PST-601 Pakistan Studies (Compulsory) Credit Hours-02

Course Objectives:

The course framework is issue-oriented. It has many dimensions, the historical and ideological
background of Pakistan the process of governance and national development as well as the issues
arising in the modern, age and posing challenges to Pakistan. The course has been designed with a vision
that Pakistan Studies should open a window to future.
Course Outline

Historical Perspective

1. Concept of Ideology.
2. Ideology of Pakistan.
3. Ideological rationale with special reference to Sir Syed Ahmed Khan.
4. Ideological rationale with special reference to Allama Muhammad Iqbal.
5. Ideological rationale with special reference to Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
6. Factors leading to Muslim separatism.
7. People and Land.
8. Indus Civilization.
9. Muslim advent in Sub-continent or Advent of Islam in the Sub-continent.
10. Location and Geo-Physical features of Pakistan.

Government and Politics in Pakistan

Political and constitutional phases

1947-58, 1958-71, 1971-77, 1977-88, 1988-99, 1999 onward

Contemporary Pakistan

1. Economic institutions and issues

2. Society and social structure
3. Ethnicity
4. Foreign policy of Pakistan and challenges
5. Futuristic outlook of Pakistan

Suggested Readings

1. Burki, Shahid Javed. State & Society in Pakistan, The Macmillan Press Ltd 1980.
2. Akbar, S. Zaidi. Issue in Pakistan’s Economy. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2000.
3. S.M. Burke and Lawrence Ziring. Pakistan’s Foreign policy: An Historical
4. Analysis. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1993.
5. Mehmood, Safdar. Pakistan Political Roots & Development.Lahore, 1994.
6. Wilcox, Wayne.The Emergence of Banglades., Washington: American Enterprise, Institute of Public
Policy Research, 1972.
7. Mehmood, Safdar. Pakistan Kayyun Toota, Lahore: Idara-e-Saqafat-e-Islamia, Club Road, nd.
8. Amin, Tahir. Ethno - National Movement in Pakistan, Islamabad: Institute of Policy Studies,
Islamabad.
9. Ziring, Lawrence. Enigma of Political Development. Kent England: WmDawson & sons Ltd, 1980.
10. Zahid, Ansar. History & Culture of Sindh. Karachi: Royal Book Company, 1980.
11. Afzal, M. Rafique. Political Parties in Pakistan, Vol. I, II & III. Islamabad: National Institute of Historical
and cultural Research, 1998.
12. Sayeed, Khalid Bin. The Political System of Pakistan. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967.
13. Aziz, K.K. Party, Politics in Pakistan, Islamabad: National Commission on Historical and Cultural
Research, 1976.
14. Muhammad Waseem, Pakistan Under Martial Law, Lahore: Vanguard, 1987.
15. Haq, Noor ul. Making of Pakistan: The Military Perspective. Islamabad: National Commission on
Historical and Cultural Research, 1993.