CSS Mercantile Law Syllabus

Total Marks: 100
Time Allowed: 3 hours

I. Law of Contract, 1872

• Definitions
• Essentials of a valid contract (Proposal, Acceptance, Consideration, Free consent, Capacity of Parties, Not hereby declared to be Void)
• Kinds of Contracts (Valid, Void, Voidable, Not Voidable)
• Variety of Contracts (Contingent, Quasi, Bailment, Pledge, Indemnity, Agency)
• Performance of Contract, contracts that need not to be performed
• Breach of contract, consequences of breach, damages for breach of contract

II. Sales of Goods Act, 1930

• Definitions
• Differences: Sale & agreement to sell, conditions and warranties, express & implied conditions
• Doctrines: Caveat emptor, Nemo dat
• Right and duties of seller & buyer, rights of unpaid seller

III. Partnership Act, 1932

• Definitions
• Essentials of partnership
• Kinds of partnership (partnership at will, particular partnership, limited partnership)
• Rights and duties of Partners
• Relation of partners to third persons (implied authority of partner, doctrine of holding out)
• Incoming and outgoing partners (minor)
• Dissolution of firms (compulsory, by agreement, by court, by notice on happening of contingencies)

IV. Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881

• Definitions
• Types of negotiable instruments (Cheque, bill of exchange, promissory note)
• Parties to instruments, holder & holder in due course
• Rules (as to negotiation, presentment, payment & interest, discharge, noting and protest, compensation, acceptance, payment for honour)
• Special rules of evidence
• Special provisions relating to cheques & bills of exchange (dishonor, duties of banker)
• Provisions as to foreign instruments

V. Competition Act, 2010

• Definitions
• Prohibition and abuse of (dominant position, certain agreements, discipline, marketing practices)
• Approval of mergers
• Competition commission of Pakistan (established, composition, term)
• Functions and powers of commission
• Provisions as to penalty and appeals

VI. Electronic Transaction Ordinance, 2002

• Definitions
• Recognition and presumption of electronic transactions (writing, signature, stamp duty, attestation etc.)
• Electronic documents (attribution, acknowledgement, time and place of dispatch)
• Certification of service providers
• Application to acts done outside Pakistan
• Offences & Nature (false information, false certificates, damage to information system etc)

VII. The Arbitration Law in Pakistan

• Definitions
• Appointment, number and removal of arbitrator
• Award by arbitrator
• Powers of court upon award (remittance, modification and setting aside of award)
• Types of arbitration (with or without intervention of court)
• Stay of legal proceedings in presence of arbitration agreement

VIII. Consumer’s Protection Act, 2006

• Definitions
• Consumer Commission (establishment, powers and functions, complaints before commission and disposal)
• Provisions as to compulsory recall of goods
• Duties and liabilities of provider of goods (return and refund of goods)
• Offences and penalties
• Contract between consumer and provider

IX. Companies Ordinance, 1984

• Definitions
• Types of Companies
• Fundamental papers of company (Memorandum of association, articles of association, prospectus)
• Transfer of shares and debentures
• Management and administration (promoters, share holders, directors, chief executive, auditors)
• Meeting’s and proceedings (statutory, general, annual general meeting)
• Winding up (voluntary, by court)

X. Electronic Fund Transfer Act, 2007

• Definitions
• Payment system and their operation (designation of payment system & revocation, real time gross settlement system, governance & operation arrangement)
• Payment instruments (designation, issuing and prohibition of instruments)
• Clearing and other obligations
• Supervisory Control of state bank
• Documentation of transfers
• Notification of error and liabilities of parties
• Law relating to action before court

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CSS Muslim Law and Jurisprudence Syllabus

