CSS PAKISTAN AFFAIRS SYLLABUS (100 MARKS) Updated FPSC 2026
CSS Pakistan Affairs syllabus is most searched and in demand subject. It covers indepth history and ideology of Pakistan both pre partition and post partition.
I. Ideology of Pakistan
- Definition and elucidation
- Historical aspects
- Muslim rule in the Sub-Continent
- Its downfall
- Efforts for Renaissance
- Movements for reforms
- Shaikh Ahmad Sarhindi
- Shah Waliullah
- Sayyid Ahmad Shaheed
- Aligarh
- Deoband
- Nadwah
- Other educational institutions
- Sindh Madrassah
- Islamia College Peshawar
- Ideology of Pakistan in the light of speeches and statements of
- Allama Iqbal
- Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
II. Land and People of Pakistan
- Geography
- Society
- Natural resources
- Agriculture
- Industry
- Education
- Characteristics
- Trends
- Problems
III. Pakistan and Changing Regional Apparatus
IV. Nuclear Program of Pakistan
- Safety
- Security
- International concerns
V. Regional Cooperation Organizations and the Role of Pakistan
- SAARC
- ECO
- SCO
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. The 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. The Kashmir Issue
XXIV. The War in Afghanistan since 1979
- Impact on Pakistan
- 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
- Problems and performance of major sectors of economy
XXVII. Recent Constitutional and Legal Debates
- Latest constitutional amendments
- Important legislations
- Legal cases
- Role of higher courts
XXVIII. Prevailing Social Problems of Pakistan
- Strategies to deal with them
- Poverty
- Education
- Health
- Sanitation
FPSC RECOMMENDED BOOKS List for CSS PAKISTAN AFFAIRS SYLLABUS
| S. No. | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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