Course Code: URCP-5106

Course Title: Pakistan Studies

Cradit hours: BS Persian 02  

                        BS Urdu (self and regualr)  02 + 02

Instructor name: Robina khan  

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Course Discription: The course is designed to acquaint the students of BS programs with the rationale of the creation of Pakistan. The students would be apprised of the emergence, growth and developments of Muslim nationalism in South Asia and the struggle for freedom, which ultimately led to the establishment of Pakistan. While highlighting the main objectives of national life, the course explains further the socio-economic, political and cultural aspects of Pakistan’s endeavors to develop and progress in the contemporary world. For this purpose, the foreign policy objectives and Pakistan’s foreign relations with neighboring and other allied countries are also included.    

Recommended Books  

1. Kazimi, M. R. A Concise History of Pakistan. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2009.
2. Sheikh, Javed Ahmed. Pakistan’s Political, Economic and Diplomatic Dynamics. Lahore: Kitabistan Paper Products, 2004.
3. Wolpert, Stanley. Jinnah of Pakistan. Karachi: University of California Press, 1989.  

Mid-Term Examination (online MCQs) 30 marks 

Sessional: 20 marks 

Final exams (Project 15 + presentation 10 + Viva 25) 

commencement of classes :   Nov, 2020

Mid term examination: January 11, 2021 

Final examination: March 1, 2021 

Results : March 12, 2021 

Class timings :  BS Persian semester1 : Monday 10 to 11 am 

                                                                  Friday 10 to 11 am 

                         BS Urdu (self) semster 1 : Monday 1:30 to 2:30 

                                                                    Wednesday: 3 to 4 pm  

                         BS Urdu (Regular) semster 1: Wednesday 12 to 2