CSS Syllabus Current Affairs  –  100 Marks
Candidates will be expected to display such general knowledge of history, politics and
International Affairs, as deemed necessary to interpret current affairs.
I. Pakistan’s Domestic Affairs (20 marks)
§ Political
§ Economic
§ Social
II. Pakistan’s External Affairs (40 marks)
§ Pakistan’s relations with its Neighbors (India, China, Afghanistan, Russia)
§ Pakistan’s relations with the Muslim W orld (Iran, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Turkey)
§ Pakistan’s relations with the United States
§ Pakistan’s relations with Regional and International Organizations (UN, SAARC, ECO, OIC, WTO, CW)
III. Global Issues (40 marks)
§ International Security
§ International Political Economy
§ Human Rights
§ Environment: Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol, Copenhagen Accord
§ Population: world population trends, world population policies
§ Terrorism and Counter Terrorism
§ Global Energy Politics
§ Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear Security
§ Nuclear Politics in South Asia
§ International Trade (Doha Development Round and Bali Package)
§ Cooperation and Competition in Arabian Sea, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
§ Millennium Development Goals, Current Status,
§ Globalization
§ Middle East Crisis
§ Kashmir Issue
§ Palestine Issue
SUGGESTED READINGS
| S.No. | Title | Author |
| 1. | Pakistan Foreign Policy 1947-2005: A Concise History, 2011 | Abdul Sattar, |
| 2. | Issue in Pakistan’s Economy, 2010 | Akbar S. Zaidi |
| 3. | Pakistan: A Hard Country, 2012 | Anatol Lieven |
| 4. | Government & Politics in South Asia, 6th ed., 2009 |
Baxter, Malik, Kennedy & Oberst, |
| 5. | Introduction to International Political Economy, 2010 |
David Balaam & Bradford Dillman |
| 6. | International Organization (Second Edition) 2012 |
Volker Rittberger, Bernhard Zangl and Andress Kruck |
| 7. | The Age of Deception: Nuclear Diplomacy in Treacherous Times (2011) |
Mohamed Elbaradei |
| 8. | International Relations, 2012 | Joshua Goldstein |
| 9. | World Politics: Trends & Transformation, 2011 |
Kegley & Blanton |
| 10. | Pakistan Beyond the Crisis, 2011 | Maleeha Lodhi |
| 11. | Globalization in Question, 2009 | Paul Hirst |
| 12. | International Political Economy: Interests & Institutions in the Global Economy, 2010 | Thomas Oatley |
| 13. | Politics and Change in the Middle East, 10th Ed., Pearson, 2012 |
Andersen, Seibert, and Wagner |
| 14. | Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb, (2012) |
Feroz Khan |