CSS with Sir Waseem
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10subjects, from the screening test to the optional papers
644chapters, each a complete textbook chapter
19,331MCQs: multiple-choice questions, each answer explained
679 hrof reading across every subject

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The screening test

Sat first. Pass it to sit the written exam.

MPT — the Screening Test

1 chapter3,576 MCQs8 timed papers

All five sections of the 200-question preliminary test, with timed full papers, section papers and every answer explained.

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Compulsory papers

Every candidate sits these 6 papers, 100 marks each.

Current Affairs

53 chapters86 hr of reading3,973 MCQs1 timed paperUpdated fortnightly

Built on all 186 Part-II questions from 26 real FPSC papers, 2000–2026.

Free to read, no account neededPakistan's economy and the balance-of-payments trap2 hr 15 min read
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Start here4 reference pages
  1. 1What you need to know before anything elseReference
  2. 2What this paper actually asksReference
  3. 3The syllabus, and what it actually meansReference
  4. 4What these notes cover, syllabus line by syllabus lineReference
The method1 chapter · 55 min read
  1. 5How to answer a twenty-mark question55 min read
The subjects, most-asked first44 chapters · 84 hr 55 min read
  1. 6Pakistan's politics and governance1 hr 55 min read
  2. 7Pakistan and the United States2 hr read
  3. 8Pakistan and China1 hr 55 min read
  4. 9Pakistan and India2 hr 35 min read
  5. 10Terrorism: the threat inside Pakistan, and the response1 hr 40 min read
  6. 11Pakistan's economy and the balance-of-payments trapFree2 hr 15 min read
  7. 12Climate and the environment: the agreements, and Pakistan's exposure2 hr 10 min read
  8. 13Water: the Indus system and the treaty1 hr 45 min read
  9. 14Population: the world's trend, and Pakistan's1 hr 35 min read
  10. 15The world order: from one power to several2 hr 5 min read
  11. 16International security: what states now fight about2 hr 5 min read
  12. 17The Middle East2 hr 15 min read
  13. 18Palestine1 hr 50 min read
  14. 19Pakistan and Afghanistan2 hr 15 min read
  15. 20Pakistan and Russia2 hr 20 min read
  16. 21Pakistan's society: education, human development and who is left out1 hr 30 min read
  17. 22Health: the system, the diseases and who pays1 hr 45 min read
  18. 23Women and gender: the law, the gap and the argument1 hr 25 min read
  19. 24Poverty, inequality and social protection: who is poor, and what the state does1 hr 35 min read
  20. 25Media and information: the press, broadcasting and the internet1 hr 50 min read
  21. 26Religion, sect and social cohesion: faith, the law and living together2 hr 5 min read
  22. 27From the Millennium Development Goals to the SDGs1 hr 50 min read
  23. 28Federalism, the provinces and national integration1 hr 20 min read
  24. 29SAARC, and why it stopped working1 hr 35 min read
  25. 30ECO: the Economic Cooperation Organization1 hr 25 min read
  26. 31The SCO, BRICS, the FATF and the Commonwealth2 hr 10 min read
  27. 32Nuclear proliferation and nuclear security2 hr 10 min read
  28. 33Nuclear politics in South Asia2 hr 15 min read
  29. 34Pakistan and the Muslim world2 hr 20 min read
  30. 35Pakistan and Iran2 hr 20 min read
  31. 36Pakistan and Saudi Arabia1 hr 45 min read
  32. 37Pakistan and Türkiye2 hr 5 min read
  33. 38Pakistan and Indonesia1 hr 25 min read
  34. 39Pakistan and the OIC2 hr 20 min read
  35. 40Pakistan and the Gulf Cooperation Council1 hr 45 min read
  36. 41International political economy: who sets the rules of money1 hr 45 min read
  37. 42International trade: the Doha Round and the Bali Package1 hr 40 min read
  38. 43Pakistan and the WTO1 hr 50 min read
  39. 44Globalization, and the argument that it is reversing1 hr 55 min read
  40. 45The sea: the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific1 hr 55 min read
  41. 46Global energy politics1 hr 50 min read
  42. 47The United Nations1 hr 35 min read
  43. 48Human rights: the law, the bodies and the arguments2 hr 25 min read
  44. 49Kashmir2 hr 10 min read
Part-I: the MCQs3 reference pages
  1. 50Part-I: the twenty marks most candidates throw awayReference
  2. 51The real past MCQs, with answersReference
  3. 52The standing factsReference
Fortnightly briefs1 brief · 20 min read
  1. 53Current Affairs brief: 1 to 25 September 2026 · covers 25 September 202620 min read

English (Précis & Composition)

99 chapters22 hr of reading1,387 MCQs1 timed paper

The 100-mark compulsory paper: précis, comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, sentence correction, pairs of words and translation, written for a reader whose English is still learning.