Muslim Law & Jurisprudence

CSS Muslim Law and Jurisprudence Syllabus
Total Marks: 100
Time Allowed: 3 hours

I. The Sources of Islamic Law

• The Quran
• The Sunnah
• Ijma
• Qiyas
• Ijtehad

II. Principles of Islamic Jurisprudenc

III. Islamic Criminal Law

• Hadd
• Taz’ir
• Qisas and Diyat

IV. Islamic Family Law

• Marriage
• Dower
• Divorce
• Separation by Repudiation (Talaq)
• Separation by Mutual Agreement (Khula)
• Judicial Separation (Faskh)
• Post-Divorce Maintenance
• Child Custody
• Succession

V. Islamic Law of Contract
VI. Islamic Banking and Insurance
VII. Islamic International Law
VIII. Islamic Law and Human Rights
IX. Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939
X. Muslim Family Laws Ordinance 196

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CSS International Law Syllabus

CSS International Law Syllabus
Total Marks: 100
Time Allowed: 3 hours

I. Nature, Origin and Basis of International Law.

• The Emergence of International Law, Early European Authors, The Nation-State System, The Enforcement of International Law, The Effectiveness of International Law, The Weakness of International Law, The Juridical Basis of International law, The Future of International law and Material Sources of International Law.

II. Relation between International Law and State Law.

• Article 38 of the Statute of International Court of Justice, Primary Sources of International Law, Subsidiary Sources of International Law, International Soft Law.

III. State in General and Recognition

• Personality and Statehood in International Law, The Subjects of International Law, Recognition of State and Government in International Law, Recognition of State and Government in National Law.

IV. The Law and Practice as to Treaties

• The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

V. The Settlement of International Disputes.

• Negotiation, Mediation and Good Offices, Inquiry, Settlement by the United Nations, Conciliation, Arbitration, The International Court of Justice.

VI. International Humanitarian Law.

• International and Non-International Armed Conflicts, Non-International Armed Conflict, ‘Combatant’ and ‘Protected Persons’, Protection of Wounded, Sick and Ship-Wrecked Persons, POWs, Civilians, Limitations on the Conduct of War, Limits on the Choice of Methods and Means of Warfare.

VII. The Use of Force

• The Law before the UN Charter, The Law after the Charter, The Collective Use of Force, The Right of Self-Defence.

VIII. International Institutions
IX. State Territorial Sovereignty
X. State Responsibility
XI. State Jurisdiction
XII. Succession to Rights and Obligations
XIII. The State and the Individual
XIV. The State and the Economic Interest
XV. Diplomatic Envoys, Counsels and other Representatives
XVI. War, Armed Conflicts and other Hostilities
XVII. Neutrality

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CSS Constitutional LAW Syllabus

Constitutional Law

CSS Constitutional LAW Syllabus
Total Marks: 100
Time Allowed: 3 hours

I. Definition and Scope of Constitutional Law, Basic Constitutional Concepts (Constitutional Conventions, Rule of Law, Due Process), Constitutional Structures (Parliamentary, Presidential, Separation of Powers), Judiciary (Independence of Judiciary, Judicial Review, Theories of Constitutional Interpretation) Fundamental Human and Political Rights and Civil Liberties (freedom of speech, association, assembly, movement and Right to Counsel, life, property, religion, privacy, self incrimination, double jeopardy).

II. Principles of Constitutional Law with special reference to United Kingdom, United States of America, France, Russia, China, Pakistan, India and Turkey.

III. Constitutional History of Pakistan: Principles of Constitutional Law of Pakistan, Salient feature of the Government of India Act, 1935, Indian Independence Act 1947, Objectives Resolution 1949, Constitutions of 1956, 1962 and 1973, Abrogation and Suspension of the Constitutions and the Martial Laws, Legal Framework Order, 1970, The PCO of 1981, The RCO of 1985, The LFO-2002, Amendments in the 1973 Constitution.

