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BS (4 Years) For Affiliated Colleges: Center For Undergraduate Studies, University of The Punjab 5

This document provides an overview of the course BSCS-201 National and International Affairs, which is a 3 credit hour course offered in the third semester of a 4-year BS degree program. The course covers topics in both national and international affairs. For national affairs, it covers the post-independence history of Pakistan, constitutional development, and Pakistan's foreign policy and relations. For international affairs, it covers topics such as the end of the bipolar global system, the role of the UN, issues in the Muslim world and OIC, and contemporary global issues including regional arrangements, conflicts, and international organizations. It also lists 10 recommended books for the course.

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BS (4 Years) For Affiliated Colleges: Center For Undergraduate Studies, University of The Punjab 5

This document provides an overview of the course BSCS-201 National and International Affairs, which is a 3 credit hour course offered in the third semester of a 4-year BS degree program. The course covers topics in both national and international affairs. For national affairs, it covers the post-independence history of Pakistan, constitutional development, and Pakistan's foreign policy and relations. For international affairs, it covers topics such as the end of the bipolar global system, the role of the UN, issues in the Muslim world and OIC, and contemporary global issues including regional arrangements, conflicts, and international organizations. It also lists 10 recommended books for the course.

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BS (4 Years) for Affiliated Colleges 

Code  Subject Title  Cr. Hrs  Semester 


BSCS‐201  National and International Affairs  3  III 
Year  Discipline 
2  Mass Communication 
National Affairs:
• An overview of post independence History of Pakistan.
• Constitutional Development in Pakistan
• Basis of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy and Pakistan’s relations with other countries India,
Afghanistan, Iran, China and US, SAARC, ASEAN,
• Contemporary issues political instability, Governance Issues, Health, Education, Water,
Population, Gender, Human rights, Poverty etc.

International Affairs:
• Shift in balance of power: end of bipolar system and its implications.
• The United Nations and its current role in conflict resolution.
• Muslim World, Issue and problems, Role of OIC
• Issue and problems faced by contemporary World:
ƒ Geo Political Status of Pakistan;
ƒ Regional Arrangements three case studies European Union, ASEAN, and SAARC.
ƒ Palestine Israel conflict
ƒ Kashmir Dispute
ƒ Nuclear Problem
ƒ War against terrorism and its different dimensions
ƒ WTO and its implication and impact.

Recommended Books:
1. Safdar Mahmood (2006-2007). International Affairs. 2nd Edition. Jahangir printers,
Lahore, Pakistan.
2. Ken Booth & Time Dunne. (2002). Worlds in Collision Terror and the Future of
Global Order. Palgrave Macmillan.
3. Noam Chomsky (1997). World Orders Old and New. Pluto Press. USA.
4. Aeron Davis. (2007). The Mediation of Power. Routledge Taylor and Francis Group.
5. Saiyyad Muhammad, Saleem Moini. (1995). International Law. Pakistan Writer’s Co-
operation Society Karachi, Lahore.
6. Mehmood, Safdar. (2000). International Affairs. Jang Publishers. Lahore.
7. Inayatullah, (1947). State and Democracy in Pakistan, Vanguard Books Pvt. Ltd.
Lahore
8. Rizvi, Hasan-Askari (2000). Military State and Society in Pakistan, Macmillan Press
Ltd.
9. Saeed, Khawaja Amjad (2007). The Economy of Pakistan, Oxford University Press.
10. Jain, Rashmi (2007), The United States and Pakistan 1947-2006, Radiant Publishers.

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