Free to read, no account neededWhat a précis is, and what the examiner rewards20 min read
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Start here2 chapters, 1 reference page · 35 min read
  1. 1What these notes cover, syllabus line by syllabus lineReference
  2. 2The paper: what it asks and how it is marked20 min read
  3. 3The three hours: a plan for the whole paper15 min read
I. Précis writing17 chapters · 4 hr 35 min read
  1. 4What a précis is, and what the examiner rewardsFree20 min read
  2. 5How long a précis should be15 min read
  3. 6The first reading: what the passage is about, and what it says15 min read
  4. 7The second reading: the words that show the way15 min read
  5. 8Finding the main line15 min read
  6. 9Cutting what can go15 min read
  7. 10Sharing out the words10 min read
  8. 11Writing the précis15 min read
  9. 12In your own words10 min read
  10. 13Checking the précis against the passage15 min read
  11. 14The title10 min read
  12. 15A passage that argues20 min read
  13. 16A passage that answers other views25 min read
  14. 17A passage that tells or describes20 min read
  15. 18A passage that explains a chain of causes20 min read
  16. 19A passage about a person20 min read
  17. 20The précis in the hall20 min read
II. Reading comprehension13 chapters · 3 hr 30 min read
  1. 21Reading a comprehension passage20 min read
  2. 22Where the answer lies15 min read
  3. 23The kinds of question15 min read
  4. 24The shape of a four-mark answer10 min read
  5. 25What a word means in the passage10 min read
  6. 26The main idea and the writer's attitude15 min read
  7. 27Reading between the lines15 min read
  8. 28A whole Q.3, start to finish15 min read
  9. 29Worked comprehension: a scene from a story15 min read
  10. 30Worked comprehension: a commentary15 min read
  11. 31Worked comprehension: a long passage20 min read
  12. 32Worked comprehension: two essays on civilization20 min read
  13. 33Worked comprehension: two modern essays25 min read
III. Grammar and vocabulary44 chapters · 8 hr 35 min read
  1. 34Words by the job they do15 min read
  2. 35The parts of a sentence15 min read
  3. 36The simple and continuous present15 min read
  4. 37The present perfect10 min read
  5. 38The simple and continuous past15 min read
  6. 39The past perfect10 min read
  7. 40Talking about the future10 min read
  8. 41Keeping tenses together15 min read
  9. 42Sentences with if10 min read
  10. 43A verb agrees with its subject10 min read
  11. 44Where agreement goes wrong10 min read
  12. 45Nouns that can and cannot be counted10 min read
  13. 46Pronouns10 min read
  14. 47A, an and the10 min read
  15. 48The with names10 min read
  16. 49Adjectives and adverbs10 min read
  17. 50Where describing words stand10 min read
  18. 51At, on and in for time10 min read
  19. 52Prepositions of place10 min read
  20. 53For, since, during and until10 min read
  21. 54Words that take a fixed preposition9 min read
  22. 55The prepositions the papers set20 min read
  23. 56Joining equals: and, but, or, so10 min read
  24. 57Joining a part that leans on another9 min read
  25. 58Conjunctions that come in pairs10 min read
  26. 59Can, may, must and should10 min read
  27. 60To or -ing after a verb9 min read
  28. 61Active and passive10 min read
  29. 62Reporting what someone said10 min read
  30. 63Reported speech in the papers10 min read
  31. 64The full stop, the capital and the question mark9 min read
  32. 65The comma9 min read
  33. 66The apostrophe, semicolon, colon and dash10 min read
  34. 67Quotation marks9 min read
  35. 68Punctuating a paragraph10 min read
  36. 69The paragraphs the papers set15 min read
  37. 70The punctuation sentences the papers set10 min read
  38. 71Phrasal verbs10 min read
  39. 72The phrasal verbs the papers set9 min read
  40. 73Idioms10 min read
  41. 74The idioms the papers set20 min read
  42. 75Synonyms and antonyms10 min read
  43. 76Building words10 min read
  44. 77The words the papers used25 min read
IV. Sentence correction5 chapters · 1 hr 15 min read
  1. 78How to correct a sentence15 min read
  2. 79Faults of structure10 min read
  3. 80Faults of usage10 min read
  4. 81The real sentences, 2016 to 202020 min read
  5. 82The real sentences, 2021 to 202620 min read
V. Grouping of words2 chapters · 25 min read
  1. 83Grouping words in pairs15 min read
  2. 84Analogies15 min read
VI. Pairs of words6 chapters · 1 hr 30 min read
  1. 85How to answer a pair10 min read
  2. 86Pairs that sound alike10 min read
  3. 87Pairs that look alike10 min read
  4. 88Pairs of rare and literary words20 min read
  5. 89The pairs the paper set, 2016 to 202220 min read
  6. 90The pairs the paper set, 2023 to 202615 min read
VII. Translation9 chapters · 1 hr 45 min read
  1. 91How translation is marked10 min read
  2. 92Urdu and English sentence order10 min read
  3. 93Tense and voice in translation9 min read
  4. 94Urdu idioms and figures10 min read
  5. 95Words for translation10 min read
  6. 96The paragraphs the paper set, 2016 to 201810 min read
  7. 97The paragraphs the paper set, 2019 to 202115 min read
  8. 98The paragraphs the paper set, 2022 to 202415 min read
  9. 99The paragraphs the paper set, 2025 and 202610 min read

English Essay

70 chapters19 hr of reading

The 100-mark compulsory essay paper, from your first sentence to a finished three-hour essay: reading the title, building the outline, writing and checking every part, with practice and answers in every chapter.

Free to read, no account neededThe essay paper: what FPSC asks for and how it is marked25 min read
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Start here3 chapters, 1 reference page · 1 hr 5 min read
  1. 1What these notes cover, syllabus line by syllabus lineReference
  2. 2What this course is, and how to use it20 min read
  3. 3What an essay is: one answer, proved step by step20 min read
  4. 4The essay paper: what FPSC asks for and how it is markedFree25 min read
I. Clear sentences9 chapters · 2 hr 5 min read
  1. 5Your English: where the mistakes come from, and how they are fixed20 min read
  2. 6A sentence has a doer and a verb15 min read
  3. 7One idea in a sentence15 min read
  4. 8Joining two ideas without breaking the sentence15 min read
  5. 9Who did it: active and passive, and where the weight falls15 min read
  6. 10The verb agrees with its subject15 min read
  7. 11Holding one tense15 min read
  8. 12A, an and the15 min read
  9. 13The small words after a verb10 min read
II. The paragraph5 chapters · 1 hr 15 min read
  1. 14A paragraph proves one point15 min read
  2. 15The claim comes first15 min read
  3. 16Evidence the reader can picture15 min read
  4. 17Explaining why the evidence proves the claim15 min read
  5. 18Handing on to the next paragraph20 min read
III. Reading the title9 chapters · 2 hr 25 min read
  1. 19Reading every word of the title20 min read
  2. 20Saying the title in your own words15 min read
  3. 21The job the title sets, in one line15 min read
  4. 22Discuss, examine, evaluate: the instruction words20 min read
  5. 23Questions, statements, pairs: titles with no instruction word15 min read
  6. 24Titles that speak in a picture15 min read
  7. 25What the title leaves out15 min read
  8. 26Titles on sensitive ground15 min read
  9. 27Choosing your title from the ten15 min read
IV. Finding what to say6 chapters · 1 hr 35 min read
  1. 28Ideas come from questions about people15 min read
  2. 29Ten questions to ask of any title20 min read
  3. 30From a thought to a claim you can prove15 min read
  4. 31When a question gives you nothing15 min read
  5. 32Finding ideas for an abstract title15 min read
  6. 33What to read before the exam, and how to keep it15 min read
V. Making an argument2 chapters · 40 min read
  1. 34What an argument is made of20 min read
  2. 35Arguments that break, and how to spot them20 min read
VI. The thesis5 chapters · 1 hr 15 min read
  1. 36The thesis: your answer in one sentence15 min read
  2. 37Putting the reason inside the thesis15 min read
  3. 38A thesis the right size for 3,000 words15 min read
  4. 39Fitting the thesis to the title's job15 min read
  5. 40Three tries, five tests, one thesis15 min read
VII. The outline7 chapters · 2 hr read
  1. 41What an outline is for, and its shape20 min read
  2. 42Points that argue, not headings that name15 min read
  3. 43The evidence under each point15 min read
  4. 44The other side, and the way forward15 min read
  5. 45Putting the points in an order that argues15 min read
  6. 46From rough notes to a finished outline20 min read
  7. 47Repairing a weak outline15 min read
VIII. Writing the essay8 chapters · 2 hr 10 min read
  1. 48The introduction in three moves15 min read
  2. 49Openings that lose marks15 min read
  3. 50Body paragraphs that carry the essay15 min read
  4. 51Using facts and figures honestly15 min read
  5. 52Comparing countries and cases15 min read
  6. 53Facing the other side fairly20 min read
  7. 54The conclusion15 min read
  8. 55Explaining, arguing, describing, telling15 min read
IX. Style and editing3 chapters · 45 min read
  1. 56Plain, formal and free of padding15 min read
  2. 57Criticising policy as a future officer15 min read
  3. 58Editing your own draft in three passes15 min read
X. The exam5 chapters · 1 hr 10 min read
  1. 59The three hours, minute by minute10 min read
  2. 60The first forty minutes, on one sheet15 min read
  3. 61When time slips, and the last fifteen minutes15 min read
  4. 62Using your marked essay15 min read
  5. 63From now to the exam: a plan of practice15 min read
XI. Model essays and reference7 chapters · 2 hr 30 min read
  1. 64The first model essay, built layer by layer35 min read
  2. 65The second model essay: a saying for a title40 min read
  3. 66Word order and joining words: faults that come from Urdu15 min read
  4. 67Pronouns, comparisons and reporting what others said15 min read
  5. 68Wrong words, borrowed words and words that say it twice15 min read
  6. 69Punctuation and spelling15 min read
  7. 70Six timed papers to sit at home20 min read