IV. Legal Development:

• Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan v. Federation of Pakistan PLD 1955 Sindh 96
• Federation of Pakistan vs. Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan, PLD 1955 FC 240
• Reference by the Governor-General PLD 1955 FC 435
• State v. Dosso PLD 1958 SC 533
• Usif Patel v. Crown PLD 1955 FC 387
• Begum Nusrat Bhutto v. Chief of the Army Staff PLD 1977 SC 657
• Hakim Khan v. Government of Pakistan PLD 1992 SC 595
• Nawaz Sharif v. President of Pakistan PLD 1993 SC 473
• Benazir Bhutto v. the President of Pakistan PLD 1992 SC 492
• Khawaja Muhammad Sharif, PLD 1988 Lah. 725
• Federation of Pakistan v. Haji Saifullah Khan PLD 1989 SC 166
• Khawaja Ahmad Tariq Rahim PLD 1992 SC 646
• Benazir Bhutto v. President of Pakistan, PLD 1998 SC 388
• Asma Jilani v. Government of the Punjab PLD 1972 SC 139
• State v. Zia ur Rehman PLD 1973 SC 49
• Mahmood Khan Achakzai v. Fed. of Pakistan PLD 1997 SC 426
• Zafar Ali Shah v. General Pervez Musharraf, PLD 2000 SC 869
• Sindh High Court Association v. Federation of Pakistan, PLD 2009 SC 879

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CSS Law Syllabus

Total Marks: 100
Time Allowed: 3 hours

I. Definitions of Crime

II. All Provisions of:

• Concept of arbitration, arbitration with or without intervention of court and in civil suits.
• Establishment of Civil Courts with their Original & Appellate Jurisdiction.
• The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
• Pakistan Penal Code, 1860
• Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984
• Criminal Procedure Code, 1898

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English Literature

CSS English Literature Paper Syllabus
Total Marks: 100
Time Allowed: 3 hours

The paper is divided into six components along with the marks allocation for each component.

I. Essays: (10 Marks)

• Bertrand Russell (The Conquest of Happiness)
• George Orwell (Politics and the English Language; The Prevention of Literature)
• Ralph Waldo Emerson (The Transcendentalist; Self-Reliance)

II. Short Stories: (10 Marks)

• Somerset Maugham (The Lotus-Eater)
• G.K.Chesterton (A Somewhat Improbable Story)
• O’Henry (The Gift of the Magi)

III. Poetry: (20 marks)

• William Wordsworth (Resolution and Independence; Lines Composed Few Miles Above, Tintern Abbey)
• John Keats (Ode to a Nightingale; Ode to Autumn)
• Lord Alfred Tennyson (Ulysses; The Lady of Shalott)
• Yeats (A Dialogue of Self and Soul; The Second Coming)
• Eliot (The Wasteland; Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock)
• Philip Larkin (Maturity; Continuing to Live; The Trees)
• Wallace Stevens (A Postcard from the Volcano; Continual Conversation with a Silent Man; Dry Loaf) OR Walt Whitman (As I Ponder’d in Silence; Are You the New Person Drawn Toward Me?; This Moment Yearning and Thoughtful)

IV. Drama: (20 marks)

• Shakespeare (Hamlet; King Lear; Twelfth Night)
• William Congreve (The Way of the World)
• Shaw (Pygmalion; Heartbreak House )
• Harold Pinter (The Caretaker)
• Samuel Beckett (Waiting for Godot)
• Eugene O’Neill (Long Day’s Journey into Night)

V. Novels: (20 marks)

• Thomas Hardy (Far from the Madding Crowd)
• D.H. Lawrence (Sons and Lovers)
• George Orwell (Nineteen Eighty-four)
• James Joyce (A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man)
• Iris Murdoch (Under the Net)
• Nathaniel Hawthorne (The Scarlet Letter) or William Faulkner (The Sound and the Fury)

VI. Literacy Theory & Criticism (20 Marks)

• Structuralism
• Marxism
• Deconstructionism
• Psychoanalytic criticism
• Feminist criticism
• Postcolonial Criticism

NOTE: The texts are mentioned in brackets in front of each author’s name. However, for the component on “Literary Theory and Criticism” and for understanding poetry and drama, particularly 20th century poetry and Drama.

