CURRENT AFFAIRS AND PAKISTAN AFFAIRS COMMON AND RELATED QUESTION

External Affairs

Pakistan and India

1) Pakistans relation with India

2) Kashmir Issue
3) Pakistan and India Relations Since 1947

4) Hydro Politics; Water Issues in Domestic and Regional Context

Pakistan and Afghanistan

5) Pakistans relation with Afghanistan
6) The war in Afghanistan since 1979 and its impact on, and challenges to Pakistan in
the Post 2014 era.

Pakistan and United States of America

7) Pakistans relation with USA

8) Pakistan and US War on Terror
9) Pakistan relation with Russia
Pakistan and China
10) Pakistans relation with China
CPEC
One Belt Road

11) Pakistans relations with the Muslim World (Iran, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia,
Turkey)

Pakistans relations with Regional and International Organizations

a) UN
b) SAARC
c) ECO
d) OIC
e) WTO
f) GCC
g) SCO

12) Pakistan Foreign Policy Post 9/11.

Nuclear Weapons

13) Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear Security

14) Nuclear Program of Pakistan, its Safety and Security; International Concerns
15) Nuclear Politics in South Asia
Nuclear Supply Group
Nuclear Proliferation Treaty

Energy

16) Pakistans Energy Problems and their Effects

17) Global Energy Politics

Terrorism and Security

18) Terrorism and Counter Terrorism

19) International Security
20) Changing Security Dynamics for Pakistan: Challenges to National Security of
Pakistan

Pakistan National Issues and Regional Representation

21) Challenges to Sovereignty
22) Pakistans National Interest
23) Ethnic Issues and National Integration
24) Non-Traditional Security Threats in Pakistan: Role of Non-State Actors
25) Pakistans Role in the Region
26) Pakistan and Changing Regional Apparatus

27) Palestine Issue

FOLLOWING TOPICS OF PAKISTAN AFFAIRS CANNOT BE RELATED WITH

OTHERS I GUESS

28) Evolution of Democratic System in Pakistan

29) Civil Military Relations with Pakistan

30) Political Evolution since 1971

31) Ideology of Pakistan-----definition and elucidation, historical aspects: Muslim rule in

the Sub-Continent, its downfall and efforts for Renaissance. Movements for
reforms-- Shaikh Ahmad Sarhindi, Shah Waliullah, Sayyid Ahmad Shaheed,
Aligarh, Deoband, Nadwah, and other educational institutions-------Sindh
Madrassah and Islamia College Peshawar. Ideology of Pakistan in the light of
Speeches and statements of Allama Iqbal and Quaid- i Azam Muhammad Ali
Jinnah.
32) Land and people of Pakistan------- Geography, Society, Natural resources,
Agriculture, Industry and education with reference to characteristics, trends and
problems.

33) The Recent Constitutional and Legal Debates, the Latest Constitutional
Amendments and Important Legislations, Legal Cases and the Role of Higher
Courts.

34) Proxy Wars: Role of External Element

FOLLOWING TOPICS OF CURRENT AFFAIRS CANNOT BE RELATED WITH OTHERS

I GUESS
35) Middle East Crisis

36) Cooperation and Competition in Arabian Sea, Indian and Pacific Oceans
37) International Trade (Doha Development Round and Bali Package)
38) Population: world population trends, world population policies
39) International Political Economy

FOLLOWING TOPICS OF CURRENT AFFAIRS AND PAKISTAN AFFAIRS CAN BE

COVERED WHILE PREPARING ESSAY.
40) Globalization

41) Human Rights

42) Environment: Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol, Copenhagen Accord

43) Millennium Development Goals, Current Status (SDGs)

44) The Prevailing Social Problems of Pakistan and the Strategies to Deal with Them like:

a) Poverty,
b) Education,
c) Health and Sanitation.

Economy of Pakistan
45) Economic Challenges in Pakistan

46) Economic Conditions of Pakistan, the Most Recent Economic Survey, the Previous
and Current Budgets, and the Problems and Performance of Major Sectors of
Economy.