General Science & Ability

42 chapters72 hr of reading2,043 MCQs1 timed paper

The 100-mark compulsory paper: 60 marks of science, 40 of ability, written for a reader who is not a scientist.

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  1. 1What these notes cover, syllabus line by syllabus lineReference
  2. 2How to sit the General Science & Ability paper1 hr 5 min read
Part-I: the MCQs1 reference page
  1. 3The real past MCQs, with answersReference
I. Physical sciences11 chapters · 21 hr 5 min read
  1. 4The universe and the solar system1 hr 40 min read
  2. 5Earth in motion: rotation, revolution, seasons and eclipses1 hr 55 min read
  3. 6Weather: the variables, and why it varies1 hr 45 min read
  4. 7Earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis and avalanches2 hr 10 min read
  5. 8Floods, droughts, cyclones, tornadoes and fire2 hr read
  6. 9Disaster risk management, and how Pakistan does it2 hr read
  7. 10Energy resources, and Pakistan's own mix1 hr 45 min read
  8. 11Atoms, radioactivity, and how atoms bond1 hr 45 min read
  9. 12Electromagnetic radiation, from radio waves to gamma rays2 hr 40 min read
  10. 13Modern materials: ceramics, plastics and semiconductors1 hr 40 min read
  11. 14Antibiotics, vaccines, fertilisers and pesticides1 hr 45 min read
V. Information technology2 chapters · 3 hr 55 min read
  1. 15Computers: hardware, software, and how they work together2 hr 15 min read
  2. 16Data, storage and information systems1 hr 40 min read
II. Biological sciences6 chapters · 10 hr 15 min read
  1. 17The cell1 hr 55 min read
  2. 18Biomolecules and enzymes1 hr 45 min read
  3. 19The kingdoms of life: plants, animals and their relatives1 hr 30 min read
  4. 20Human physiology1 hr 50 min read
  5. 21Diseases and epidemics: polio, diarrhoea, malaria, hepatitis and dengue1 hr 50 min read
  6. 22Biofuels, and what they can and cannot do1 hr 25 min read
III. Environmental science6 chapters · 10 hr 20 min read
  1. 23The Earth's four spheres: air, water, life and rock1 hr 25 min read
  2. 24Air pollution: the pollutants, the smog, and the agreements2 hr read
  3. 25Water pollution, and what makes water safe to drink1 hr 55 min read
  4. 26Solid waste: what a city does with what it throws away1 hr 45 min read
  5. 27Remote sensing and GIS: watching the Earth from above1 hr 40 min read
  6. 28Population planning1 hr 40 min read
IV. Food science3 chapters · 5 hr 35 min read
  1. 29A balanced diet, and what each nutrient is forFree1 hr 55 min read
  2. 30Food quality, additives and packaging2 hr read
  3. 31Why food spoils, how it is adulterated, and how it is preserved1 hr 45 min read
V. Information technology3 chapters · 7 hr 10 min read
  1. 32Networks and the internet2 hr 45 min read
  2. 33Artificial intelligence and robotics1 hr 55 min read
  3. 34Telecommunications: mobile, satellite, GPS and fibre2 hr 30 min read
VI. Quantitative ability4 chapters · 8 hr 15 min read
  1. 35Arithmetic under pressure: averages, ratios, rates and percentages1 hr 40 min read
  2. 36Algebra and equations2 hr 20 min read
  3. 37Geometry and sets2 hr 5 min read
  4. 38Random sampling and statistics2 hr 15 min read
VII. Logical and analytical reasoning2 chapters · 3 hr 10 min read
  1. 39Logical reasoning1 hr 40 min read
  2. 40Analytical reasoning1 hr 30 min read
VIII. Mental abilities1 chapter · 1 hr 20 min read
  1. 41The mental ability scales1 hr 20 min read
Start here1 reference page
  1. 42The syllabus, and what it actually meansReference

Islamic Studies

49 chapters62 hr of reading2,300 MCQs1 timed paper

The 100-mark compulsory paper, written with reverence and care, every verse and hadith referenced.