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English Literature

CSS English Literature Paper Syllabus
Total Marks: 100
Time Allowed: 3 hours

The paper is divided into six components along with the marks allocation for each component.

I. Essays: (10 Marks)

• Bertrand Russell (The Conquest of Happiness)
• George Orwell (Politics and the English Language; The Prevention of Literature)
• Ralph Waldo Emerson (The Transcendentalist; Self-Reliance)

II. Short Stories: (10 Marks)

• Somerset Maugham (The Lotus-Eater)
• G.K.Chesterton (A Somewhat Improbable Story)
• O’Henry (The Gift of the Magi)

III. Poetry: (20 marks)

• William Wordsworth (Resolution and Independence; Lines Composed Few Miles Above, Tintern Abbey)
• John Keats (Ode to a Nightingale; Ode to Autumn)
• Lord Alfred Tennyson (Ulysses; The Lady of Shalott)
• Yeats (A Dialogue of Self and Soul; The Second Coming)
• Eliot (The Wasteland; Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock)
• Philip Larkin (Maturity; Continuing to Live; The Trees)
• Wallace Stevens (A Postcard from the Volcano; Continual Conversation with a Silent Man; Dry Loaf) OR Walt Whitman (As I Ponder’d in Silence; Are You the New Person Drawn Toward Me?; This Moment Yearning and Thoughtful)

IV. Drama: (20 marks)

• Shakespeare (Hamlet; King Lear; Twelfth Night)
• William Congreve (The Way of the World)
• Shaw (Pygmalion; Heartbreak House )
• Harold Pinter (The Caretaker)
• Samuel Beckett (Waiting for Godot)
• Eugene O’Neill (Long Day’s Journey into Night)

V. Novels: (20 marks)

• Thomas Hardy (Far from the Madding Crowd)
• D.H. Lawrence (Sons and Lovers)
• George Orwell (Nineteen Eighty-four)
• James Joyce (A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man)
• Iris Murdoch (Under the Net)
• Nathaniel Hawthorne (The Scarlet Letter) or William Faulkner (The Sound and the Fury)

VI. Literacy Theory & Criticism (20 Marks)

• Structuralism
• Marxism
• Deconstructionism
• Psychoanalytic criticism
• Feminist criticism
• Postcolonial Criticism

NOTE: The texts are mentioned in brackets in front of each author’s name. However, for the component on “Literary Theory and Criticism” and for understanding poetry and drama, particularly 20th century poetry and Drama.

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CSS Zoology Syllabus

Total Marks: 100
Time Allowed: 3 hours

I. Animal Diversity-Invertebrates

• Architectural pattern of an animal, Taxonomy and phylogeny, Major subdivisions of animal kingdom.
• Animal-Like Protists: The Protozoa: evolutionary perspective, locomotion and reproduction, Protozoa of veterinary and medical importance.
• Porifera: Body wall, skeleton and water currents system. Coelenterates: Reproduction plan and alteration of generation (Polymorphism), Coral reefs.
• Platyhelminthes and Nematodes: Parasitic adaptations and medical importance. Annelids: Metamerism and ecological importance.
• Molluscs: Modification of foot, Feeding and their role in the shell fishery.
• Arthropods: Modification in their mouth parts, Role of arthropods as vectors in the transmission in microbial infection. Arthropods and their ecological importance.
• Echinoderms: Characteristics, Evolutionary perspective, Relationships to other animals; echinoderm characteristics.

II. Animal Diversity-Chordata

• Hemichordates and Invertebrate Chordates: Evolutionary Perspective: Phylogenetic Relationships and considerations.
• Fishes: Structural and functional adaptations of fishes.
• Amphibians: Movement onto land and early evolution of terrestrial vertebrates.
• Reptiles: Characteristics of reptiles, adaptations in reptilians.
• Birds: Migration and navigation, adaptations.
• Mammals: Structural and functional adaptations of mammals.

