HUM-111

Pakistan Studies

Administration Guide

Department of Management Sciences

COMSTAS Institute of Information Technology, Wah Cantt.
2017

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Welcome

Welcome to this course of Humanities and Social Sciences programme. As a compulsory

course for undergraduate programmes, “Pakistan Studies” aims to provide broad coverage
of the most important events and issues related to Pakistan. This course involves a lot of
reading and some of you might find some parts of the course difficult. However, keeping in
mind that we have designed the course to accommodate the wide range of students enrolled
and we try to be supportive to those who might find this course new and difficult. What we
are looking for is for you to develop a sound, broad and critical understanding of the
historical context and the main theoretical approaches to the issues and events, rather than a
very detailed knowledge on one event or another.

We do not try to provide you with answers rather we want you to question a number of
things: your own ideas about events and issues related to Pakistan, the ideas that others
have come up with, and the relationships between these ideas and literature and practice in
Pakistan. Explore new ideas, question what you read and hear, think critically and try to
build your own opinions and ideas. In your assignments and the exam you will be tested
not on whether you have crammed the readings or whether you agree with us; rather we
want to see how you are able to critically assess different issues.

Aims
This interdisciplinary course explores different aspects of ideology and creation of
Pakistan, its political dynamics, social and economic compulsions, geographical
implication, and Pakistan’s survival in modern nation state system.
The course is worth 3 credit hours carrying 100 marks

Objectives:
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the origins and developments of
Muslim nationalism in South Asia and to the struggle for freedom. It will examine the
political, geo-political, socio-cultural and economic aspects of the state and society of
Pakistan with reference to the ideals and concepts of its founding fathers throughout the
course. The prime objective of this course is to strengthen the sense of loyalty, patriotism,
democratic approach and to eliminate the deviant behaviours for society among the
students.

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Limitations and Methodology:
A study of such a vast subject imposes serious limitations if it is to be studied in a short
period of 15 to 16 weeks of a semester. However keeping in view the time frame available,
the useful way is to study some of the most important topics regarding the requirements of
undergraduate level studies, given in the study outline. The course is not based on
traditional and typical style of narration of events but on research and analysis methods in
which cramming is highly discouraged. History is a biased phenomenon, of course, but
efforts will be made to present an impartial view of history and politics of Pakistan.
Students must prepare themselves to fulfil the requirements of new dynamics of the
modern world. Each student is required to write and present a research paper on an
approved topic in addition to two sessional examinations and quizzes during the semester.
An extensive reading list is given here under; however more material can also be suggested
on a particular topic relevant to the course. Ready made study material confines the process
of learning and understanding, so this approach will be highly discouraged.

Course Contents:
1. A bird’s eye view of the Pre-Islamic Sub-Continent: The ancient civilizations,
Hinduism and its characteristics, The Sub-Continent on the eve of Muslim conquest
(Yunus & Parmar, 2003).
2. The advent of Islam and the Muslim Rule: Arab conquest of Sind, Mughal Rule, its
rise and downfall. The Islamic culture in the Indian environment (Yunus & Parmar,
2003).
3. The rise of Muslim Nationalism in South Asia, Ideological rationale with special
reference to Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Allama Muhammad Iqbal and Quaid-i-Azam
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Hodson, 1985; Qureshi, 1969; Wolpert, 1984).
4. Factors leading to Muslim separatism in British India (Qureshi, 1969).
5. Pakistan Movement 1940-47: Lahore Resolution(1940), Elections(1944-45), Delhi
Convention, Cabinet Mission(1946), June 3rd Plan, Partition and Transfer of
Power(August 14, 1947), Initial problems (Gilmartin, 1998; Hodson, 1985; Qureshi,
1969; Sayeed, 1968; Wolpert, 1984).
6. Political and Constitutional development in Pakistan (1947-69): Politics of power
(1947-58), Language controversy, Objective Resolution (1949), 1956 Constitution, The
military rule (1958), 1962 Constitution, Ayub Khan Government (Choudhury, 1969;
Dobell, 1969; Mahmood, 2000; Qureshi, 1969; Sayeed, 1968; Ziring, 1971).

