CURRENT AFFAIRS CSS SYLLABUS 2025
Current affairs CSS syllabus requires in depth understanding of the Pakistan current internal and external issues with relevance to global issues e.g. changing world order.
CSS Current Affairs Examination by FPSC
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 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 Counterterrorism.
- 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.
FPSC RECOMMENDED BOOKS List for CURRENT AFFAIRS CSS SYLLABUS 2025
| 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, 2014–2015 | 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 |
| 15 | Pakistan and World Affairs | Shamshad Ahmad (Edition-2015) |
| 16 | World Times Magazine | … |
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