III. Principles of Animal Life

• The chemical basis of animal life: Brief introduction to bio-molecules; carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids.
• Cell concept and cell theory, Organization of cellular organelle (their structure and functions), Central dogma of cell biology (Transcription and Translation), Meiosis and Mitosis.
• Protozoa: Reproduction pattern in protozoan, Parasitism in protozoan
• Mesozoza and Parazoa: Porifera: Cells types, body wall and skeleton and water currents system, Coelenterata: Reproduction plan and alteration of generation (Polymorphism).
• Tissues Types: epithelial, connective, muscle and nervous tissues; organs and organ systems.
• Enzymes function and factors affecting their activity, cofactors and coenzymes. Energy Harvesting: Aerobic and anaerobic respiration the major source of ATP.
• Mendel’s law of inheritance, Chromosomal basis of inheritance, Multiple alleles, Eukaryotic chromosomes: Mutations and chromosomal aberrations.
• Ecological Concepts: Interactions, Concepts and components of ecosystem, Food chain, Food web, Biogeochemical cycles, Forests, Biomes, Wildlife conservation and management, Environmental pollution, Green house effect, Acid rain, Global warming and climate change.
• Evolution: Darwinian evolutionary theory based on natural selection and the evidence, Microevolution: Genetic variation and change within species, Macroevolution: Species and speciation (Allopatric, Parapatric and Sympatric speciation).

IV. Animal Form and Function

• Protection, Support and Movement: Integumentary system of invertebrates and vertebrates; Animal muscles: the muscular system of invertebrates and vertebrates.
• Digestion and Nutrition: Feeding mechanism, Digestion, Organization and regional function of alimentary canal, Regulation of food intake, Nutritional requirements.
• Internal Fluids and Respiration: Internal fluid environment, Composition of blood, Circulation and respiration mechanisms.
• Homeostasis: Excretion, Vertebrate kidney mechanisms, Temperature regulation.
• Nervous Coordination: Nervous system and Senses: Functional units of nervous system, Synapses junctions between nerves.
• Chemical Coordination: Endocrine System; Vertebrate endocrine glands and types of hormones, Mechanism of hormones action,
• Animal Behavior: Learning, Habituation, Insight learning, latent learning, classical learning: Control of Behavior; social behavior.

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CSS Botany Syllabus

Total Marks: 100
Time Allowed: 3 hours

I. Algae, Fungi and Bryophytes

• Phycology: Distribution, Classification, Structure, Life History and Economic importance of the main groups of Algae.
• Mycology and Plant Pathology: Structure, Reproduction, Classification and Economic importance of the main groups of Fungi. Diseases of economically important crops and general principles of their control
• Bryology: Structure and reproduction of bryophytes, Evolution of Gametophyte and Sporophyte.

II. Peteridophyta and Gymnosperms

• General account with special reference to structure, life history and affinities of both Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms. Ontogeny and structure of seed, classification and economic importance of Gymnosperms.

III. Anatomy and Embryology

• Primary and secondary tissues. Meristems. Secondary growth in dicot stem. Anatomy of leaf, stem and root.
• Micro and megasporogenesis, pollination mechanism, fertilization, development of Embryo and Endosperm, Seed dispersal.

IV. Taxonomy of Angiosperms

• Systems of classification. Rules of botanical nomenclature. Concepts of speciation. Introduction to modern trends in plant taxonomy: bio-systematic, chemotaxonomy and numerical taxonomy. General characters and economic importance of common angiosperm families.

V. Plant Physiology

• Plant water relations, Osmotic Quantities, component potentials of water and their role in transport, water absorption by roots, transpiration. Role of essential mineral elements and their uptake. Plant hormones. Photoperiodism, Vernalization. Dormancy and Seed germination.Enzymes.
• Photosynthesis: Plant pigments, Light reaction, CO2 fixation, Mechanism of photophosphorylation.
• Respiration: Glycolysis, Kreb cycle, Mechanism of oxidative phosphorylation.

