Muhammad Zahid Khan Methodology Class Sir Riaz Batch 35 Past Paper Analysis

Assignment 02

1. Analyze the Current Affairs past paper (2000-2020), use your skills to sensitize and point out trends.
2. Based on past papers analysis, predict the 2021 paper

Submission

1. Individual dissection of past papers (2000-2020)

2. Trends
3. Pie-Charts of each sub-categories
4. Predicted paper for 2021

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 Muhammad Zahid Khan Methodology Class Sir Riaz Batch 35 Past Paper Analysis

Year Main themes

Pakistan’s Domestic Affairs Pakistan’s External Affairs Global Issues
2020 FATF Indo-US relations Global Climate change
• Why placed in “Grey list” • Impact on Pak-US relations • Impact on Pakistan Water resources
• Measures and implications to avoid • Impact on Sino-Pak relations • Inter-provincial Harmony
“Grey list” Indo-Pacific region Future of “Globalism and Multilateralism”
• Role and Interest of Kashmir Issue
1. US • Pakistan’s Policy
2. Japan • Practical steps by Pakistan
3. China Middle East Crisis
4. India • Role of
5. Australia 1. OIC
2. Arab League
3. GCC
2019 Pakistan’s National Energy Policy Pak-Afghan OBOR
• Review • Reasons of emerging Water Crisis • China’s Vision behind OBOR
Corruption Hybrid Warfare Climate Change
• Elimination Strategy as part of • Techniques and Instruments • US withdrawal from Paris agreement 2015
Governance of Pakistan

2018 CPEC Pak-Iran US “Asia-Pacific” Policy

• Role in uplifting Pakistan’s Economy
SCO membership
• Opportunities and Challenges
• Gas pipeline and challenges to it
Islamic Military Alliance
• Implication on Muslim World
• China’s Response
Qatar Diplomatic Crisis 2017
Impact on Middle east
US-Policy for South-Asia (Dominance)
• Implications on Pakistan

2017 National Action Plan Indo-Pak US-Russia relations

• Role in stability • INS Arihani submarine deployment • Response toward ISIS
• Outcome impact on stability in South Asia • Implication on security of middle East
CPEC • Logistics Exchange Memorandum of South-China Sea
• Security in Baluchistan Agreement (LEMOA) • Chinese narrative and policy
• Response of regional Powers • US Response and policy

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Year Main themes

Pakistan’s Domestic Affairs Pakistan’s External Affairs Global Issues
OBOR
• China’s Vision behind OBOR

2016 National Action Plan Pak-India Dialogues US-China Relations

• Government approach to counter • Expected Progress • Strategic competition and its impact on
terrorism • Constraints the global order
Pakistan Economy and measures to Saudi-Iran relations Climate Change
• Debt reduction • Narratives • Adverse impacts
• Enhancing export • Pakistan’s role as a mediator • Paris agreement 2015
CPEC
• Opportunities and Challenges
• Becoming a game changer
2015 Electoral Reform in Pakistan Indo-Pak water disputes Terrorism in Pakistan
• Suggestions and Improvements • 2014 flood as Indian water terrorism or • A result of Pakistan’s role in Afghan War
Good Governance mis-management of Pakistan water or Pakistan’s U-Turn policy after US
• Suggestions resources invasion
Education Arab Spring Counter Terrorism Policy of Pakistan
• Role in Character-building of Nations • Causes • Measures to eradicate terrorism
• Loopholes • Impacts on Future of middle east
2014 Energy Crisis in Pakistan Indo-Pak water disputes US-Strengths (Dominance)
Education • Projects in IoK • Implementing Economic Policies globally
• Character-building in Education US-Pak relation
• Suggestions • Pak-Afghan policy and its impact
Corruption UN
• Elimination Strategy as part of • Pak role in peace keeping missions
Governance of Pakistan
2013 Roles of Political Parties Pak-Afghan Kashmir Issue
• Failures and successes in bringing • Socio-Political situation and security • How can resolving it bring peace and
political change • Implications on neighbors prosperity in the region
Arab Spring
• Impact on politics and security of Arab