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7. Dismemberment of East Pakistan: The Yahya Khan Government, 1970 Elections,
Crisis of transfer of power, Dhaka Debacle (December, 1971)(Badruddin, 2004;
Rahman, 1984).
8. 1973 Constitution: Parliamentary democracy, Amendments, abeyance and restoration
of Constitution (Burki, 1988).
9. Dictatorship vs. Democracy in Pakistan: Bhutto Government, Zia’s Martial Law,
Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif’s Governments (Burki, 1988; Burki, Baxter, Kamal,
& LaPorte, 1991; Sayeed, 1980; Ziring, 1980, 1997).
10. Failure of Democracy: Musharraf‘s coup d’etat, tailored democracy, Judicial Crisis
(Burki, 2007).
11. Good Governance: Policy making and Decision making process in Pakistan. The
effect of colonization on governance and administration in Pakistan (Inayatullah, Masih
uz, & Burki, 1965).
12. Society and Culture: Social life, Culture and Languages, Role of religion in Society,
Social and economic disparity, Ethnic and linguistic problems, Sectarianism, Human
rights .
13. Pakistan and the World: Foreign policy of Pakistan and challenges, Relations with
neighbouring countries and Muslim states. Role in war on terrorism (Burke & Ziring,
1990).
14. Geography of Pakistan: Geographical Location and geo-strategic importance of
Pakistan, Physical features of Pakistan.
15. Futuristic outlook of Pakistan.
16. Demographics of Pakistan: A study of population of Pakistan and its characteristics.
17. Natural Resources of Pakistan.

Study of important historical documents

1. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan’s Lucknow Address, December, 1887.
2. Address of the Mohammedan Deputation, Simla, October 1, 1906.
3. Presidential address of Allama Iqbal, Allahabad, December 29, 1930.
4. Lahore Resolution, Lahore, March 23, 1940.
5. Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s presidential address to first Constituent Assembly of Pakistan,
Karachi, August 11, 1947.
6. Objective Resolution, March 1949.

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Evaluation/Assessment:-
This three credit hours course is consisted of total of 100 marks.
1st Sessional 10 marks
2nd Sessional 15 marks
Quizzes, Assignments 25 marks
Terminal (Final) Examination 50 Marks

Recommended Books:
1. Choudhury, G. W. (1969). Constitutional development in Pakistan: Longman
London.
2. Mahmood, S. (2000). Pakistan: Political Roots and Development, 1947-1999:
Oxford University Press.
3. Qureshi, I. H. (1969). The Struggle for Pakistan: University of Karachi.

Reference Books:
Badruddin, U. (2004). The emergence of Bangladesh. Karachi: Oxford University Press.
Burke, S. M., & Ziring, L. (1990). Pakistan's foreign policy : an historical analysis (2nd ed
ed.). Karachi ; Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Burki, S. J. (1988). Pakistan under Bhutto, 1971-1977 (2nd ed ed.). Basingstoke:
Macmillan.
Burki, S. J. (2007). Changing perceptions, altered reality : Pakistan's economy under
Musharraf, 1999-2006. Karachi ; Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Burki, S. J., Baxter, C., Kamal, A., & LaPorte, R. (1991). Pakistan under the military :
eleven years of Zia ul-Haq. Boulder, Colo ; Oxford: Westview.
Choudhury, G. W. (1969). Constitutional development in Pakistan: Longman London.
Dobell, W. M. (1969). Ayub Khan as President of Pakistan. Pacific Affairs, 42(3), 294-310.
Gilmartin, D. (1998). Partition, Pakistan, and South Asian History: In Search of a
Narrative. The Journal of Asian Studies, 57(4), 1068-1095.
Hodson, H. V. (1985). The great divide : Britain - India - Pakistan. Karachi ; Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
Inayatullah, Masih uz, Z., & Burki, S. J. (1965). Basic democracies development and
welfare. (Lahore),.
Mahmood, S. (2000). Pakistan: Political Roots and Development, 1947-1999: Oxford
University Press.
Qureshi, I. H. (1969). The Struggle for Pakistan: University of Karachi.
Rahman, M. (1984). The role of India and the big powers in the East Pakistan crisis of
1971. London: R. Rahman.
Sayeed, K. B. (1968). Pakistan : the formative phase, 1857-1948 (2nd ed.). London:
Oxford University Press.
Sayeed, K. B. (1980). Politics in Pakistan : the nature and direction of change. New York:
Praeger.
Wolpert, S. A. (1984). Jinnah of Pakistan. New York ; Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Yunus, M., & Parmar, A. (2003). South Asia: a historical narrative: Oxford University
Press.

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Ziring, L. (1971). The Ayub Khan era : politics in Pakistan, 1958-1969. Syracuse, N.Y:
Syracuse University Press.
Ziring, L. (1980). Pakistan : the enigma of political development. Folkestone: Dawson.
Ziring, L. (1997). Pakistan in the twentieth century : a political history. Karachi ; Oxford:
Oxford University Press.