Free to read, no account neededHuman rights in Islam, the Farewell Sermon and the Universal Declaration1 hr 40 min read
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Start here2 reference pages
  1. 1What these notes cover, syllabus line by syllabus lineReference
  2. 2The syllabus, and what it actually meansReference
The method1 chapter · 1 hr 5 min read
  1. 3How to sit the Islamic Studies paper1 hr 5 min read
Part-I: the MCQs1 reference page
  1. 4The real past MCQs, with answersReference
Introduction to Islam11 chapters · 12 hr 15 min read
  1. 5The concept of Islam: submission, peace and the one message of all the prophets1 hr 5 min read
  2. 6Din and religion: why a complete way of life, and how it differs from "religion"55 min read
  3. 7The distinctive aspects of Islam55 min read
  4. 8Tawhid: belief in the One God, and what it does to a person and a society1 hr 25 min read
  5. 9Risalat: prophethood, and the finality of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ1 hr 10 min read
  6. 10Akhirah: the Hereafter, and the accountability it places on every life1 hr read
  7. 11Angels, the revealed books and divine decree1 hr 20 min read
  8. 12Salah: the prayer, and its spiritual, moral and social impact1 hr 10 min read
  9. 13Zakat: the due on wealth, its recipients, and poverty1 hr read
  10. 14Sawm: the fast of Ramadan, and what it trains1 hr 10 min read
  11. 15Hajj: the pilgrimage, and the unity it teaches1 hr 10 min read
The Sirah as a role model5 chapters · 6 hr 40 min read
  1. 16The Prophet ﷺ as an individual: his life and character1 hr read
  2. 17The Prophet ﷺ as a diplomat: the Charter of Madinah, Hudaybiyyah and the letters to rulers1 hr 30 min read
  3. 18The Prophet ﷺ as an educator1 hr 5 min read
  4. 19The Prophet ﷺ as a military strategist1 hr 45 min read
  5. 20The Prophet ﷺ as a peacemaker1 hr 20 min read
Human rights and the status of women3 chapters · 4 hr 20 min read
  1. 21Human rights in Islam, the Farewell Sermon and the Universal DeclarationFree1 hr 40 min read
  2. 22The status of women in Islam: rights, inheritance and the family1 hr 35 min read
  3. 23The dignity of man and woman1 hr 10 min read
Islamic civilization and culture7 chapters · 9 hr read
  1. 24Civilization and culture1 hr 20 min read
  2. 25The characteristics of Islamic civilization1 hr 10 min read
  3. 26Tazkiyah: self-purification, Ihsan and the Sufi tradition1 hr 5 min read
  4. 27The moral values of Islam: Makarim al-Akhlaq1 hr 20 min read
  5. 28Equality and social justice1 hr 30 min read
  6. 29Tolerance and coexistence in a society of many faiths1 hr 30 min read
  7. 30The rule of law1 hr 10 min read
Islam and the world5 chapters · 8 hr 35 min read
  1. 31Islam and the West: what each civilization gave the other1 hr 40 min read
  2. 32The role of Islam in the modern world1 hr 30 min read
  3. 33The Muslim world and its challenges: unity, sectarianism, Islamophobia and the Two-Nation Theory1 hr 35 min read
  4. 34Extremism: its causes, Islam's answer, and Pakistan's response2 hr read
  5. 35Jihad: its meaning, its kinds, and its conditions1 hr 45 min read
Public administration and governance7 chapters · 10 hr 10 min read
  1. 36Public administration in Islam: office as a trust, merit, and accountability1 hr 30 min read
  2. 37Good governance in the Quran, the Sunnah and Fiqh1 hr 20 min read
  3. 38The structure of Islamic government: shura, legislation and the sources of Islamic law1 hr 20 min read
  4. 39Governance under the Rightly Guided Caliphs1 hr 40 min read
  5. 40The letters of Hazrat Umar and Hazrat Ali to their governors and judges1 hr 35 min read
  6. 41The responsibilities of civil servants1 hr 25 min read
  7. 42Hisbah: accountability in Islam1 hr 20 min read
The Islamic system7 chapters · 9 hr 55 min read
  1. 43The Islamic social system: family, community and collective duty1 hr 30 min read
  2. 44The Islamic political system, and Pakistan's Islamic provisions1 hr 35 min read
  3. 45The Islamic economic system: zakat, the ban on riba, and the circulation of wealth1 hr 30 min read
  4. 46The Islamic judicial system1 hr 25 min read
  5. 47The Islamic administrative system1 hr 5 min read
  6. 48Ijma: consensus, its kinds and its authority1 hr 20 min read
  7. 49Ijtihad: independent reasoning, its conditions and its place today1 hr 30 min read

Pakistan Affairs

57 chapters111 hr of reading3,601 MCQs1 timed paperUpdated monthly

Built on all 186 Part-II questions from 26 real FPSC papers, 2000–2025.

