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Department of Electrical Engineering

HU-150T: Pakistan Studies

Course Code HU-150T Semester 1st
Credit Hours 3 Term Spring 2021
Instructor Maleeha Sattar Pre-requisite None
E-mail maleeha.sattar@itu.edu.pk Department Electrical Engineering
https://classroom.google.com/c/
Office Room 14, 9th floor Google Classroom MzA3OTk5MjY5Mjkz?cjc=tgg
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Instructor Mondays &Wednesdays Teaching Muhammad Waqas Mirza
Office Hours 02:45 PM – 03:45 PM Assistant waqasmirza.ta@itu.edu.pk

Course Description:
This multifaceted course may well be titled Pakistan Studies but is anything but the usual re-collection of a
limited number of events in a chronological order. Instead, it focuses more on theory and themes of continuity
and change in North Indian History leading to the creation of Pakistan and the subsequent adoption of many
of the continuing political and social practices after 1947. Thus, it provides awareness about the remedial
measures for overcoming impediments historically inherent in our socio-political fabric.

This course has been divided into three parts. The first part focuses on acquainting the students with general
themes in history and its application on the region now known as Pakistan from the days of the Late Mughal
and Colonial rule. This helps students make a sound basis for rigorous socio-political events of the 20th century.
Many references to later time periods are made for clarification and comparison of those themes, though all
the events are taught in detail chronologically.

The second part follows the more usual trajectory of the road towards Pakistan, starting from the establishment
of the first Muslim School in Aligarh, to the creation of Muslim League, the idea of Pakistan and Jinnah’s
emergence as the manifestation of that idea after 1940, culminating in the creation of a separate nation-state.
Onus would be on breaking incorrect pre-conceived notions and on encouraging critical revisionism of not
only the political development but also social evolution.

Thirdly, the course analyses Pakistan as a post-colonial state marred by identity issues, constitutionalism and
general confusion about the nature of the state. The events under consideration would be from the Objectives
Resolution of 1949 to the Martial Rule of General Ayub Khan, the first General Elections, Bhutto and Zia’s
Pakistan, Pakistan’s emergence as a global player, flirtations with democracies and military rule, in addition
to many socio-cultural landmarks which have led the country reach the point where it finds itself today.

Course Outcomes/Objectives:
To achieve these major learning outcomes students will:

● Understand the nature of history as a subject and its importance.

● Critically delve into the history of the areas now constituting Pakistan from colonial rule to the creation
of Pakistan and afterwards.

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● De-learn the rather partial and un-critical ways of analysing history inoculated in schools and to
develop the courage to question the past.
● Learn interesting ways of looking at history, for example by going back and forth in time and
comparing analytically instead of memorizing events in a chronological order.
● Appreciate the social side of Pakistan’s history, development of culture, society and behaviours after
independence.
● Understand contemporary Pakistani issues in light of their ‘historical roots’ and then arguing for their
remedies.

Books:
Text Book • Barbara Metcalf and Thomas Metcalf, A Concise History of Modern India,
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Available at Readings and Variety
books.
• Sayeed, Khalid Bin. 1960. Pakistan: The formative phase. Karachi: Oxford
University Press. Available through Oxford University Press, Mini Market, Gulberg.
• Talbot, Ian. 2012. Pakistan: A New History. New York: Oxford University Press.
Available through Oxford University Press, Mini Market, Gulberg and other
bookstores in Lahore.

Reference ● Ayesha Jalal. The Struggle for Pakistan: A Muslim Homeland and Global Politics.
Books ● Farzana Shaikh. Making Sense of Pakistan.
● Bangash, Yaqoob Khan. A Princely Affair: Accession and Integration of the Princely
States of Pakistan, 1947-55.
● Christoph Jafferlot. The Pakistan Paradox.