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Year Main Themes

Pakistan’s Domestic Affairs Pakistan’s External Affairs Global Issues
Extremism and Militancy Pak-China Relation
• Suggestions to eliminate • Importance
• Impact on South Asia politics and security
2012 Foreign Debt Indo-Pak Water disputes China Economic Development
• Post 9/11 impact scenario • Whether resolved or not, how would it • Impacts on world order
Energy Crisis impact climate change globally
• Suggestion to resolve Pakistan’s role in common wealth
Education
• Higher education in light of 18th
amendment
Corruption
• Suggested efforts to curtail it
2011 Education Pak-Afghan Climate Change
• Strategies leading to Independency • Policy and managing its impact on • Impact on Pakistan
from Govt. funds Pakistan • Policy
Political instability and its cure Indo-Pak • Practices
• Options to tackle India in South Asia in
case of becoming the permanent member
of UNSC
SAARC
• Recommendation to make it effective as
EU
2010 Provincial Autonomy SCO US-China
• Causes • Pakistan Claim to membership and its • Ice breaking policy of US
Corruption importance to both parties US war of terror (Afghan)
• Root cause Indo-Pak Dialogues • Veiled safe exit?
“Aghaz-e-Haqooq Baluchistan” • Suggestion to make it effective “Jewish settlement in Palestine”
“Chinese sponsored development projects in Pak” “Liberhan Commission Report”

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Year Main Themes

Pakistan’s Domestic Affairs Pakistan’s External Affairs Global Issues
2009 Democracy in Pakistan Democracy Muslim World US Policy
• Reasons of failure to rise and act • Challenges and Recommendations • To counter the growing strength
“Combating Corruption in developing Politics of South Asia as dynastic East Asian Countries
countries” • Merits and Demerits • Reasons for Political and economic
stability
Us Policy
• Peaceful relations toward middle east
“Free Market Economy and Economic Meltdown”
“Improving Quality of life in Africa”
“Economic Potential of Central Asia”
2008 Extremism and Militancy Kashmir Issue WTO
• Challenge to Stability • Pakistan Amicable Stance • Challenges for Pakistan
• Challenge to Democracy • Threats
SCO “NATO expansion in Eastern Europe”
• Why Pakistan Needs membership “SAFTA”
US-Pak “Great Game in central Asia”
• In relation to as front-line state against “Palestine Issue”
International Terrorism
Pak-Afghan relations
• India’s role in escalation
2007 Good Governance ASEAN Climate Change
• Pakistan’s position and • Lessons for SAARC • Countries responsible for global warming
recommendations Sino-Indo-Pak • Kyoto Protocol
• Nuclear Capabilities, A Threat or a US-Iran
strength for a continent • In case of any Attack, impact on Globe,
OIC Pakistan and Middle East.
• Roles to play “Neo-Conservatism in US”
“Geneva Convention”
“Human Development”
“Balkanization”
2006 Education Pak-Iran-China-Saudi US-Preemptive War Doctrine
• Suggestions to upgrade the standard • Vibrant relation as opposed to US • North Korea, Syria and Iran

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Year Main Theme

Pakistan’s Domestic Affairs Pakistan’s External Affairs Global Issues
Baluchistan “Pak-Afghan” UNSC
• Causes of disturbance “Indo-Pak-Iran Gas Pipeline” • Case for Judicial Use of Veto power
“Kalabagh Dam”
“8th October, Post EQ scenario”
2005 Provincial Autonomy Muslim World Indo-US relations
• Suggestions and recommendations • Problems • Implications on Pakistan and the world
Gwadar Port • Position w.r.t. Justice, education and Terrorism and Freedom fighting
• Potentials rejuvenation • Difference
Pak-Iran
• Interest and policy to achieve
2004 Extremism and Militancy Indo-Pak Dialogues US-China relations
• Recommendations to Curb out • Recommendations for effective outcome “Nek Muhammad”
Sectarianism Middle East Dispute “Col. Yang Liwei”
Education • Role of US in favoring Israel “Smart 1”
• Role of Media Sino-Pak “Tasman Spirit”
“Amjad Hafeez” • Review
“SAARC, ECO, OIC”
2003 US-Pak Indo-Israel, China, Iran
• Mutual Needs • Implication on Pakistan
OIC Globalization role in WTO
• Ground realities and its role • Impact on World
“Noam Chomsky” Post 9/11
“Arundhati Roy” • Impact on Afghanistan and Iran
“Edward Wedic Saeed” UNO
“Eqbal Ahmed” • Forces and Factors influencing UNO
“Palestine and Arab Neighbors”
“France policy on Iraq”
2002 Democracy Pak-Foreign Policy US-Iraq
• Post 1999-2002 revival • Geo-Strategic positions and benefits • Concerns on WWD

