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Pakistan Studies

Pakistan Studies from the first idea to exam level: every lesson builds on the one before, with a worked example, a step-through diagram where it helps, a quick check and practice that adapts to what you know. Follows Kazmi, A Concise History of Pakistan; Talbot, Pakistan: A New History.

Pakistan Studies at a glance

What does Pakistan Studies cover?

Introduction & Ideology, Formation of Pakistan, Early Years & the Ayub Era, 1971 & the Bhutto Era, Zia to the Present, Population & Society, Media, Geostrategy & CPEC, Culture, Economy, Foreign Policy and Challenges & Heroes. It follows Kazmi, A Concise History of Pakistan; Talbot, Pakistan: A New History.

How many lessons does the Pakistan Studies course on Studious have?

14 units and 32 lessons, from "Why study Pakistan?" to "Heroes of our times". Each lesson has a worked example, a quick check and practice that adapts to what you know, and many have step-by-step diagrams.

Course outline

  1. Unit 1 · Weeks 1–2

    Introduction and the ideology of Pakistan

    1. Why study Pakistan?
    2. What an ideology is
    3. How the ideology grew: key thinkers
  2. Unit 2 · Week 3

    The formation of Pakistan

    1. From resolution to independence
    2. Early problems of the new state
    3. The struggle for a constitution
  3. Unit 3 · Week 4

    Early instability and the Ayub era

    1. Political instability, 1947–1958
    2. The Ayub era, 1958–1969
  4. Unit 4 · Week 5

    The 1971 crisis and the Bhutto era

    1. The 1970 elections and the 1971 crisis
    2. Rebuilding under Bhutto, 1971–1977
    3. The 1973 Constitution
  5. Unit 5 · Week 6

    Zia, Musharraf and modern reforms

    1. The Zia era, 1977–1988
    2. Democracy and turmoil, 1988–1999
    3. Musharraf and the return of democracy
  6. Unit 6 · Week 7

    The population of Pakistan

    1. Population size and growth
    2. Youth, cities, migration and gender
  7. Unit 7 · Week 8

    Media in Pakistan

    1. Mainstream and social media
    2. Regulation, censorship and propaganda
  8. Unit 8 · Week 9

    The geostrategic importance of Pakistan

    1. Pakistan's location
    2. Security, trade and resources
    3. The China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
  9. Unit 9 · Week 10

    The culture of Pakistan

    1. What culture is
    2. Diversity, heritage and globalisation
  10. Unit 10 · Week 11

    Pakistan's economy

    1. The economy at a glance
    2. Problems and prospects
  11. Unit 11 · Week 12

    Foreign policy and foreign relations

    1. What shapes foreign policy
    2. Pakistan and the world
  12. Unit 12 · Week 13

    Pakistan at present

    1. Society, ethnicity and the future
  13. Unit 13 · Week 14

    Contemporary challenges

    1. Education
    2. Terrorism, extremism and brain drain
  14. Unit 14 · Week 15

    Heroes of Pakistan

    1. Founding heroes
    2. Heroes of our times

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