Free to read, no account neededThe two-nation theory and the ideology of Pakistan1 hr 55 min read
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Start here2 reference pages
  1. 1The syllabus, and what it actually meansReference
  2. 2What these notes cover, syllabus line by syllabus lineReference
The method1 chapter · 1 hr 5 min read
  1. 3How to answer a twenty-mark question1 hr 5 min read
Part-I: the MCQs3 reference pages
  1. 4Part-I: twenty marks, thirty minutes, and the cheapest on the paperReference
  2. 5The real past MCQs, with answersReference
  3. 6The standing factsReference
Ideology and the freedom movement9 chapters · 18 hr 25 min read
  1. 7Muslim rule in the subcontinent, and its decline2 hr 15 min read
  2. 8The reform movements: Sirhindi, Shah Waliullah, Sayyid Ahmad and the Faraizis2 hr 5 min read
  3. 9Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and the Aligarh movement2 hr read
  4. 10Deoband, Nadwah and the other schools1 hr 45 min read
  5. 11Allama Iqbal and the idea of a Muslim homeland1 hr 30 min read
  6. 12Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah1 hr 30 min read
  7. 13The two-nation theory and the ideology of PakistanFree1 hr 55 min read
  8. 14The freedom movement, from one Simla to the other2 hr 55 min read
  9. 15Congress rule, the Cabinet Mission and partition2 hr 25 min read
Land, people and society9 chapters · 21 hr read
  1. 16The land: where Pakistan is and what that decides2 hr 5 min read
  2. 17Society and culture2 hr 5 min read
  3. 18Population: the growth, the youth bulge and what follows2 hr 15 min read
  4. 19Education: the promise, the schools and the universities2 hr 10 min read
  5. 20Industry: what Pakistan makes, and for whom2 hr 25 min read
  6. 21Natural resources: what lies in the ground, and why so little reaches the people2 hr 30 min read
  7. 22Agriculture: the land, the yield and the price2 hr 40 min read
  8. 23Ethnicity and national integration: many peoples, one country2 hr 20 min read
  9. 24Social problems: poverty, health and the reach of the state2 hr 35 min read
Government, constitution and politics11 chapters · 23 hr 45 min read
  1. 25Civil-military relations: who decides, and how the balance moves2 hr 5 min read
  2. 26East Pakistan and the separation of 19712 hr 15 min read
  3. 27The evolution of the democratic system2 hr 30 min read
  4. 28Political parties and elections2 hr 20 min read
  5. 29The civil service, local government and corruption2 hr 20 min read
  6. 30Constitution-making, 1947 to 19732 hr 25 min read
  7. 31The 1973 Constitution and its amendments2 hr 15 min read
  8. 32The judiciary1 hr 50 min read
  9. 33Federalism and provincial autonomy2 hr 5 min read
  10. 34Islam and the state: from the Objectives Resolution onwards1 hr 55 min read
  11. 35Political evolution since 1971: how governments came and went1 hr 45 min read
Economy and resources5 chapters · 8 hr 45 min read
  1. 36The economic challenges: why Pakistan saves too little1 hr 40 min read
  2. 37Energy: from too little electricity to too few paying customers1 hr 55 min read
  3. 38CPEC and connectivity: a building programme still looking for its traffic1 hr 40 min read
  4. 39Water and hydro politics: consent and trust on the Indus1 hr 50 min read
  5. 40The economy now: what the Survey and the budgets show1 hr 35 min read
Foreign policy and security16 chapters · 38 hr 20 min read
  1. 41Pakistan's foreign policy since 2001: from one patron to many partners2 hr 20 min read
  2. 42The Kashmir dispute: the law, the United Nations and Pakistan's case3 hr 5 min read
  3. 43Afghanistan since 1979: the war next door and what it has cost Pakistan3 hr 10 min read
  4. 44The neighbours other than India: China, Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia and Russia3 hr read
  5. 45Challenges to national security: many dangers, one purse2 hr 20 min read
  6. 46Pakistan and the war on terror2 hr 20 min read
  7. 47Pakistan and India since 1947: the wars, the agreements and the rivers2 hr 55 min read
  8. 48Challenges to Pakistan's sovereignty: secure in law, stretched in practice2 hr 15 min read
  9. 49Pakistan and the changing regional apparatus: a region split down the middle1 hr 45 min read
  10. 50Non-traditional threats and non-state actors: the harm without an army2 hr 15 min read
  11. 51Pakistan's national interest: what the state must secure, and what gives way when two interests collide2 hr 15 min read
  12. 52Proxy wars: how Pakistan is attacked through others, and the law on its side2 hr read
  13. 53Pakistan's nuclear programme: built in secret, governed in the open2 hr 35 min read
  14. 54The Palestine issue: Pakistan's oldest position, now tested by deeds2 hr read
  15. 55SAARC, ECO and the SCO: one rule, three different rivals2 hr 10 min read
  16. 56Pakistan's role in the region: strong where others ask, weak where its map points2 hr read
Monthly briefs1 brief · 30 min read
  1. 57Pakistan Affairs brief: 26 August to 25 September 2026 · covers 25 September 202630 min read

Optional papers

Every optional subject is being added one by one, all by 14 October 2026, for the same price. Anyone who joins before then gets each one as it arrives.

Ask Sir Waseem Khan which come first

Gender Studies

55 chapters51 hr of reading973 MCQs1 timed paper

The whole 100-mark paper: the field and its debates, the social construction of gender, every school of feminist theory, the movements in the West and in Pakistan, gender and development, the status of women in Pakistan, gender and governance, gender-based violence, and the three case studies.

Free to read, no account neededLiberal feminism: equal rights through law and reason1 hr read
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Start here1 chapter, 2 reference pages · 50 min read
  1. 1What these notes cover, syllabus line by syllabus lineReference
  2. 2The syllabus, and what it actually meansReference
  3. 3How to sit the Gender Studies paper50 min read
Part-I: the MCQs1 reference page
  1. 4The real past MCQs, with answersReference
I. Introduction to Gender Studies5 chapters · 4 hr 25 min read
  1. 5What gender studies is: its subject, its questions and how it began1 hr 5 min read
  2. 6Women's studies and gender studies: how the two fields differ55 min read
  3. 7One subject, many disciplines: the multidisciplinary nature of gender studies45 min read
  4. 8The autonomy and integration debate: a department of its own, or a thread through every subject50 min read
  5. 9Gender studies in Pakistan: the centres, the courses and the problems55 min read
II. Social Construction of Gender5 chapters · 4 hr 20 min read
  1. 10Social constructionism and its history: how gender came to be seen as made, not born1 hr read
  2. 11Queer theory: questioning the category of sex55 min read
  3. 12Is sex socially made too? Biology, intersex bodies and the two-sex model50 min read
  4. 13Masculinities and femininity: how societies make men and women50 min read
  5. 14Nature versus culture: where differences between women and men come from45 min read
III. Feminist Theories and Practice7 chapters · 7 hr 20 min read
  1. 15What is feminism? The idea, its schools and its place in Pakistan55 min read
  2. 16Liberal feminism: equal rights through law and reasonFree1 hr read
  3. 17Radical feminism: patriarchy at the root55 min read
  4. 18Marxist and socialist feminism: women, work and capital55 min read
  5. 19Psychoanalytic feminism: how gender enters the mind50 min read
  6. 20Men's feminism: men who support women's equality, and the study of men1 hr 25 min read
  7. 21Postmodern feminism: language, difference and the end of a single idea of woman1 hr 20 min read
IV. Feminist Movements6 chapters · 6 hr 45 min read
  1. 22The first wave of feminism: the vote, property and the right to learn1 hr 15 min read
  2. 23The second wave of feminism: work, the family and the body1 hr 20 min read
  3. 24The third wave of feminism and after: difference, intersectionality and the fourth wave1 hr 5 min read
  4. 25The United Nations conferences on women: from Mexico City to Beijing, and CEDAW55 min read
  5. 26The women's movement in Pakistan to 1977: from the struggle for Pakistan to APWA and the Family Laws1 hr 10 min read
  6. 27The women's movement in Pakistan since 1977: from the Women's Action Forum to the Aurat March1 hr read
V. Gender and Development10 chapters · 9 hr 40 min read
  1. 28Colonial and capitalist perspectives of gender55 min read
  2. 29Modernization theory and gender1 hr read
  3. 30World-system theory and gender50 min read
  4. 31Dependency theory and gender50 min read
  5. 32Structural functionalism and gender50 min read
  6. 33Women in Development (WID)1 hr 5 min read
  7. 34Women and Development (WAD)1 hr read
  8. 35Gender and Development (GAD)1 hr read
  9. 36Structural Adjustment Programmes and gender55 min read
  10. 37Globalisation and gender1 hr 15 min read
VI. Status of Women in Pakistan5 chapters · 5 hr 25 min read
  1. 38The health of women in Pakistan1 hr 10 min read
  2. 39Women and education in Pakistan1 hr read
  3. 40Women and employment in Pakistan1 hr read
  4. 41Women and family law in Pakistan1 hr 15 min read
  5. 42Women and criminal law in Pakistan1 hr read
VII. Gender and Governance6 chapters · 5 hr 35 min read
  1. 43What governance is, and why gender matters to it1 hr read
  2. 44The suffragist movement, how women won the vote55 min read
  3. 45Women as voters in Pakistan1 hr read
  4. 46Women as candidates in Pakistan55 min read
  5. 47Women as representatives in Pakistan55 min read
  6. 48The political quota for women in Pakistan50 min read
VIII. Gender Based Violence4 chapters · 3 hr 45 min read
  1. 49What gender-based violence is55 min read
  2. 50Theories of violence against women1 hr read
  3. 51Structural and direct violence against women55 min read
  4. 52Strategies to end violence against women50 min read
IX. Case Studies3 chapters · 2 hr 45 min read
  1. 53The case of Mukhtaran Mai45 min read
  2. 54The case of Malala Yousafzai1 hr read
  3. 55The case of Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy1 hr read