VI. Ecology

• Influence of climatic, edaphic and biotic factors on plant growth. Vegetation sampling techniques. Concepts of ecosystems and their productivity, ecological energetics, Pyramids (of numbers, biomass and energy), trophic levels, food chains and food webs. Biogeochemical cycles (Hydrological and Nitrogen). Succession.
• Causes and reclamation of soil salinity and water logging in Pakistan. Soil erosion, its control and soil conservation methods. Deforestation. Biodiversity conservation.Pollution.

VII. Cytology

• Cell cycle, cellular morphology, chemistry of cell wall and cell membrane, cell to cell communication, plant tissue and cell culture, cell senescence and cell death.
• Ultra-structure of various cell organelles: Mitochondria, Golgi bodies, Endoplasmic reticulum, Plastids, Ribosomes, Glyoxysomes, Vaculoes, Nucleus.

VIII. Genetics

• Mendelian Genetics, Multiple Alleles, Polygenic inheritance, Gene interaction, Epistasis and pleiotropy, Sex-linked inheritance, Chromosomal aberrations, Mutations, DNA repair.

IX. Evolution

• Introduction of Evolution, Evolutionary history, Evolution of life, Convergent Evolution, Divergent Evolution, Parallel Evolution and Natural selection.

X. Molecular Biology

• Nucleic acids, DNA as hereditary material, DNA replication, Transcription, Genetic code, Protein synthesis, Genetic engineering and its application, Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO).

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Agriculture & Forestry

CSS AGRICULTURE & FORESTRY SYLLABUS
Total Marks: 100
Time Allowed: 3 hours

Part-I: Agriculture (50 marks)

I. Concept of Integrated Agriculture: Components of natural resources as bases for agriculture production (Land, Water, biological, Environmental, Solar, Energy).

II. Challenges in Pakistan’s Agriculture: Present scenario and future prospects. Analytical overview: issues and strategies for improvement of crop management, livestock management, fisheries, cottage industry, resource management and rural development. Institutions and policies: issues and options.

III. Elements of Climate and their Relationship with Crop Growth: Farming Systems, biological nitrogen fixation, soil profile, structure and texture, soil fertility, soil erosion and conservation, water logging and salinity.

IV. Genetic Improvement for Crop Production: GMO crops, Seed production technology.

V. Horticulture: Floriculture, landscaping, pests and diseases of agriculture crops and their control, integrated pest management.

VI. Rainfield and Irrigated Agriculture: Agriculture mechanization, land tenure and land reforms, role of agriculture in national economy.

Part-II: Forestry (50 marks)

• Forest, rangelands and wildlife importance and significance
• Forest management and utilization, wood based industries in Pakistan, silviculture
• Range management and utilization
• National and international forest wealth statistics
• Role of wildlife as value addition to forestry
• Forest based wildlife resources of Pakistan and their management, eco-tourism
• Forestry, agroforestry, social forestry and forest biometrics
• Socio-economic and ecological impact of man made forests
• Watershed Management and role of forests in prevailing climate change dilemma
• National forest laws and policies at national level, biodiversity & environment

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Environmental Science

CSS Environmental Science Paper Syllabus
Total Marks: 100
Time Allowed: 3 hours

I. History of Environmental Thought
Environment and Sustainable Development, History of Environmental Movements, Industrial and Agriculture Revolution, United Nations Conference on Human Environment 1972, Our Common Future 1987, Rio Summit 1992, Agenda 21, World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002, Rio Summit-II, 2012, Millennium Development Goals.

II. Sustainable Development Issues
Population growth, Poverty, Biodiversity loss and its Conservation, Energy security (energy conservation and alternative energy resources), Urbanization and sustainable cities, Carrying capacity and ecological footprint. Food security and sustainable agriculture. Ecological restoration.

III. Interdisciplinary nature of Environmental Science
Orientation on convergence of various social and natural sciences to evolve a new discipline of environmental science: Environmental Biology, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Physics, Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Toxicology, Environmental Economics, Environmental Geology, Environmental Geography, Environmental Biotechnology, Environmental Sociology.