Other resources
Web based • Digital Library of India has key books and references which have been digitised and
resources preserved online and made available free of charge. http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/
• MANAS – extensive online resource material. Material should be supplemented by
other more detailed reading.http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/MAIN/site.htmlThe
Internet Modern History Sourcebook contains thousands of sources.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/india/indiasbook.html

• The Digital South Asia Library provides digital materials for reference and research
on South Asia to scholars, public officials, business leaders, and others.

http://dsal.uchicago.edu/

• The Digital Colonial Documents Project (India) is intended to promote study of the
rare seminal documents. The project makes available rare colonial documents as
searchable internet documents. http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/default.htm

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• Google Books has many digitised books online; some are available in snippet form but
others are complete volumes, especially older books. http://www.google.co.uk/books

Recommen ● Jinnah by Akbar S. Ahmed

ded Film ● Gandhi by Richard Attenborough
Sources ● Partition: The Day India burned (BBC)
● Dateline Bangladesh, a documentary by Gita Mehta
● 1971, by Amrit Sagar.

Chapter Topics Lectures

K.K Aziz,
The
Murder of
History:
A Introduction: What is History
Critique 1
of History
Textbooks
used in
Pakistan.
Chapter 1
Bose and ▪ Modernity and Antiquity: Interpretations of Ancient India
Jalal, Documentary: Indus Valley Civilisation 1
Chapter 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmeyjkMYqeE
Metcalf
and
Metcalf, Last Mughal to White Mughal I: Fall of the Mughal Empire 1748 1
Chapter 2.

Metcalf ▪ Last Mughal to White Mughal II: The rise of the East India Company
and 1749
1
Metcalf, Lord Bentinck and Abolition of Sati
Chapter 2 http://chnm.gmu.edu/wwh/p/103.html
Metcalf
and
Metcalf, ▪ The Two Threats: Tipu Sultan and Maharaja Ranjit Singh 1750-71
1
Chapter 3. Three Resourceful Fakirs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ucy-RFyQ6Ow

Metcalf ▪ The Company Bahadur’s Raj 1772-1848

and Life of Ram Mohun Roy
1
Metcalf, http://www.himpub.com/documents/Chapter107.pdf
Chapter 3.
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Assignment 1
▪ HEC manual for plagiarism, Chicago citation style
How to use www.google.com for research
1
• How to write a paper. Academic citation and referencing 101
http://www.easybib.com/guides/citation-guides/chicago-turabian/

Metcalf ▪ Modern State in India 1848, and the arrival of ‘Marquis of Dalhousie’
and 1848-56
1
Metcalf,
Chapter 4
Metcalf
and
Metcalf, 1857: The Uprising and the ‘First War of Independence’ 1858-59
Chapter 4. http://www.csas.ed.ac.uk/mutiny/texts.html 1
Jalal and
Bose,
Chapter 9.

Mid Term Exam

Metcalf
and Post-mutiny era 1859-80
1
Metcalf,
Chapter 4
Khalid Sir Syed Ahmad Khan:
bin The Muslim Renaissance 1880s
Sayeed,
Chapter 2, Documentary on Sir Syed
pages, 13- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NijMZZa9E3o
21. Speech of Sir Syed Ahmad at Lucknow [1887]
1
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00islamlinks/txt_sir_sayyid_l
ucknow_1887.html

Speech of Badruddin Tayabji 1887.

▪ http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00litlinks/txt_tyabji_congr
ess_1887.html
Assignment 2
Khalid
bin ▪ Hindu Muslim Nationalism 1890s, the First Partition 1905
Sayeed,
1
Chapter 2, The Vande Matram controversy
21-33. http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2624/stories/20091204262411900.htm
http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1601/16010940.htm
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Metcalf ▪ http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00islamlinks/txt_jinnah_la
and hore_1940.html
Metalf,
Chapter 5.
Khalid
bin
Sayeed,
Chapter 3, The Great War 1914-18, Last Caliph and Khilafat Movement 1920s
33-63.
1
Metcalf
and
Metalf,
Chapter
5-6.
Khalid
bin
Sayeed, Hindu Muslim unity 1920s and Emergence of Gandhi early 1930s
Chapter 3, Iqbal, 1930 Allahabad Address
63-101; http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00islamlinks/txt_iqbal_1930. 1
Metcalf html
and
Metalf,
Chapter 6
Metcalf We have a Constitution! 1935-39
and Saadat Hassan Manto, Naya Qanoon.
Metalf, http://www.salamurdu.com/urdu-writings/naya-qanoon-by-saadat-hassan- 1
Chapter 6. manto.html
▪ Wardha Scheme of Education