Political Science

138 chapters142 hr of reading60 MCQs1 timed paper

Both 100-mark papers: Western and Muslim political thought, concepts, institutions and ideologies, the political systems of nine countries, Pakistan's government and politics, and international relations.

Free to read, no account neededPlato: justice, the philosopher-king and the ideal state55 min read
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  1. 1What these notes cover, syllabus line by syllabus lineReference
  2. 2The syllabus, and what it actually meansReference
  3. 3How to sit the two Political Science papers30 min read
Paper I. Western Political Thought24 chapters · 24 hr 55 min read
  1. 4Plato: justice, the philosopher-king and the ideal stateFree55 min read
  2. 5Aristotle: the state as a natural community, and the classification of constitutions1 hr 15 min read
  3. 6Machiavelli: power, virtù and the separation of politics from ethics1 hr read
  4. 7Montesquieu: the spirit of the laws and the separation of powers55 min read
  5. 8Hobbes: the state of nature, the social contract and the Leviathan55 min read
  6. 9Locke: natural rights, government by consent and the right of resistance55 min read
  7. 10Rousseau: the social contract, the general will and popular sovereignty50 min read
  8. 11Kant: freedom, duty, the republic and perpetual peace1 hr 45 min read
  9. 12John Stuart Mill: liberty, representative government and a better utilitarianism1 hr 15 min read
  10. 13Bentham: utility, the greatest happiness and the reform of law1 hr read
  11. 14Hegel: the dialectic, history and the state as the march of freedom1 hr 10 min read
  12. 15Marx: historical materialism, class struggle and the withering away of the state1 hr 5 min read
  13. 16Lenin: the vanguard party, imperialism and the dictatorship of the proletariat1 hr 20 min read
  14. 17Mao Zedong: peasant revolution, people's war and the people's democratic dictatorship1 hr 10 min read
  15. 18Gramsci: hegemony, civil society and the war of position1 hr read
  16. 19Karl Popper: the open society, falsifiability and the poverty of historicism55 min read
  17. 20Pierre Bourdieu: capital, habitus, field and symbolic power55 min read
  18. 21John Rawls: justice as fairness, the veil of ignorance and the two principles55 min read
  19. 22Francis Fukuyama: the end of history, recognition and the last man55 min read
  20. 23Michel Foucault: power, knowledge, discipline and biopower55 min read
  21. 24Jacques Derrida: deconstruction, justice, hospitality and the democracy to come50 min read
  22. 25Søren Kierkegaard: the individual, the present age and the leap of faith50 min read
  23. 26Jean-Paul Sartre: existence, freedom, bad faith and commitment1 hr 10 min read
  24. 27René Descartes: doubt, reason and the modern self1 hr 5 min read
Paper I. Muslim Political Thought11 chapters · 10 hr 40 min read
  1. 28Al-Farabi: the virtuous city and its ruler1 hr read
  2. 29Al-Mawardi: the theory of the Imamate and the ordinances of government1 hr read
  3. 30Ibn Rushd: reason, revelation and the commentary on Plato's Republic50 min read
  4. 31Imam Ghazali: the origin of the state, the caliph and the ruler55 min read
  5. 32Ibn Taymiyyah: government by the Shariah and the duty of the ruler50 min read
  6. 33Nizam-ul-Mulk Tusi: the Siyasatnama and the theory of kingship1 hr 5 min read
  7. 34Ibn Khaldun: asabiyyah and the rise and fall of states1 hr 20 min read
  8. 35Shah Waliullah: the irtifaqat and the state1 hr read
  9. 36Allama Iqbal's political thought: the self, ijtihad and the Muslim state50 min read
  10. 37Jamaluddin Afghani: Pan-Islamism and the revival of the Muslim world50 min read
  11. 38Rashid Rida: the caliphate and Islamic reform1 hr 5 min read
Paper I. State System4 chapters · 4 hr 30 min read
  1. 39The state: what it is, its elements, and the theories of its origin1 hr 30 min read
  2. 40The modern nation-state system: from Westphalia to today, nation, nationality and citizenship1 hr 5 min read
  3. 41The Islamic concept of the state1 hr read
  4. 42The Ummah: the Muslim community beyond borders55 min read
Paper I. Political Concepts8 chapters · 8 hr read
  1. 43Sovereignty in Western and Islamic thought1 hr read
  2. 44Justice in Western and Islamic thought55 min read
  3. 45Law: its sources, kinds and the Islamic Shariah55 min read
  4. 46Liberty: negative and positive, Western and Islamic1 hr 20 min read
  5. 47Equality: before the law, of opportunity and of outcome1 hr 5 min read
  6. 48Rights and duties: two sides of one relationship1 hr read
  7. 49Human rights: the universal declaration, the covenants and Islam55 min read
  8. 50Political authority and power: legitimacy, influence and Weber's three types55 min read
Paper I. Comparative Politics7 chapters · 6 hr 20 min read
  1. 51Comparative politics: the field, its approaches and the political system50 min read
  2. 52Political culture: parochial, subject and participant50 min read
  3. 53Political development and modernisation50 min read
  4. 54Political recruitment: who gets to rule, and how1 hr 10 min read
  5. 55Civil society: between the family and the state55 min read
  6. 56Violence and terrorism in politics55 min read
  7. 57Women's empowerment: rights, representation and Pakistan50 min read
Paper I. Political Dynamics8 chapters · 7 hr 25 min read
  1. 58Political participation: its modes and levels50 min read
  2. 59Political change and revolution50 min read
  3. 60Elections: why they matter and what makes them free and fair50 min read
  4. 61Electoral systems: plurality, majority and proportional representation50 min read
  5. 62Public opinion: how it forms and how it is measured1 hr 5 min read
  6. 63Propaganda: persuasion, manipulation and the modern media55 min read
  7. 64Political parties and party systems1 hr read
  8. 65Pressure groups and lobbies55 min read
