Current Affairs CSS Syllabus | FPSC Topics & Marks

Current Affairs FPSC syllabus

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 World (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, GCC)

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

Pakistan Foreign Policy 1947-2005: A Concise History, 2011 Abdul Sattar
Issue in Pakistan’s Economy, 2010 Akbar S. Zaidi
Pakistan: A Hard Country, 2012 Anatol Lieven
Government & Politics in South Asia, 6th ed., 2009 Baxter, Malik, Kennedy & Oberst,
Introduction to International Political Economy, 2010 David Balaam & Bradford Dillman
International Organization (Second Edition) 2012 Volker Rittberger, Bernhard Zangl and Andress Kruck
The Age of Deception: Nuclear Diplomacy in Treacherous Times (2011) Mohamed Elbaradei
International Relations, 2012 Joshua Goldstein
World Politics: Trends & Transformation, 2014-2015 Kegley & Blanton
Pakistan Beyond the Crisis, 2011 Maleeha Lodhi
Globalization in Question, 2009 Paul Hirst
International Political Economy: Interests & Institutions in the Global Economy, 2010 Thomas Oatley
Politics and Change in the Middle East, 10th Ed., Pearson, 2012 Andersen, Seibert, and Wagner
Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb, (2012) Feroz Khan
Pakistan and World Affairs Shamshad Ahmad (Edition-2015)
World Times Magazine …

Preparing for a future CSS exam year? This outline reproduces the FPSC revised CSS syllabus for CE-2016, dated 2015-07-07. A year in a link does not mean FPSC issued a new syllabus that year. Check FPSC for later changes.