CSS Current Affairs SYLLABUS- Complete Outline

The CSS Current Affairs paper carries 100 marks. It is a compulsory paper testing knowledge of recent events. Candidates must score at least 40% to pass this paper individually.

There is a special rule for these compulsory papers. If a candidate scores less than 40% in Current Affairs but gets 80% in either Pakistan Affairs or General Science & Ability, they still qualify. The combined score of all three compulsory papers must reach at least 120 marks to pass. The three general knowledge papers are:

1. Current Affairs
2. Pakistan Affairs
3. General Science & Ability

The Current Affairs paper covers national and international events. It includes political, economic, social, and environmental issues. Candidates should read newspapers daily and follow reliable news sources.

CSS SYLLABUS OF Current Affairs

Candidates need to display a general knowledge of history, politics, and International Affairs, as deemed necessary to interpret current affairs.

I. Pakistan’s Domestic Affairs (20 marks)

•  Political
•  Economic
•  Social

II. Pakistan’s External Affairs (40 marks)

•  Pakistan’s relations with its Neighbors (India, China, Afghanistan, Russia)
•  Pakistan’s relations with the Muslim world (Iran, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Turkey)
•  Pakistan’s relations with the United States
•  Pakistan’s relations with Regional and International Organizations (UN, SAARC, ECO, OIC, WTO, CW)

III. Global Issues (40 marks)

•  International Security
•  International Political Economy
•  Human Rights
•  Environment: Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol, Copenhagen Accord
•  Population: world population trends, world population policies
•  Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism
•  Global Energy Politics
•  Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear Security
•  Nuclear Politics in South Asia
•  International Trade (Doha Development Round and Bali Package)
•  Cooperation and Competition in Arabian Sea, the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
•  Millennium Development Goals, Current Status,
•  Globalization
•  Middle East Crisis
•  Kashmir Issue
•  Palestine Issue

Recommend Books to Read for css current affairs paper

S.No.	Title of the Book	Author Name
1	Pakistan Foreign Policy 1947-2005: A Concise History, 2011	Abdul Sattar,
2	Issue in Pakistan’s Economy, 2010	Akbar S. Zaidi
3	Pakistan: A Hard Country, 2012	Anatol Lieven
4	Government & Politics in South Asia, 6th ed., 2009	Baxter Malik Kennedy Oberst
5	Introduction to International Political Economy, 2010	David Balaam Bradford Dillman
6	International Organization (Second Edition) 2012	Volker RittbergerBernhard Zangl  Andress Kruck
7	The Age of Deception: Nuclear Diplomacy in Treacherous Times (2011)	Mohamed Elbaradei
8	International Relations, 2012	Joshua Goldstein
9	World Politics: Trends & Transformation, 2011	Kegley  Blanton
10	Pakistan Beyond the Crisis, 2011	Maleeha Lodhi
11	Globalization in Question, 2009	Paul Hirst
12	International Political Economy: Interests & Institutions in the Global Economy, 2010	Thomas Oatley
13	Politics and Change in the Middle East, 10th Ed., Pearson, 2012	Andersen SeibertWagner
14	Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb, (2012)	Feroz Khan