Paper I. Political Institutions6 chapters · 5 hr 40 min read
  1. 66The legislature: its functions, chambers and decline1 hr read
  2. 67The executive: kinds, powers and growth55 min read
  3. 68The judiciary: independence, judicial review and judicial activism55 min read
  4. 69Political elites: the few who rule50 min read
  5. 70The civil bureaucracy: Weber's model and a professional, neutral service50 min read
  6. 71The military in politics: why armies intervene and how civilian control is kept1 hr 15 min read
Paper I. Forms of Government8 chapters · 7 hr 5 min read
  1. 72Monarchy: rule by one, from divine right to the crowned republic1 hr read
  2. 73Democracy: rule by the people, its forms, its critics and its conditions55 min read
  3. 74Dictatorship: from the Roman emergency office to the modern strongman55 min read
  4. 75Authoritarian and totalitarian rule: the difference of aim and degree50 min read
  5. 76Unitary government: one sovereign centre, from France to the United Kingdom50 min read
  6. 77Federal government: union without uniformity50 min read
  7. 78Confederation: a league of sovereign states50 min read
  8. 79Presidential and parliamentary government: separation against fusion50 min read
Paper I. Political Ideologies7 chapters · 6 hr 15 min read
  1. 80Capitalism, and its relation to democracy1 hr 5 min read
  2. 81Communism in theory and in power55 min read
  3. 82Socialism: its kinds, from utopian to democratic55 min read
  4. 83Totalitarianism as an ideology50 min read
  5. 84Fascism: its principles, and why it rose in Italy and Germany50 min read
  6. 85Nationalism50 min read
  7. 86Islamic political ideology50 min read
Paper I. Local Self Government5 chapters · 4 hr 25 min read
  1. 87Local self-government: the theory and why it matters50 min read
  2. 88Local government in Pakistan, from Basic Democracies to today50 min read
  3. 89Systems of local governance compared: the UK, the USA, France and China1 hr 5 min read
  4. 90Public administration: the machinery of the state55 min read
  5. 91Public policy: how it is made and judged50 min read
Paper II. Western Political Systems4 chapters · 3 hr 20 min read
  1. 92The political system of the United States50 min read
  2. 93The political system of the United Kingdom50 min read
  3. 94The political system of France50 min read
  4. 95The political system of Germany50 min read
Paper II. Global and Regional Integration8 chapters · 8 hr 5 min read
  1. 96Globalization and politics50 min read
  2. 97Global civil society50 min read
  3. 98Regional politico-economic integration50 min read
  4. 99The European Union: its growth, institutions and Brexit50 min read
  5. 100SAARC: the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation50 min read
  6. 101ECO: the Economic Cooperation Organization1 hr 5 min read
  7. 102The International Monetary Fund and the Bretton Woods order1 hr 10 min read
  8. 103The World Trade Organization1 hr 40 min read
Paper II. Political Systems of Asia5 chapters · 6 hr 20 min read
  1. 104The political system of Turkey1 hr 10 min read
  2. 105The political system of Iran1 hr 15 min read
  3. 106The political system of Malaysia1 hr 20 min read
  4. 107The political system of India1 hr 20 min read
  5. 108The political system of China1 hr 15 min read
Paper II. Pakistan Movement5 chapters · 4 hr 45 min read
  1. 109The rise of Muslim nationalism in South Asia1 hr read
  2. 110The Pakistan Movement, 1906 to 19471 hr read
  3. 111Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and the Aligarh Movement1 hr read
  4. 112Allama Iqbal and the idea of Pakistan50 min read
  5. 113Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah and the constitutional road to Pakistan1 hr read
Paper II. Government and Politics in Pakistan16 chapters · 19 hr 30 min read
  1. 114Constitution making, 1947 to 19561 hr 5 min read
  2. 115The Constitution of 19561 hr 10 min read
  3. 116The Constitution of 19731 hr 15 min read
  4. 117The three constitutions compared1 hr 15 min read
  5. 118The amendments to the 1973 Constitution, to date1 hr 10 min read
  6. 119The federal structure of Pakistan1 hr read
  7. 120The 18th Amendment and centre-province relations1 hr read
  8. 121The political culture of Pakistan1 hr 10 min read
  9. 122Political developments and civil-military relations in Pakistan1 hr 20 min read
  10. 123The civil bureaucracy in Pakistan55 min read
  11. 124The judiciary in Pakistan1 hr 5 min read
  12. 125Feudalism and landed power in Pakistan1 hr read
  13. 126Political parties and interest groups in Pakistan1 hr 30 min read
  14. 127Elections and voting behaviour in Pakistan1 hr 20 min read
  15. 128Religion and politics in Pakistan1 hr 35 min read
  16. 129Ethnicity and national integration in Pakistan1 hr 35 min read
Paper II. International Relations9 chapters · 14 hr 30 min read
  1. 130The Cold War, 1945 to 19912 hr read
  2. 131International relations after the Cold War1 hr 30 min read
  3. 132Pakistan's foreign policy: aims, record and relations1 hr 50 min read
  4. 133Foreign policy determinant: size and geography1 hr 35 min read
  5. 134Foreign policy determinant: national capacity1 hr 50 min read
  6. 135Foreign policy determinant: national interest1 hr 20 min read
  7. 136Foreign policy determinants at home: leaders, parties, press, bureaucracy, society and public opinion1 hr 15 min read
  8. 137How foreign policy is made in Pakistan1 hr 40 min read
  9. 138The external factors: the power structure, international organisations and world opinion1 hr 30 min read

Town Planning and Urban Management

80 chapters113 hr of reading1,418 MCQs1 timed paper

The whole 100-mark paper: what town planning is, the planned towns of history, urbanization, planning in Pakistan, managing growth, housing, policy and urban design, sustainability, and the information systems a planner uses.

