Specific Objectives of course:
- To develop vision of Historical Perspective, Government, Politics, Contemporary Pakistan, ideology of Pakistan.
- To study the process of governance, national development, issues arising in the modern age and posing challenges to Pakistan.
Course Outline:
- Historical Perspective
- Ideological rationale with special reference to Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Allama Muhammad Iqbal and Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
- Factors leading to Muslim separatism
- People and Land
- Indus Civilization
- Muslim advent
- Location and Geo-Physical features.
- Government and Politics in Pakistan
Political and constitutional phases:
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- 1947-58
- 1958-71
- 1971-77
- 1977-88
- 1988-99
- 1999-2008
- 2008-onward
- Contemporary Pakistan
- Economic institutions and issues
- Society and social structure
- Ethnicity
- Foreign policy of Pakistan and challenges
- Futuristic outlook of Pakistan
Recommended Books:
- Burki, Shahid Javed. State & Society in Pakistan, The Macmillan Press Ltd 1980.
- Akbar, S. Zaidi. Issue in Pakistan’s Economy. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Mehmood, Safdar. Pakistan Kayyun Toota, Lahore: Idara-e-Saqafat-e-Islamia, Club Road,
- Sayed, Khalid Bin. The Political System of Pakistan. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967.
- Haq, Noor ul. Making of Pakistan: The Military Perspective. Islamabad: National Commission on Historical and Cultural Research, 1993.