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Khalid
bin
Sayeed, The Raj Imperiled, 1940-45
Chapter 4; Jinnah’s Speech 1940
Metcalf ▪ http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00islamlinks/txt_jinnah_la 1
and hore_1940.html
Metcalf, ▪ Lahore Resolution
Chapter 7.

The India Office Records:

Setting of http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indianindependence/indi 1
the Sun, apakistan/index.html
1945-47
Assignment 3
BBC
Document
ary ‘The
day India
Burnt’ 1947: Freedom at Midnight?
https://ww Saadat Hassan Manto, Toba Tek Singh
w.youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE4OYy5qHvA
1
.com/watc
h?v=jGiT
aQ60Je0
Bose and
Jalal,
Chapter
17
Talbot,
Chapter 1. Pakistan: The Setting and First war with India on Kashmir 1

Talbot, Jinnah’s Pakistan 1947-8

Chapter Jinnah’s August 11, 1947 Speech
1. http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00islamlinks/txt_jinnah_asse
mbly_1947.html 1
Jinnah Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_qg77K6rWI

Talbot,
Chapter 2. Musical Chairs: Saving the People from Themselves (1948-58)
1

Talbot, It’s the Economy, Stupid! The Ayub Era (1958-69)

1
Chapter 3. Fatima Jinnah’s Election campaign
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq8GD9qmP60

Talbot,
Chapter 3. War of 1965 and Pak-India relations 1

Assignment 4
Women,
War, and
the 1971: Fall of Dhaka
Making of Documentary 1971
Banglades https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIy_WyGN56w
1
h by
Yasmin
Saikia,
Chapter 2.

Talbot, Bhutto:
Chapter 4. A Socialist-Islamist Paradox (1972-77)
Interview with History by Orriana Fallaci 1
http://bhutto.org/Acrobat/interview-with-history.pdf

Talbot, The Regime of Zia (1977-88)

Chapter 5. Women’s Action Forum
http://cws.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cws/article/viewFile/12551/11634 1
https://beenasarwar.com/2013/02/13/my-years-with-waf-zohra-yusuf-on-
the-pakistani-womens-movement/
Talbot, Democratic Interlude: 1988-99
Chapter 6. PTV Clip on elections 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNwTJ4wO7dQ
Talbot,
Chapter 7. Kargil War 1999 and the third military coup 1

Musharraf:
Enlightened Moderation? (1999-2008)
Musharraf Speech, Sept. 19, 2001
Talbot, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/not_in_website/syndication/monitoring/media_re
Chapter 7. ports/1553542.stm 1

Bush’s Speech, Sept. 20, 2001

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
srv/nation/specials/attacked/transcripts/bushaddress_092001.html
Final Exam

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Course Learning Outcomes:

CLO Description BT Level PLOs

1. Understand contemporary Pakistani issues in light of their ‘historical roots’ and C2 6

then arguing for their remedies Understand the nature of history as a subject and
its importance.

2. Appreciate the social side of Pakistan’s history; development of culture, society C3 12

and behaviors after independence. Critically delve into the history of the areas
now constituting Pakistan from colonial rule to the creation of Pakistan and
afterwards.

3. De-learn the rather partial and un-critical ways of analyzing history inoculated C4 6
in schools and to develop the courage to question the past.