Free to read, no account neededWhat town planning is: its definitions, its scope and where the idea came from1 hr 25 min read
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  1. 1What these notes cover, syllabus line by syllabus lineReference
  2. 2The syllabus, and what it actually meansReference
  3. 3How to sit the Town Planning and Urban Management paper55 min read
I. Definition, Goals and Multi-disciplinary Nature of Town Planning6 chapters · 7 hr 25 min read
  1. 4What town planning is: its definitions, its scope and where the idea came fromFree1 hr 25 min read
  2. 5The goals and objectives of town planning1 hr 5 min read
  3. 6Town planning as a multi-disciplinary approach: the planner and the team1 hr 10 min read
  4. 7How town planning relates to architecture, engineering, geography, economics, sociology and law1 hr 5 min read
  5. 8How a plan is made: the planning process and the kinds of plan1 hr 15 min read
  6. 9Planning theories: how cities grow, what a good town looks like and how to plan1 hr 25 min read
II. Historical Perspective of Urban Planning17 chapters · 28 hr 40 min read
  1. 10The first towns, and what makes a town planned1 hr 20 min read
  2. 11Planned towns of Asia: ancient China, the Islamic city and Mughal India1 hr 25 min read
  3. 12Greek towns: Miletus, Priene and the grid of Hippodamus1 hr 40 min read
  4. 13Roman towns: the camp, the colony and the empire's cities1 hr 45 min read
  5. 14Medieval towns: the wall, the market and the bastides1 hr 25 min read
  6. 15Renaissance and Baroque towns: the ideal city and the grand axis1 hr 55 min read
  7. 16The industrial city and the reformers who answered it1 hr 40 min read
  8. 17Garden cities and new towns: Howard, Unwin and the British new towns2 hr read
  9. 18The modern movement: Le Corbusier, the Athens Charter, Brasilia and Chandigarh1 hr 35 min read
  10. 19Planned towns of the Nile Valley2 hr read
  11. 20Planned towns of Mesopotamia: the Euphrates and Tigris valley1 hr 40 min read
  12. 21The Indus Valley civilization and the planning of its towns2 hr 5 min read
  13. 22Mehrgarh: the village that came before the towns1 hr 25 min read
  14. 23Kot Diji: the early town beneath the Indus cities1 hr 25 min read
  15. 24Harappa: the city of walled mounds1 hr 50 min read
  16. 25Mohenjodaro: the planned city on the Indus1 hr 35 min read
  17. 26Gandhara: Taxila and the towns of the Gandhara civilization2 hr read
III. Urban Rural Differences and Hierarchy of Settlements7 chapters · 8 hr 20 min read
  1. 27Urban and rural: how a town differs from a village, and where the line is drawn1 hr 10 min read
  2. 28The hierarchy of settlements: from the hamlet to the megalopolis1 hr 15 min read
  3. 29Metropolitan cities, megacities and cosmopolitan cities: Karachi and Lahore1 hr 10 min read
  4. 30Urbanization: what it is, how it is measured and where it comes from1 hr 10 min read
  5. 31Urbanization in Pakistan: the waves, the census and what growth did to planning1 hr 10 min read
  6. 32Urbanization, curse or blessing: the gains, the costs and urban sprawl1 hr 10 min read
  7. 33The urban environment: heat islands, air, water, waste and floods1 hr 10 min read
IV. History of Planning in Pakistan8 chapters · 14 hr 30 min read
  1. 34Town planning in the subcontinent before 19472 hr 5 min read
  2. 35National planning in Pakistan and the Five Year Plans2 hr read
  3. 36Regional plans in Pakistan1 hr 45 min read
  4. 37The plans for Karachi1 hr 55 min read
  5. 38The plans for Lahore1 hr 55 min read
  6. 39The master plan of Islamabad1 hr 40 min read
  7. 40Master plans of other cities, and why master plans succeed or fail1 hr 45 min read
  8. 41The laws and institutions of planning in Pakistan1 hr 30 min read
V. Managing Urbanization9 chapters · 11 hr 20 min read
  1. 42Managing urbanization: the levers, density and vertical growth1 hr 5 min read
  2. 43Best practices in managing cities: what the world's cities teach1 hr 20 min read
  3. 44Best practices in Pakistan: what has worked in Pakistan's own cities1 hr 5 min read
  4. 45Land use classification and the land use classification policy1 hr 35 min read
  5. 46Zoning1 hr 20 min read
  6. 47Building and development control1 hr 15 min read
  7. 48Encroachments and their removal1 hr 10 min read
  8. 49Urban transport planning and its indicators1 hr 15 min read
  9. 50Intelligent Transport Systems1 hr 15 min read
VI. Housing, Community and Economic Development9 chapters · 10 hr 55 min read
  1. 51Housing: what it is, what it costs and how a good scheme is planned1 hr 10 min read
  2. 52Housing in Pakistan: the shortage, the schemes and the economic case1 hr 5 min read
  3. 53Approaches to low-income housing1 hr 5 min read
  4. 54Informal settlements1 hr 5 min read
  5. 55Urban community development1 hr read
  6. 56Economic development and the urban economy1 hr 30 min read
  7. 57Rural development planning1 hr 20 min read
  8. 58Equitable development, human development and poverty1 hr 25 min read
  9. 59Planning for disadvantaged groups1 hr 15 min read
VII. Public Policy and Urban Design Management8 chapters · 12 hr 50 min read
  1. 60Economics for planners1 hr 55 min read
  2. 61Public policy, why it matters and how it is made1 hr 25 min read
  3. 62Policy analysis1 hr 45 min read
  4. 63Politics, power and governance in planning1 hr 35 min read
  5. 64Public participation and advocacy planning1 hr 30 min read
  6. 65Urban design: its elements and principles1 hr 30 min read
  7. 66Using urban design to solve social and environmental problems1 hr 20 min read
  8. 67Urban regeneration, conservation and gentrification1 hr 50 min read
VIII. Sustainability, Environmental Policy and Planning7 chapters · 10 hr 35 min read
  1. 68Sustainability and sustainable development1 hr 50 min read
  2. 69The Sustainable Development Goals and Goal 111 hr 30 min read
  3. 70Conserving and managing natural resources1 hr 40 min read
  4. 71Environmental policy, in the world and in Pakistan1 hr 20 min read
  5. 72Environmental planning and environmental assessment1 hr 40 min read
  6. 73Climate change, disasters and resilience1 hr 10 min read
  7. 74Sustainable and resilient cities1 hr 25 min read
IX. Urban Information Systems5 chapters · 6 hr 35 min read
  1. 75Software used in planning1 hr 20 min read
  2. 76Geographic information systems in planning1 hr read
  3. 77Spatial analysis and remote sensing1 hr 40 min read
  4. 78Statistical analysis and SPSS1 hr 25 min read
  5. 79Urban information systems and smart cities1 hr 15 min read
V. Managing Urbanization1 chapter · 1 hr 20 min read
  1. 80Roads, traffic, land measures and the standards a planner works to1 hr 20 min read

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