CSS Pakistan Affairs

Pakistan Affairs: solve past papers, quote various authors, learn quotations, draw maps and give fact and figures in your paper. Divide your Subject in various parts

In Pak Affairs,start with a quote then introductory paragraph + few more quotes then flow chart or table(if any) then conclusion and critical analysis plus quote at the end. For objective you can buy any good objective book.
For Pak Affairs: I.H Qureshi book is good. You can memorize some paragraphs from there and book of Pak Affairs by Star book depot is also helpful. Also quote from some other books in Quaid-e-Azam library Pak history section. Ikram Rabbani is another book I'd recommend.

You  can not make difference without diligence. A simple word for any success is “diligence”. But diligence can never out class smart work. So always think beyond the normal expectations of a common human being, plan everything in your life even if it is the Pakistan Affair paper, and then develop a strategy to accomplish that goal going all out for it.
A close analysis of course content and papers of last 5 years of Pak Affair shows that examiner has emphasized more on post independence era than pre partition events. Mode of paper was usually creative and you won’t find such questions in the course books. So a different strategy needs for Pak Affair paper. General categories of Pak affair paper are as follow with respect to frequency on the basis of last 5 years:
Personalities = 12%
Ideology = 8%
Pre Partition events = 35%
Constitutional Developments + Problems = 30%
Current Issues i.e Water = 7%
Misc = 8%
So to embark on homework one must avoid selective study since this is a competition and half prepared aspirant can’t win the game…….That s for sure. Organize a consolidated catalog of all questions, segregate them in different categories and read them thoroughly. Since most of the questions apart from few exceptions are tricky and need serious thought and a thought searching answer. An irrational answer will not serve the purpose and we will not achieve our objective.

Main emphasis should be laid on Pre Partition events and then so on with other categories. Select recommended books by the commission and read them in time frames. Such as when you are preparing 1900-1906 era, read from apiece book, more than ever Formative Phase by KBS, Emergence of Pakistan by CH M Ali etc Jinnah of Pakistan by Stanely Walpert or any useful book you hit upon appropriate, never read in disconnect sessions but in single session. Don’t make notes but note important points. You should extract important lines in exact words, make a separate register and write quotations of different authors. [Since in paper you have to write these quotations as “ Pakistan”, said Ziring in his book about Pakistan, “ is a state of idealogy………..] Read at least two to three recent but decent books on Pakistan and you should be au fait with the contemporary issues. Please don’t skip any topic how unimportant it  may be. And remember when you are preparing Pakistan Affair, don’t prepare extraneous paper alongwith. Choose a related subject that may provide you an extra help and vice versa. If possible study in group, and hold group discussions on each topic since a thing you learn through discussion will have a deep dent on your memory rather you read alone. And share out sections to each member of your group and ask him to give you lecture about that section or topic in a fully prepared class room style, black board, cross questioning, reasoning and understanding the motives and consequences of a particular event. Think what if this event happened in a different way what would be the situation. But that needs dedication and commitment and honesty among the group members otherwise that will be a mere waste of time.
For MCQs, do consult a good book but if you have planned for 20 out of 20 marks in this section, then you have to create your own database from books and from current affairs otherwise you will not be going to achieve your goal. Be  positive and don’t take CSS as a very big achievement in your life, it is just a test for job, That’s it. Say your prayers five times a day and be down to earth always.

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 Peshawae. 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 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, 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::

 1. Federalism and Ethnic Conflict Regulation in India and Pakistan. Adeney, Katharine. , New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

2. Labor, Democratization and Development in India and Pakistan. Candland, Christopher, New York: Routledge, 2007.

3. Perception, Politics and Security in South Asia: The Compound Crisis in 1990. Chari, P.R. at al, New York: Routledge, 2003.

4. The Future of Pakistan. Cohen Stephen P. et al. Washington: Brookings Institute Press, 2011.

 5. Frontline Pakistan: The Struggle with Militant Islam. Hussian, Zahid. New York: I.B.Tauris, 2007.

 6. Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy. Jalal, Aisha and Bose, Sugata. New York: Routledge, 1998.

 7. Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia. Jalal, Aisha, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.

8. Conflict Between India and Pakistan: an Encyclopedia. Lyon, Peter. California: ABC-CLIO, 2008.

 9. Back to Pakistan: A Fifty Year Journey. Mass, Leslie Noyes. Plymouth: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2011.

 10. Judging the State: Courts and Constitutional Politics in Pakistan. Newberg, Paula R. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.

11. Pakistan: Manifest Destiny. Qureshi, Atiff. London: Epic Press, 2009.

12. Pakistan, America, and the Future of Global Jihad. Riedel, Bruce. Deadly Embrace: Washington: Brookings Institute Press, 2011.

13. Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War. Schofield, Victoria. New York: I.B.Tauria, 2003.

 14. Islamic Law and the Law of Armed Conflict: The Armed Conflict in Pakistan. Shah, Niaz A. New York: Routledge, 2011.

 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.

17. Powering Pakistan: Meetings Pakistan Energy Needs in 21st Century Robert M. Hathaway and Michael Gugelman

18. Pakistan’s Energy Sector: From Crisis to Crisis-Breaking the Chain Zaid Alahdad

Also read & make points on the following topics::
A. Ancient History (712-1857)
B. Pre Partition (1857-1947)
C. Post Partition (1947- till current Era)
D. Current Scenario (Current issues, relations, problems and politics)

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