Current Affairs

Topics (3)

• 1
  Pakistan's Domestic Affairs

  20 marks — political, economic, social.

• 2
  Pakistan's External Affairs

  40 marks — relations with neighbours, Muslim world, USA, regional/international orgs.

• 3
  Global Issues

  40 marks — security, political economy, human rights, environment, terrorism, nuclear politics, Kashmir, Palestine.

The reading list straight from FPSC's revised Current Affairs syllabus. Build your core preparation around these texts — examiner-favoured references that questions are routinely drawn from.

1. 1

   Pakistan Foreign Policy 1947-2005: A Concise History

   Abdul Sattar

2. 2

   Issues in Pakistan's Economy

   Akbar S. Zaidi

3. 3

   Pakistan: A Hard Country

   Anatol Lieven

4. 4

   Government & Politics in South Asia

   Baxter, Malik, Kennedy & Oberst

5. 5

   Introduction to International Political Economy

   David Balaam & Bradford Dillman

6. 6

   International Organization

   Volker Rittberger, Bernhard Zangl, Andress Kruck

7. 7

   The Age of Deception: Nuclear Diplomacy in Treacherous Times

   Mohamed ElBaradei

8. 8

   International Relations

   Joshua Goldstein

9. 9

   World Politics: Trends & Transformation

   Kegley & Blanton

10. 10

    Pakistan Beyond the Crisis

    Maleeha Lodhi

11. 11

    Globalization in Question

    Paul Hirst

12. 12

    International Political Economy: Interests & Institutions in the Global Economy

    Thomas Oatley

13. 13

    Politics and Change in the Middle East

    Andersen, Seibert and Wagner

14. 14

    Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb

    Feroz Khan

15. 15

    Pakistan and World Affairs

    Shamshad Ahmad

16. 16

    World Times Magazine