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Year Main Theme

Pakistan’s Domestic Affairs Pakistan’s External Affairs Global Issues
“Pakistan’s Pollution Problem” SAARC 9/11
• Performance • Implication on world
OIC US-Iraq
• Role in resolving problems of Muslim • Implications on both countries
world “EU Expansion”
“Communal Riots in India”
“Kalabagh Dam”
2001 Pakistan’s Economy Pak-Afghan US-WoT
• Structural Changes • Post-Taliban Scenario and its impacts • Goals and Objectives expected
Constitutional Issue Arab World UNO
• Oct 1999 Take over • Role in Palestine Issue • Role in Peace but sidelined
Education Sino-Pak “WTO”
• Suggestion for Judicious Evaluation • Gwadar and its consequences
“Women Empowerment” “SCO”
“Implication of Agra-Summit”

2000 Information Technology Pak-Japan US-Interests in South Asia

• Impact on Education and Socio- • Economic and Nuclear Concerns WTO and Globalization
Economics “Al-Quds Issue” “IMF objectives in Pakistan”
Ordinances “China Potential as Super Power”
• Lands Marks Achieved “Ramification of Taliban’s Style Government”
Education
• Foreign Languages and impact on
Mother tongues
Institutional Reform in Pakistan

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 Muhammad Zahid Khan Methodology Class Sir Riaz Batch 35 Past Paper Analysis

Paper: Current Affairs

Category: Pakistan’ Domestic Affairs

Analysis

Pakistan's Domestic Affairs

Good Governance
S. No Pakistan’s Domestic Affairs Repetitions Inter-Provincial 5% Pakistan's Economy
Hormony 24%
1 Pakistan's Economy 10 5%

2 Education 8 Pakistan's Energy Crisis

5%
3 Democracy 7
Extremism and
4 Security 4 Militancy
7%
5 Corruption 4
6 Extremism and Militancy 3
Corruption
7 Pakistan's Energy Crisis 2 9%

8 Inter-Provincial Harmony 2 Education

19%
9 Good Governance 2 Security
9%

Democracy
17%

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 Muhammad Zahid Khan Methodology Class Sir Riaz Batch 35 Past Paper Analysis

Paper: Current Affairs

Category: Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs

Analysis

Pakistan Foreign Affairs

S. No Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs Repetitions Indo-US relations
UNO 2% Indo-Pacific
1 Regional Organization 9 2% 2%

2 Muslim World 8 Hybrid Warfare

2%
3 Indo-Pak 7
Regional Organization
Pak-Iran
4 Pak-Afghan 4 21%
5%
5 Sino-Pak 4
US-Pak
6 US-Pak 4 10%

7 Pak-Iran 2
Sino-Pak
10%
8 Hybrid Warfare 1

9 UNO 1
Muslim World
10 Indo-US relations 1 19%
Pak-Afghan
11 Indo-Pacific 1 10%
Indo-Pak
17%

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 Muhammad Zahid Khan Methodology Class Sir Riaz Batch 35 Past Paper Analysis

Paper: Current Affairs

Category: Global Issues

Analysis

Global Issues
S. No Global Issues Repetitions Globalization
UNSC
2%
3%
1 US Policy 15 Middle East
5%
2 WoT 7
Kashmir Issue
3 Climate Change 5 5% US Policy
4 China 3 37%
UNO
5%
5 WTO 3
6 UNO 2
WTO
7 Kashmir Issue 2 7%

8 Middle East 2
China
9 UNSC 1 7%

10 Globalization 1
Climate Change
12%
WoT
17%

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Predicted Paper 2021

Q. No. 1. Online Education in Pakistan is a new concept? What state level measures should be taken to improve the efficiency of Online Education System?

Q. No. 2. Covid ’19 is a global Pandemic; What are collective responsibilities of nations of the world in containing the pandemic? discuss the role of WHO?

Q. No. 3. Pakistan’s Economic reliance on foreign aids has made its position to dwindle on world stage is; Propose alternate solutions to a stable economy.

Q. No. 4. UAE-Israel diplomatic relation is an unpredicted compromise; how do you expect the future of middle east and Palestine issue? Discuss

Q. No. 5. In the wake of recent Sino-India border clashes; What role can SAARC play on territorial disputes including Kashmir?

Q. No. 6. US-Taliban and Intra-Afghan talks are beacons of hope for Afghanistan; What are the implication and new opportunities following peaceful
resolution of Afghanistan for Pakistan?

Q. No. 7. Discuss the venerability of Oil based economies; how has the global economy suffered under oil market crash in June 2020?

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