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ISLAMIYAT
I. Introduction to Islam.

1. Concept of Islam. Importance of Din in Human Life. Difference between Din and Religion. Distinctive
Aspects of Islam. ****
2. Islamic Worships: Spiritual, Moral and Social Impact. ****
II. Study of Sirah of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) as Role Model for ****
Individual, Diplomat, Educator, Military Strategist, Peace Maker
III. Human Rights & Status of Woman in Islam
1. Human Rights and Status of Woman in Islam ****
2. Dignity of Men and Women
IV. Islamic Civilization and Culture ****
1. Meanings and the Vital Elements, Role in Development of Human Personality and Community,
Characteristics of Islamic Civilization and Impact of Islamic Civilization on the West and Vice Versa ****
V. Islam and the World.
1. Muslim World and the Contemporary Challenges and the Role of Islam in the Modern World ****
VI. Public Administration and Governance in Islam (Administrative System)
1. Concept of Public Administration,Governance Good Governance (Quranic Guidance on

them)

Applications in the light of Quran, Sunnah and Fiqh ****

2. Governance Structure in Islam (Shura, Legislation, Sources of Islamic Law Procedure of Ijma and
Ijtihad)
3. Governance under Pious Khilafat
4. Particular letters of Hazrat Umar (R.A) and Hazrat Ali (R.A) to different Authority and Responsibilities
of Civil Servants ****
5. System of Accountability(Hisbah) in Islam ****
VII. Islamic Code of Life.
Salient Features of Islamic System
1. Political System ****
2. Economic System ****
3. Judicial System ****
Key:

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** Important

*** Very Important **** Recommended

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CURRENT AFFAIRS IMPORTANT

AREAS
I.

Pakistan's Domestic Affairs (20 marks)

Same as of Pakistan Affairs
II. Pakistan's External Affairs (40 marks)
1. Pakistans relations with its Neighbors (India, China, Afghanistan)
2. Pakistans relations with the Muslim World (Iran, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Turkey)
3. Pakistans relations with the United States and Russia
III. Global Issues (40 marks)
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International Political Economy _ General

Environment: Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol, Copenhagen Accord
Population: World population trends, world population policies
Global Energy Politics and Pakistans Energy Problems and their Effects
Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear Security ,Nuclear Politics in South Asia and Nuclear

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Program of Pakistan, its Safety and Security; International Concerns

Cooperation and Competition in Arabian Sea, Indian and Pacific Oceans
Middle East Crisis
Kashmir Issue
Palestine Issue

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PAKISTAN AFFAIRS IMPORTANT

AREAS
2. Muslim rule in the Sub-Continent, its downfall and efforts for Renaissance
a. Movements for reforms-Shaikh Ahmad Sarhindi, Shah Waliullah, Sayyid Ahmad
Shaheed,
b. Educational Movements-Aligarh, Deoband, Nadwah, Sindh Madrassah and Islamia
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6.

College Peshawar
Pakistan and Changing Regional Apparatus General
Regional Cooperation Organizations (SAARC,ECO,SCO) and the Role of Pakistan
Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan
Economic Challenges in Pakistan, Economic Conditions of Pakistan, the Most Recent
Economic Survey, the Previous and Current Budgets, and the Problems and Performance

of Major Sectors of Economy

7. Non-Traditional Security Threats in Pakistan: Role of Non-State Actors and Changing
Security Dynamics for Pakistan: Challenges to National Security of Pakistan- Challenges
to Sovereignty
8. Pakistan and Changing Regional Apparatus and Pakistans Role in the Region General
9. Evolution of Democratic System in Pakistan and Political Evolution Since 1971
10. Pakistan and US War on Terror and Foreign Policy of Pakistan Post 9/11
11. Ethnic Issues and National Integration
12. Hydro Politics: Water Issues in Domestic and Regional Context
13. Pakistans National Interest: Economic,Diplomatic,Strategic,Security,other(Vital, Important,
Peripheral) General
14. The War in Afghanistan since 1979 and its impacts on and challenges to Pakistan in the
Post 2014 era
15. Proxy Wars: Role of External Elements General
16. The Recent Constitutional and Legal Debates, the Latest Constitutional amendments and
Important Legislations, Legal Cases and the Role of Higher Courts.
17. The Prevailing Social Problems of Pakistan and the Strategies to Deal with Them, Poverty,
Education, Health and Sanitation and Millennium Development Goals, Current Status

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