Pak Affairs

• Ideology of Pakistan. Definition and elucidation, historical aspects. Muslim rule in the Sub-continent, its downfall and efforts for Renaissance. Movements for reforms: Sheikh Ahmad  Sarhindi, Shah Waliullah, Sayyid  Ahmad  Shaheed, Aligarh, Deoband, Nadwah, and other educational institutions. Sindh Madrassah and Islamia College Peshawar. Ideology of Pakistan in the light of Speeches and statements of Allama Iqbal and Quaid e Azam Muhammad  Ali Jinnah.

• Land   and   people   of   Pakistan. Geography, Society, Natural resources, Agriculture, Industry  and education with reference to characteristics, trends and problems.

• Pakistan and Changing Regional Apparatus.

• Nuclear Program of Pakistan, its Safety and Security; International  Concerns.

• Regional Economic Cooperation (SAARC,ECO,SCO) and the Role of Pakistan.

• Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan.

• Economic Challenges in Pakistan.

• Non-Traditional Security Threats in Pakistan: Role of Non-State Actors.

• Pakistan’s Role in the Region.

• Palestine Issue.

• Changing Security Dynamics for Pakistan: Challenges to National Security of Pakistan.

• Pakistan and US War on Terror.

• Foreign Policy of Pakistan Post 9/11.

• Evolution of Democratic System in Pakistan.

• Ethnic Issues and National Integration.

• Hydro Politics ; Water Issues in Domestic and Regional Context.

• Pakistan’s National Interest.

• Challenges to Sovereignty.

• Pakistan’s Energy Problems and their Effects.

• Pakistan’s Relations with Neighbors excluding India.

• Pakistan and India Relations Since 1947.

• Kashmir Issue.

• The war in Afghanistan since 1979 and its impact on, and challenges to Pakistan, in the Post 2014 era.

• Proxy Wars, Role of External Elements.

• Economic Conditions of Pakistan, the Most Recent Economic Survey, the Previous and Current Budgets,  and the Problems and Performance of Major Sectors of Economy.

• The Recent Constitutional and Legal Debates, the Latest Constitutional Amendments and Important Legislation, Legal Cases and the Role of Higher Courts.

• The Prevailing Social Problems of Pakistan and the Strategies to Deal with Them, Poverty, Education, Health and Sanitation.