DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY LAHORE

COURSE HANDBOOK

1 Course Title Ethnicity and Conflict in Pakistan

2 Course Code PS-3203
3 Credit Hours 03
4 Semester 06
5 Course Leader
7 Contact Hours (Theory) 3 hours per week
8 Contact Hours (Lab) Not Applicable
9 Course Objectives
1. To develop a comprehensive understanding of Ethnicity and its various
connotations.
2. To study the rise and emergence of ethnicity and the ensued conflict.
3. To study various ethno-national issues and movements in Pakistan and their
implications for federation of Pakistan.
4. To study the response of the state of Pakistan to the ethnic conflicts.
10 Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, students would be able to understand:

1. The concept of ethnicity; its growth, significance, types and dynamics.

2. Role of ethnicity with various ideologies.
3. Various ethnic issues in Pakistan, their genesis and their impact.
4. State Response to the ethnic conflicts.
5. Means and ways through which ethnic conflicts can be addressed and
managed.
6. Measures through which national integration can be promoted

12 Course Contents
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 • Theoretical Perspective of Ethnicity
• Ethnicity and Various Ideologies
• Ethnicity and Conflict in Pakistan
• Ethnicity and National Integration
• State’s response to Ethnic Conflicts

13 Outline of Weekly Lectures & Reading List

Theoretical Perspective of Ethnicity
• Growth and Significance
• Theories of Ethnicity
• Characteristics of Ethnic Groups
• Types of Ethnic Groups
Week 1-3 • Dynamics of Ethno-Nationalism

Ethnicities in Various Ideologies

Week 4
• Ethnic Identity and Role of Ideology
• Socialism
Ethnicities in Various Ideologies
• Capitalism/Democracy
• Nationalism
Week 5
Ethnicity and Conflict in Pakistan
• Variables leading to Conflict in Pakistan
Week 6

Ethnicity and Conflict in Pakistan

• Case Study of Pakistan:
o East Pakistan
Week 7-8 o Balochistan

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 Week 9 Ethnicity and Conflict in Pakistan
• Case Study of Pakistan:
o Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
o Sindh

Ethnicity and Conflict in Pakistan

Week 10 • Case Study of Pakistan:
o Hazara (KPK)
o Siraiki

Mid Semester Test/Class Quiz

Week 11
Ethnicity and National Integration
• State’s Response to Ethnic Conflicts in Pakistan
Week 12

Ethnicity and National Integration

• State’s Response to Ethnic Conflicts in Pakistan

Week 13

Ethnicity and National Integration

• State’s Response to Ethnic Conflicts in Pakistan

Week 14

Week 15-16 Ethnicity and National Integration

• Strategies to minimize Ethnic Conflicts in Pakistan

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 14 Assessment Policy

The assessment of this module shall have following evaluation components:

• Semester Work 30% 30 Marks
• Mid Term Test 20% 20 Marks
• Final Examination 50% 50 Marks

The minimum pass marks for each course are 50%.

Attendance Policy:

o Attendance must be at least 80% to be eligible to appear in the final examinations of a semester.
Assessment Strategy (Term Paper):
Sr. Main Topics Percentage
No.
1. Material 25%
2. Comprehension 25%
3. Analysis 25%
4. Critical Discourse 15%
5. Referencing & Bibliography 10%

Assessment Strategy Bloom’s Taxonomy led Rubric (Answer Scripts Evaluation):

Leve Bloom’s Inquisitive Words Year & Weightage
l Taxonomy Semester
1. Knowledge: Define, Identify, (Y1S1&2) 1. 70% Content
Describe, Explain, 2. 15% Analysis
Illustrate, State, 3. 15% Critical
Examine, & Discourse
Enumerate,
2. Understand: Summarize, Compare, (Y2S3 &4) 1. 70% Content
Contrast, Relate, 2. 15% Analysis
Discuss, Distinguish, 3. 15% Critical
Delineate, Discourse
3. Apply: Sketch out, Articulate, (Y2 S4) 1. 50% Content
Discover, Major 2. 20% Apply
Demonstrate, Involve. Political 3. 15% Analysis
Science 4. 15% Critical
Discourse
4. Comprehension Sketch out, Articulate, (Y3S5) 1. 50% Content
: Discover, 2. 20% Analysis
Demonstrate, Involve. 3. 20% Critical
Discourse
4. 10%
Comprehension

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 5. Analyze: Contrast, Connect, (Y3S6) 1. 50% Content
Relate, Devise, 2. 30% Analysis
Correlate, Illustrate, 3. 20% Critical
Conclude, Categorize, Discourse
Differentiate,
Conclude, Devise,

6. Evaluate: Criticize, Defend, (Y4S7) 1. 40% Content

Appraise, Argue 2. 30% Analysis
3. 30% Critical
Discourse
7. Create: Design, Develop, (Y4S8) 1. 40% Content
Write, Formulate, 2. 20% Analysis
Imagine 3. 20% Critical
Discourse
4. 20% Creative

Recommended Books:

• A Feroz, Pakistan: Ethnic Fragmentation or National Integration? 1996

• Gulshan Majeed, “Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflict in Pakistan”, Journal of Political

Studies, 1 (2): 51-63, 2010

• Ayesha Shahzad, The issues of Ethnicity in Pakistan (1972-85) Islamabad Higher

Education Commission, 2007

• James G Kellas, The Politics of Nationalism and Ethnicity (New York: McMillian Press,
1991)

• Cynthia H. Enole, Ethnic Conflict and Political Development (New York, Little Brown
& Co, 1973)

• Feroze Ahmed, Ethnicity and Politics in Pakistan (Karachi: Oxford University Press,
1999)

• Tariq Rehman, Language and Politics in Pakistan (Karachi: Oxford University Press,
1996)

• Farhan Hanif Siddiqi, The Politics of Ethnicity in Pakistan: The Baloch, Sindhi and
Mohajir Ethnic Movements (Routledge, 2012)

• Veena Kukreja, Ethnic Diversity, Political Aspirations and State Response: A Case Study
of Pakistan, Indian Journal of Public Administration, 2020

• Azhar Mehmood Abbasi & Dr. Javed Ali Kalhoro, Politics of Ethnic identities and
conflicts: A Case Study of Hazara and Saraiki Ethno-Nationalist movements in Pakistan