University of Management and Technology Lahore, Pakistan

School of Social Sciences & Humanities

Department of Political Science and International Relations
Course Title:
Pakistan: Ideology, Constitution, and Society
(PS-100)

Classes All BS Programs

Resource Person Muhammad Masood Raza Aaheer

Phone: 0300 8445697
Email: v31189@umt.edu.pk

Counseling Hours: To be arranged as per the student’s requirement.

Suggested Text: Kazmi, M. R. (2007). Pakistan Studies. Lahore: Oxford University Press.

Directions:
To maintain uniformity of the course material and evaluation criteria, it has been decided
that one standard outline of the course will be followed by every cohort resource person. The
midterm exam will be held in the 8th week and resource persons can set the paper of the Midterm
exam according to his/her requirement; however, for the Final exam there will be one final paper
for all the sections of Pakistan Studies and they will be held on the same time and same day.

Course Description: This multidimensional course seeks to encompass a wide range of issues
pertaining to nation-building and state structure in Pakistan. This course outline has been
designed to give a nuanced understanding of Pakistan to students regarding its history before
partition along with a focus on the struggles the new country had to make or have been making
in its constitutional, political, economic, social, and diplomatic spheres. In its journey of 75
years, many challenges rooted either in local or international contexts came along the way. One
key aspect of the course is to equip students with a contextual understanding of those challenges
that Pakistan found itself beset with at different points in time and also critically explore what
choices were made to respond to those challenges. The course will help students make a better
sense of Pakistan both in its past and present.

Course Learning Objectives:

 1. Develop a foundational knowledge of the history, society, and culture of Pakistan.
2. Understand the constitutional and political developments of Pakistan.
3. Assess the constitutional challenges of Pakistan
4. Analyze foreign policy and contemporary developments in Pakistan
5. Foster critical thinking and analytical skills to evaluate historical events, socio-political
decisions, and legal developments in Pakistan.

Course Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the history, society and culture of
Pakistan
2. Evaluate the socio-political and legal development of Pakistan, including constitution and
ideology.
3. Analyze and discuss the constitutional challenges faced by Pakistan and effectively
communicate knowledge and insights about Pakistan Studies through written and oral
presentations.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of foreign policy and contemporary developments in
Pakistan
5. Apply critical thinking skills to analyze and interpret historical events, socio-political
decisions, and legal developments in Pakistan.

Teaching Method:

The course will be conducted on the lecture-based discussion models along with homework
assignments and evaluations through quizzes, Midterm and Final Term examinations. To ensure
class participation of the attendees, students will be encouraged to raise more and more questions
during and after the lectures
.
Course Duration: It will run for one semester covering 15 weeks of teaching. Every week,
there would be two classes each of one hour & 20 minutes.

1. The following assignments are to be completed for this course

Term Paper: Every student has to write one term paper which will be submitted just three
weeks before the final term exam. The length of the term paper should be 12 to 15 pages with 12
fonts in size and double space between the lines. Students are supposed to send the soft copies of
their papers to the resource person’s e-mail address. There will be no further extension in the
submission date. Late sending or submission will automatically be marked negatively with a
ratio of -1 marks per day. Every Term paper will be checked in terms of its originality and those
who adopted the habit of cut-and-paste or plagiarized the material will get zero. Appreciation
will be for those who work hard and produce original work.

2. Quizzes: You must be ready for 8 Quizzes. The purpose of these quizzes is to involve students
in the learning process, to get their full concentration, and to prepare them for the mid
 and final exams. Recommended textbook and class notes will be sufficient for the
preparation of the quizzes, and mid and final examinations.

Mid Term and Final Term Exams: On the university’s prescribed dates you will have Mid
Term and End/Final Term Examinations.

Evaluation:
Term Paper +Presentation 10 Marks

4 Quizzes before Mid 4 x 2.5=10Marks

Mid-Term Exam (Short +Long Questions) 30 Marks

4 Quizzes after Mid 4 x 2.5=10Marks

Final Exam (Short + Long Questions) 40 Marks

Total 100Marks

Class Rules & Regulations:

If any student misses’ classes more than the prescribed number of classes by the University, he
or she may not be able to appear in the Final Examination, or short attendance will be treated
according to the Policy of the University.