IV. Environmental Pollution
Air Pollution, Water Pollution, Soil Pollution, Noise Pollution, Solid Waste, Water Logging & Salinity, Deforestation, Desertification, Eutrophication, Global and regional air pollution problems (Greenhouse effect, Global Warming/Climate Change, Ozone Depletion, Acid Rain).

V. Climate Change
Climate Pattern at local, regional and global scale. Different types of climate including tropical and mid latitude climate, polar climates. Climate change processes, Drivers and Indicators of Climate Change, Effects of Climate Change on natural and societal systems. Carbon foot print. Climate change adaptation and mitigation, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), REDD+. Global environmental politics on climate change: role of India, China and USA (Copenhagen Accord 2009).

VI. Environmental Governance
Policy, legal and institutional frameworks for governance of environment in Pakistan: National Conservation Strategy of 1992, National Environmental Policy Act of Pakistan 2005, Environmental Protection Act of 1997, Pak-EPA (Review of IEE/EIA) Regulations 2000, Hospital Waste Management Rules 2005, Pollution Charge Rules, Sample Rules, Solid Waste Management Plan 2005, Hazardous Substances Rules 2005, National Drinking Water Policy 2009, Sanitation Policy, National Climate Change Policy 2012.

VII. Global initiatives
Brief on some of the Multilateral Environmental Agreements ratified by Pakistan, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Cartagena Protocol on Bio-safety, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention), Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Kyoto Protocol to UNFCCC, Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).

VIII. Environmental Assessment and Management
Environmental Impact Assessment, Strategic Environmental Assessment, Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14000), Occupational Health & Safety management systems (OHSAS 18000), Participatory Approaches to Environmental Management, Technological Approaches to Environmental Management, Approaches to Solid Waste Management, Disaster Risk Management, Pollution Control Technologies, Geographic Information System & Remote Sensing, Natural Resources Management.

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CSS Gender Studies Paper Syllabus

Gender Studies

CSS Gender Studies Paper Syllabus
Total Marks: 100
Time Allowed: 3 hours

I. Introduction to Gender Studies

• Introduction to Gender Studies
• Difference between Gender and Women Studies
• Multi-disciplinary nature of Gender Studies
• Autonomy vs. Integration Debate in Gender Studies
• Status of Gender Studies in Pakistan

II. Social Construction of Gender

• Historicizing Constructionism
• Problematizing the category of “Sex”: Queer Theory
• Is “Sex” socially determined, too?
• Masculinities and Femininity
• Nature versus Culture: A Debate in Gender Development

III. Feminist Theories and Practice

• What is Feminism
• Liberal Feminism
• Radical Feminism
• Marxist/Socialist Feminism
• Psychoanalytical Feminism
• Men’s Feminism
• Postmodern Feminism

IV. Feminist Movements

• Feminist Movements in the West. First Wave, Second Wave and Third Wave Feminism. United Nation Conferences on Women, Feminist Movements in Pakistan.

V. Gender and Development

• Colonial and Capitalistic Perspectives of Gender
• Gender Analysis of Development Theories; Modernization Theory, World System Theory, Dependency Theory, Structural Functionalism.
• Gender Approaches to Development: Women in Development (WID), Women and Development (WAD), Gender and Development (GAD); Gender Critique of Structural Adjustment Policies (SAPs).
• Globalization and Gender

VI. Status of Women in Pakistan

• Status of Women’s health in Pakistan
• Status of Women in Education
• Women and Employment
• Women and Law

VII. Gender and Governance

• Defining Governance
• Suffragist Movement
• Gender Issues in Women as Voters
• Gender Issues in Women as Candidates
• Gender Issues in Women as Representatives
• Impact of Political Quota in Pakistan

VIII. Gender Based Violence

• Defining Gender Based Violence
• Theories of Violence against Women
• Structural and Direct Forms of Violence
• Strategies to Eliminate Violence against Women