4. Learn interesting ways of looking at history, for example by going back and forth C6 12
in time and comparing analytically instead of memorizing events in a
chronological order.
Key: Remembering (C1), Understanding (C2), Applying (C3), Analyzing (C4), Evaluating (C5), Creating (C6)

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Course Assessment Distribution:

Class Participation: 10 %
Assignments: 40 %
Mid-term Exam: 25 %
Final Exam: 25 %

Mapping of CLOs to Assessment Modules

Assessments/CLOs CLO1 CLO2 CLO3 CLO4
Class Participation: 10% ✔ ✔

Assignments: 40% ✔ ✔ ✔

Midterm: 25% ✔ ✔ ✔

End Semester Exam: 25% ✔ ✔ ✔

Grading Policy:
Assignment In order to develop comprehensive understanding of the subject, assignments will be
Policy: given. Assignments late by one day will be penalized by 20%. After that nothing will
be accepted / graded. All assignments will count towards the total (No ‘best-of’
policy). The students are advised to do the assignment individually. Copying of
assignments is highly discouraged and violations will be dealt with severely by
referring any occurrences to the disciplinary committee. The problems in the
assignment are meant to be challenging to give students confidence and extensive
knowledge about the subject matter and enable them to prepare for the exams.

1. Assignments must be submitted ONLY online on Google Classroom, and not

emailed or sent through any other way. Failure to follow this format will mean that
your assignment will not be checked.

2. Use the University of Chicago style citation guide (available online

at http://www.easybib.com/guides/citation-guides/chicago-
turabian/, http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/, http://www.citationmachine.net/ch
icago or Google "Chicago manual of style citation") as the absolute standard for
research format. This is not negotiable so be sure that you know exactly how the
various forms of crediting your sources are to be made. Choose the Chicago style of
citation format and stick with it throughout the assignment paper you write.

3. A student caught plagiarizing or cheating on an assignment will receive an F

grade on that assignment. Plagiarism includes any and all forms of using the ideas or
words of someone else without giving that person credit. It does not matter whether
the ideas come from a conversation, a book, website, email, magazine, or other
verbal or written medium; it doesn’t matter whether the words are copied exactly or
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the ideas are paraphrased. You must give credit where credit is due! By turning in a
piece of writing with your name on it you are taking credit for it, and this is
dishonest if it is not entirely your own writing. Plagiarism is also a form of theft;
stealing someone’s intellectual property is no less an act of theft than stealing a car
or piano! In the research paper, you should give credit using citations conforming to
the University of Chicago standards. The HEC policy is available
at: http://hec.gov.pk/english/services/faculty/Documents/Plagiarism/Plagiarism%20
Policy.pdf

4. Sources: Your best chance of finding good secondary sources is by using JSTOR,
the books in the IT University library, or any sources the professor or teaching
assistants may suggest.

5. The Works Cited page: This should be on a separate page following the last page
of the paper.

6. Length: Your paper should be 500 words, including footnotes while title page and
bibliography is excluded from the words count.

7. Formatting: Your paper should be typed using Microsoft Word or Open Office or
an equivalent software using the Times New Roman font, size 12; papers should be
double-spaced, should not skip any extra lines between paragraphs, and should have
one-inch margins on all sides. Please add footnotes where applicable and there is no
need to add bibliography.

8. Grammar: Your paper should be reasonably clear of grammar and spelling errors.
Although you will not be graded primarily on your grammar and spelling, mistakes
in these areas will affect your grade.
Plagiarism: ITU maintains a zero-tolerance policy towards plagiarism. While collaboration in this
course is highly encouraged, you must ensure that you do not claim other people’s work/
ideas as your own. Plagiarism occurs when the words, ideas, assertions, theories,
figures, images, programming codes of others are presented as your own work. You
must cite and acknowledge all sources of information in your assignments. Failing to
comply with the ITU plagiarism policy will lead to strict penalties including a failing
grade in the course and referral to the disciplinary committee for a strict action, which
may possibly lead to failing grades in all the courses of the semester.

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