ECONOMIC ISSUES OF PAKISTAN

BS COMMERCE III

Total Marks: 100 Total Hours: 3

Period: 03 per week Objective: 20 Marks (20%) 30 mint
Total Hours: Subjective: 80 Marks (80%) 3 Hrs.

Detail of course contents

(Economics issues of Pakistan)

FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 2019

Contacts DAYS
Weeks Topic and Detail of Topic
Hours.

1 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:
1.1 Meaning of Economic Growth and Development 5TH SEP – 7TH SEP
and the Difference 3 HOURS
1.2 Significance of Development Economics;
1.3 Factors of Economic Development (General)
1st week 1.4 Factors of Economic Development w.r.t to
Pakistan; Various Measures / Strategies to
enhance Economic Growth

1 HOUR 12TH SEP,2019

TEST

2ND WEEK
2 AGRICULTURAL ISSUES:
2.1 Food security; Productivity of Land 13TH SEP-14TH SEP
2.2 Non-Farm employment Opportunities 2 HOUR
2.3 Forest and Water Management

2.4 Price Support Policy TH TH

2.5 Agricultural Inputs and their impact on Cost of 2 HOURS 19 SEP-20 SEP
Production
3RD WEEK
 1 HOUR 21ST SEP
TEST

3 INDUSTRIAL ISSUES:
3.1 Large Scale 26TH SEP – 28TH SEP
4TH WEEK
3.2 SME and Cottage Industry
1.5
3.3 Export Industry vs Import Substitution HOURS
3.4 Public-Private partnership
3.5 Industrial Policy

4 OTHER VITAL CHALENGES /

ISSUES OF THE ECONOMY:
4.1 Minerals and Mining
4.2 Energy Resources
4.3 Transport: Issues - Air, Railways; Roads; Sea;
Farms to Market Roads; Communication
1.5
4.4 Education and Skill Development: Issues; Basic HOURS
Education; Vocational and Technical; Higher
Education;
 FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2019

Weeks Topic and Detail of Topic Contacts DAYS

Hours.

4.5 Health: Issues in Health Sector; Environmental

pollution and Human Health; Housing: Issues
1ST week and Remedies
4.6 Poverty: Definitions; measurement and
2 HOURS
alleviation strategies; HDI (Human Development
Index) 3RD OCT – 4TH
OCT
4.7 Energy Crisis in Pakistan: Current Scenario;
Energy as a Backbone of an Economy (Real
Market); Causes of Energy Fiasco (Historical
and Political Perspective); Measures to Improve

TEST 1 HOUR 5TH OCT

2nd week
5 FOREIGN TRADE:
5.1 Foreign Trade and Balance of payments
5.1.1 Import and exports
5.2 Direction of Trade
10TH OCT – 12TH
5.3 Classification of Imports and Exports 3 HOURS OCT
5.4 Terms of trade
5.5 Rectification of BOP; Bilateral and Multi-lateral
Trade

3RD
WEEK 6 MAJOR MACRO ECONOMIC ISSUES
AND POLICIES
17TH OCT – 19TH
6.1 Federal Budget and Fiscal Policy OCT
6.2 Public Debt (External) and Debt Management
3 HOURS
Strategies of Pakistan
6.3 Monetary Policy and Inflation

MID TERM 21st -26th

4TH
OCTOBER
WEEK
 FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER

Weeks Topic and Detail of Topic Contacts DAYS

Hours.

1st week STUDENT WEEK 4TH -9TH

NOVEMBER

7 OTHER CONTEMPORARY ISSUES

OF PAK ECONOMY
2ND
WEEK 7.1 Terrorism, and Terrorism Financing
7.2 Money Laundering 14TH NOV – 16TH
2 HOURS NOV
7.3 Brain Drain
7.4 Trade Policies

TEST 1 HOUR
7.5 Services Industry
3RD 7.6 Higher Education
21ST NOV – 22ND
WEEK 2 HOURS NOV
7.7 Energy Crises
7.8 Governance and Accountability etc.

PRESENTATIONS 1 HOUR 23RD NOV

4th week
8 INTERNATIONAL SCENARIO:
8.1 WTO and Pakistan 28TH NOV – 30TH
3 HOURS
8.2 SAFTA and Regional Cooperation NOV

FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, 2019

 Weeks Topic and Detail of Topic Contacts Days
Hours.

8.3 Role of Direct Foreign Investment in Economic

1ST Growth of Pakistan 5TH DEC – 7TH
WEEK 3 HOURS DEC
8.4 International Financial and Economic System and
its Implications for Pakistan

2ND TESTS 1 HOUR 12TH DEC

2 HOURS 13TH DEC – 14TH
WEEK PRESENTATIONS DEC

3RD REINFORCEMENT 3 HOURS