IX. Case Studies of:

• Mukhtaran Mai
• Mallala Yousaf Zai
• Shermin Ubaid Chinoy

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CSS US History Syllabus

Total Marks: 100
Time Allowed: 3 hours

I. Introduction:-

• From ancient times to 1492
• Advent of the Europeans to British supremacy (1492 – 1606)

II. USA as a British Colony (1606 – 1783)
III. USA as an Independent Country (1783 – 1819)
IV. Expansion of USA: From 13 to 50 States (1820 – 1949)
V. Constitution of the USA: Salient Features
VI. Civil War between the North and the East (1850 – 1869)
VII. Industrialization and its emergence as one of the world powers (1870 -1916)
VIII. USA’s role in the Two World Wars (1914 – 1918 & 1939 – 1945)
IX. Post 1945 world scenario and emergence of USA and USSR as the Two World Powers.
X. American Role in patronizing UNO and International Organizations 1945 – 2012
XI. American Role in Cold War and its emergence as the Sole Super Power (1945 – 1990).
XII. International Concerns of USA: An Overview.
XIII. The War on Terror: The Role of Pakistan and USA (2001 – 2012)
XIV. Global perceptions of the USA.
XV. Progressive Era: Reforms of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson,
XVI. The Great Depression and the New Deal
XVII. Civil Rights Movement
XVIII. United States’ role in International Conflicts
XIX. US Presidential Election
XX. The US Congress: Role and Functions
XXI. Separation of Powers: Check and Balances

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CSS European History Syllabus

Total Marks: 100
Time Allowed: 3 hours

Part – I (Marks 50)

I. The French Revolution and Napoleonic Era (1789-1815)

• The causes of French Revolution
• The consequences of Revolution
• Napoleon rise to power
• Creation of Empire
• The Continental system
• The fall of Napoleon

II. The Concert of Europe (1815-1830)

• The Congress of Vienna
• Metternich’s Era
• The Concert of Europe and Congress System
• Balance of Power

III. Forces of Continuity and Change in Europe (1815-1848)

• Nationalism
• Liberalism
• Romanticism
• Socialism
• Industrial Revolution
• Colonialism
• Cosequences

IV. The Eastern Question (1804-1856)

• The nature of the Eastern question
• The Crimean War
• Russo Turkish War 1877
• Consequences

V. Unification of Italy

• The effects of the revolution of 1848
• The obstacles to unification
• Cavour and the unification of Italy
• The Process of Italian unification (1859-1871)

VI. Unification of Germany

• The rise of Bismarck
• Diplomatic events
• The Austro-Prussian War (1866)
• The Franco- Prussian War (1870-1871)
• The triumph of Bismarck and process of unification

VII. The Origins of First World War (1890-1914)

• Formation of Alliances and Counter Alliances
• The Balkans War (1912-1913)
• The outbreak of the World War 1

Part – II (Marks 50)

VIII. The First World War and its aftermath

• The War (1914-1918) and peace treaties
• The League of Nations

IX. Dictatorships in Europe

• Fascism in Italy under Musssolini
• Hitler,Nazism and Germany
• Russia , Marxism Revolution and its working under Stalin
• Great Depression and its effects on Europe
• Appeasement
• The Arm race
• The Sudetenland Crisis (1938)
• The distraction of Czechoslovakia (1939)

X. The Second World War and its Effects on Europe

• The Main Events of the War
• Impact of war

XI. Post-War Europe

• The post war settlements
• The United Nations
• Economic Recovery of Europe, Marshal Plan
• German Question
• NATO
• Decolonization

XII. Cold War Europe (1955-1991)

• Effects of cold war
• Warsaw Pact (1955)
• The European Economic Community (EEC)
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Agreement
• Charles Degaule and France
• Spread of communist regimes in Europe

XIII. Europe (1991-2012)

• The Gorbachev and Disintegration of USSR
• The reunification of Germany
• The Balkan crisis of 1990s
• The European Union
• Role of Europe in War against terrorism
• Global Economic Crisis and Europe

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