Development Goals, Current Status, § Cooperation and Competition in Arabian Sea, Indian and Pacific Oceans. § International Trade (Doha Development Round and Bali Package) § Middle East Crisis§ Kashmir Issue§ Palestine Issue§
SUGGESTED READINGS::
1. Pakistan Foreign Policy 1947-2005: A Concise History, 2011 Abdul Sattar,
2. Issue in Pakistan’s Economy, 2010 Akbar S. Zaidi
3. Pakistan: A Hard Country, 2012 Anatol Lieven
4. Government & Politics in South Asia, 6th ed., 2009 Baxter, Malik, Kennedy & Oberst,
5. Introduction to International Political Economy, 2010 David Balaam & Bradford Dillman
6. International Organization (Second Edition) 2012 Volker Rittberger, Bernhard Zangl and Andress Kruck
7. The Age of Deception: Nuclear Diplomacy in Treacherous Times (2011) Mohamed Elbaradei
8. International Relations, 2012 Joshua Goldstein
9. World Politics: Trends & Transformation, 2011 Kegley & Blanton
10. Pakistan Beyond the Crisis, 2011 Maleeha Lodhi
11. Globalization in Question, 2009 Paul Hirst
12. International Political Economy: Interests & Institutions in the Global Economy, 2010 Thomas Oatley 13. Politics and Change in the Middle East, 10th Ed., Pearson, 2012 Andersen, Seibert, and Wagner
14. Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb, (2012) Feroz Khan
Islamic Studies OR Comparative Study of Major Religions (For Non Muslims) (100): Avoid Stereotyped way of Studying and rather going through crammed material utilize your time by studying Friday Features. Watch more and more lectures of Zakir Naik and Javed Ahmed Ghamdi Sahb as they will be of best use when it will come to day of exam. Try and understand complex issues of religion as problem ov humanity, Muslim Ummah and their solution, Ijma and Qiyas, Islam being complete code of life. Solve Past papers at least 5 to 7 years. Learn Ahadith and Quranic Ayats (at least last 10 Surah of The Holy Quran).
Opt Islamiat in Urdu because it is more scoring and quot in Arabic. The length of answer should be about 4-7 pages.
For Islamiat there are many good books available in market. Try to read Islamic editions of various newspapers like Dawn and The Nation
For Islamiat there are many good books available in market. Try to read Islamic editions of various newspapers like Dawn and The Nation
Course content simply reveals that there must be questions about General teachings, beliefs, and Last ten Surah’s of The Holy Quran. ( Last two year’s papers tell otherwise……….A commanding answer about certain critical issues.FPSC is now thinking to discover the latent knowledge from Aspirants, and they are discouraging rote learning and simple questioning and every question will demand a very creative and logical answer ). So we have to face the music of creative thinking and logical reasoning. Be ready for that.
As everyone of you is aware of the pattern paper of Islamic studies it is a good idea to study thoroughly and completely with a petite concentration on facts and figures of Islamic teachings .Solve past papers but never rely on last year’s paper since there is only one thing is certain in CSS business and that is uncertainty. Get a good book on Islamic Encyclopedia and read that book at least once.
As for as mode of writing is concerned, it depends on your previous education, in either mode you can go.
Smart working lies in the preparation well in advance.
Read some good books (Of good Scholars) on these issues and just clear your concepts about Islamic point of view. There may be controversial issues and you may not be able to judge in between them. Then don’t try to pull the strings in one direction, just remain neutral and you can quote your incompetency since you are not supposed to give an authoritative judgment about issues. And please set aside your sect for a while, and be a humble and logically reasoned muslim. “Islami Nazria-e-Hayyat” by Porf Khurshid Ahamd is strongly recommended book for clear concepts about Islamic systems. Make a habit to learn one Verse (Ayah) daily, and write it in your register dedicated to Islamic study under definite heading. Like you learn a verse about Woman, so write in Woman portion, try to remember it by Surah No and Verse No alongwith translation. Do study Friday feature in Jang urdu, and cut the useful articles and segregate them accordingly.
As everyone of you is aware of the pattern paper of Islamic studies it is a good idea to study thoroughly and completely with a petite concentration on facts and figures of Islamic teachings .Solve past papers but never rely on last year’s paper since there is only one thing is certain in CSS business and that is uncertainty. Get a good book on Islamic Encyclopedia and read that book at least once.
As for as mode of writing is concerned, it depends on your previous education, in either mode you can go.
Smart working lies in the preparation well in advance.
Read some good books (Of good Scholars) on these issues and just clear your concepts about Islamic point of view. There may be controversial issues and you may not be able to judge in between them. Then don’t try to pull the strings in one direction, just remain neutral and you can quote your incompetency since you are not supposed to give an authoritative judgment about issues. And please set aside your sect for a while, and be a humble and logically reasoned muslim. “Islami Nazria-e-Hayyat” by Porf Khurshid Ahamd is strongly recommended book for clear concepts about Islamic systems. Make a habit to learn one Verse (Ayah) daily, and write it in your register dedicated to Islamic study under definite heading. Like you learn a verse about Woman, so write in Woman portion, try to remember it by Surah No and Verse No alongwith translation. Do study Friday feature in Jang urdu, and cut the useful articles and segregate them accordingly.
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