Course Schedule
Week 1 Tracing the history: Colonial Era Core Reading
War of Independence 1857 Pakistan Studies by M.R. Kazmi (Page
no:34 till 51)

Week 2 Tracing History: The Resurgence Core Reading

of Muslim Political Movement Pakistan Studies by M.R. Kazmi (Page
(till 1940) no:61 till 98)

Week 3 Tracing History: The Muslim Core Reading

Struggle for Pakistan and British Pakistan Studies by M.R. Kazmi (Page no:
Response (1940-1947) 103 till 120)
Core Reading
Week 4 Ideology of Pakistan Pakistan Studies by M.R. Kazmi
Chapter 24

Week 5 Pakistan: Political and Core Reading

Constitutional Developments Pakistan Studies by M.R. Kazmi
Chapter 32

Week 6 Pakistan: Political and Core Reading

Constitutional Developments Pakistan Studies by M.R. Kazmi
(The Islamic Provisions of Chapter 33
Successive Constitutions)
Week 7 Pakistan: Society and Culture Core Reading
Pakistan Studies by M.R. Kazmi (Page no:
246 till 261)

Week 7 Economic Development in Core Reading

Pakistan (A Concise History of Pakistan by M.R.
Kazmi (Page no: 327 till 346)
Week 8 Mid Term Examination
Week 9 Pakistan and World Affairs Core Reading
(1947-1970s) Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: An Overview
1947-2004, PILDAT Report) by
Dr. Hasan-Askari Rizvi
Pakistan and World Affairs Core Reading
Week 10 (1980s-2004) Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: An Overview
1947-2004, PILDAT Report) by
Dr. Hasan-Askari Rizvi
Week 11 Pakistan’s National Security: Core Reading
External and Internal Dynamics National Security Policy of Pakistan 2022-
2026
https://cgss.com.pk/paper/pdf/Pakistans-
National-Security-Policy-2022-2026.pdf
Week 12 Sustainable Development Goals Core Reading
(SDGs) in Pakistan SDGs’ Pakistan Report 2021
https://www.sdgpakistan.pk/uploads/pub/Pa
k_SDGs_Status_Report_2021.pdf
https://pakistan.un.org/en/sdgs
Week 13 CPEC: Challenges and Core Reading
Opportunities Ali, Murad. "China–Pakistan economic
corridor: prospects and
challenges." Contemporary South Asia 28,
no. 1 (2020): 100-112.
Week 14 Pakistan and Climate Change Core Reading
Hussain, Mudassar, Abdul Rahman Butt,
Faiza Uzma, Rafay Ahmed, Samina Irshad,
Abdul Rehman, and Balal Yousaf. "A
comprehensive review of climate change
impacts, adaptation, and mitigation on
environmental and natural calamities in
Pakistan." Environmental monitoring and
assessment 192 (2020): 1-20.
Week 15 Resolution of Kashmir Issue: Core Reading
Challenges and Opportunities Baba, Noor Ahmad. "Resolving Kashmir:
imperatives and solutions." Race &
Class 56, no. 2 (2014): 66-80.
Week Final Examination
16

Core Readings

1. Pakistan Studies by M.R. Kazmi

2. Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: An Overview 1947-2004, PILDAT Report) by

Dr. Hasan-Askari Rizvi

3. Baba, Noor Ahmad. "Resolving Kashmir: imperatives and solutions." Race &

Class 56, no. 2 (2014): 66-80.

Recommended Readings

1. Khan, A. (2015). Book Review: Pakistan: Beyond the ‘Crisis State’Ms. Maleeha Lodhi,

Oxford University Press, London, 2011. ISSRA PAPERS, 7(II).

2. Haque, N. U. (2007). Pakistan 25 Years Hence-A Vision. PIDE Books.

3. Kasuri, K. M. (2015). Neither a hawk nor a dove: An insider's account of Pakistan's

foreign relations including details of the Kashmir framework. Karachi: Oxford University

Press.

4. Hussain, Ishrat, Y. Reddy, and Ms Sima Kamil. "Governing the ungovernable." Retrieved

on May 6 (2018): 2021.

5. Trek to Pakistan by Ahmad Saeed

6. Saeed, A., & Sarwar, M. (2009). Trek to Pakistan. Institute of Pakistan Historical

Research

7. Cohen, Stephen, P. The Idea of Pakistan, Lahore. Vanguard, 2005

8. Constitutional and Political History of Pakistan by Hamid Khan

9. Pakistan and World Affairs by Shamshad Ahmad

10. Ahmad, S. (2010). Pakistan and World Affairs. Lahore: Jahangir Books.

11. Governing the Ungovernable: Institutional Reforms for Democratic Governance by Ishrat

Hussain

12. Karim, Arshad, Pakistan: From Community to Nation, Karachi, Saad Publications.1978

13. Qureshi, Ishtiaq, The Struggle for Pakistan, Karachi, University of Karachi. 1987.

14. Ziring, Lawrence, Pakistan in the Twentieth Century: A Political history, Karachi,

Oxford University Press. 2000

15. Wasim, Muhammad, State and Society in Pakistan, London, McMillan Publications