Pakistan Affairs

Topics (28)

• 1
  Ideology of Pakistan

  Definition, historical aspects, Two-Nation Theory, Allama Iqbal, Quaid-e-Azam.

• 2
  Land and People of Pakistan

  Geography, society, natural resources, agriculture, industry, education.

• 3
  Pakistan and Changing Regional Apparatus
• 4
  Nuclear Program of Pakistan

  Safety, security, international concerns.

• 5
  Regional Cooperation Organizations

  SAARC, ECO, SCO and Pakistan's role.

• 6
  Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan
• 7
  Economic Challenges in Pakistan
• 8
  Non-Traditional Security Threats

  Role of non-state actors.

• 9
  Pakistan's Role in the Region
• 10
  The Palestine Issue
• 11
  Changing Security Dynamics for Pakistan
• 12
  Political Evolution Since 1971
• 13
  Pakistan and US War on Terror
• 14
  Foreign Policy of Pakistan Post 9/11
• 15
  Evolution of Democratic System in Pakistan
• 16
  Ethnic Issues and National Integration
• 17
  Hydro Politics; Water Issues
• 18
  Pakistan's National Interest
• 19
  Challenges to Sovereignty
• 20
  Pakistan's Energy Problems and their Effects
• 21
  Relations with Neighbors (excluding India)
• 22
  Pakistan-India Relations Since 1947
• 23
  The Kashmir Issue
• 24
  The War in Afghanistan Since 1979
• 25
  Proxy Wars: Role of External Elements
• 26
  Economic Conditions, Budgets, Major Sectors
• 27
  Constitutional and Legal Debates
• 28
  Prevailing Social Problems

  Poverty, education, health, sanitation.

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

1. 1

   Federalism and Ethnic Conflict Regulation in India and Pakistan

   Katharine Adeney

2. 2

   Labor, Democratization and Development in India and Pakistan

   Christopher Candland

3. 3

   Perception, Politics and Security in South Asia: The Compound Crisis in 1990

   P.R. Chari et al.

4. 4

   The Future of Pakistan

   Stephen P. Cohen et al.

5. 5

   Frontline Pakistan: The Struggle with Militant Islam

   Zahid Hussain

6. 6

   Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy

   Aisha Jalal and Sugata Bose

7. 7

   Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia

   Aisha Jalal

8. 8

   Conflict Between India and Pakistan: An Encyclopedia

   Peter Lyon

9. 9

   Back to Pakistan: A Fifty Year Journey

   Leslie Noyes Mass

10. 10

    Judging the State: Courts and Constitutional Politics in Pakistan

    Paula R. Newberg

11. 11

    Pakistan: Manifest Destiny

    Atiff Qureshi

12. 12

    Deadly Embrace: Pakistan, America, and the Future of Global Jihad

    Bruce Riedel

13. 13

    Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War

    Victoria Schofield

14. 14

    Islamic Law and the Law of Armed Conflict: The Armed Conflict in Pakistan

    Niaz A. Shah

15. 15

    Making Sense of Pakistan

    Farzana Shaikh

16. 16

    A Brief History of Pakistan

    James Wynbrandt

17. 17

    Powering Pakistan: Meeting Pakistan's Energy Needs in the 21st Century

    Robert M. Hathaway and Michael Kugelman

18. 18

    Pakistan's Energy Sector: From Crisis to Crisis — Breaking the Chain

    Zaid Alahdad