Current Affairs CSS Syllabus
(100 MARKS)
Candidates will be expected to display such general knowledge of history, politics and International Affairs, as deemed necessary to interpret current affairs.
I. Pakistan’s Domestic Affairs (20 marks)
- Political
- Economic
- Social
II. Pakistan’s External Affairs (40 marks)
- Pakistan’s relations with its Neighbors (India, China, Afghanistan, Russia)
- Pakistan’s relations with the Muslim World (Iran, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia,
Turkey) - Pakistan’s relations with the United States
- Pakistan’s relations with Regional and International Organizations (UN, SAARC,
ECO, OIC, WTO, GCC)
III. 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
- International Trade (Doha Development Round and Bali Package)
- Cooperation and Competition in Arabian Sea, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
- Millennium Development Goals, Current Status
- Globalization
- Middle East Crisis
- Kashmir Issue
- Palestine Issue
SUGGESTED READINGS
| S.No. | Title | Author |
| 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 |
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