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Political Science ( Total Marks - 200 )

Paper I ( Marks-100 )

Part 'A'
Political Theory

Western Political Thought
Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Montesquieu, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Bentham, Mill, Marx, Lenin, Mao
Muslim Political Thought
AI-Farabi, Al-Mawardi, Nizam-ul-Mulik Tusi, Al-Ghazali, Ibn-I-Khaldun, Iqbal

Part 'B'

The nature and emergence of Modern state system, Islamic concept of state.
Political concepts, Sovereignty, Law, Liberty, Equality, Rights and Duties.
Political Dynamics: Public Opinion, Propaganda, Political Parties, Pressure Groups.
Political Institutions: Legislature, Executive, Judiciary. Political Elites, Civil and Military Bureaucracy.
Forms of Government: Monarchy, Democracy. Dictatorship Unitary and Federal, Presidential and Parliamentary.
Totalitarianism: Fascism, Communism.
Local Self-government: Theory and Practice with special reference to Pakistan.

Paper II (Marks - 100)

Part 'A'

Selected Political Systems: Nature and dynamics of major political institutions in U.S.A., U.K., France and Former Soviet Union,

Part 'B'

Political Systems of developing countries: Turkey, Iran, India and China.
Rise of Muslim Nationalism in South Asia with special reference to the role of Sir Syed Abmed Khan, lqbal and Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
A comparative and critical analysis of the 1956, 1962, 1973 and 1985 Constitutions of Pakistan.

Check other Subjects and Syllabus below:

Compulsory Subjects

- 1
- Essay
- 100
- 2
- English
- 100
- 3
- Islamiat
- 100

General Knowledge

- 4
- Everyday Science
- 100
- 5
- Current Affairs
- 100
- 6
- Pakistan Affairs
- 100
- Total Marks:
- 600

Optional Subjects:

(subjects carrying a total of 600 marks to be selected)

Group A

Subjects carrying not more than 200 marks can be opted.
Note: Business Administration cannot be opted in combination with Public Administration

Group B

Subject/s carrying not more than 200 marks can be opted.

- 1
- Political Science
- 200
- 2
- Agriculture
- 100
- 3
- Forestry
- 100
- 4
- Sociology
- 100
- 5
- Journalism
- 100

Group C

Subjects carrying not more than 200 marks can be opted.

Group D (Science Subjects )

Subject/s carrying not more than 200 marks can be opted.

- 1
- Physics
- 200
- 2
- Geology
- 200
- 3
- Geography
- 200
- 4
- Chemistry
- 200
- 5
- Botany
- 200
- 6
- Zoology
- 200

Group E (History Subjects )

Subjects carrying not more than 200 marks can be opted.

Group F

Subject/s carrying not more than 200 marks can be opted.
Note: International Law CANNOT BE opted in combination with International Relations.

Group G

Subjects carrying not more than 200 marks can be opted.

- 1
- Philosophy
- 200
- 2
- Psychology including Exp. Psychology
- 200

Group H (Regional Languages )

Subject/s carrying not more than 200 marks can be opted.
Regional Languages: Not more than one of the 4 subjects can be opted.

- 1
- Sindhi
- 100
- 2
- Pushto
- 100
- 3
- Punjabi
- 100
- 4
- Balochi
- 100

Group I (National and Foreign Languages )

Subjects carrying not more than 200 marks can be opted.
National/Foreign/Classical Languages: Not more than one of 4 subjects can be opted. Note: Urdu can not be combined with Regional Languages.