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ENGLISH ESSAY

Understand topic. Figure out whether you are good in Philosophical type essays or current affair based.
Dont JUST attempt the one about which you have read something , If you could not understand its true dimension and demand
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1 Understanding completely will land you in the safe zone. Don't rush. Take time to understand.

Better Writing now Francine D.Galko Learning Express

English Essay
How to write good essays Lauren Starkey Learning Express

ENGLISH PRECIS
High School
English Grammar and Wren and Martin OXFORD
composition
Polymer English Grammar Chishty,
Polymer
2 English Precis and Composition for B.A B. A. R. A. Khan , S. A. Hamid
Exploring the world of English Syed Saadat Ali shah ILMI

Vocabulary SAT or GAT books

Challenging Vocublary Redspot Publishers
GENERAL SCIENCE AND ABILITY
General Science & Ability Prof.Muhammad Akram Kashmiri
JWT General Science
Mian Shafiq World times
General Scince and Ability
3
and ability Encyclopedia of EDS Dr.Rab Nawaz
GMAT, GAT, SAT for ability
portion
PAKISTAN AFFAIRS
Constitutional and Political
HAMID KHAN OXFORD
Development of Pakistan
Concise history of Pakistan M.R.Kazimi OXFORD
Pakistan : A hard country Aatol Leivin OXFORD

4 PAK. AFFAIRS The Future of Pakistan Stephen Cohen Brookings

Columbia University
Making Sense of Pakistan Farzana Sheikh
Press
Pakistan Enduring Challenges Christine Fair

Maleeha Lodhi OXFORD

Pakisan: Beyond the crisis state
 CURRENT AFFAIRS
Useful Links:-
http://thediplomat.com/

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/
http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/
http://cscr.pk/
http://carnegieendowment.org/
https://www.usip.org/
http://www.criterion-quarterly.com/
5 C.Affairs http://www.belfercenter.org/
https://www.cfr.org/
Pakistan Enduring Challenges Christine Fair
Foreign Policy of
Abdul Sattar OXFORD
Pakistan
Modern South Asia Ayesha Jalal
The China Pakistan Axis Andrew Small
Policy of Parlimentary Affairs Journal

Dawn, The Diplomat, The Economist, Pildat

ISLAMIC STUDIES
ISLAM ITS MEANING AND The islamic
Prof. Khursheed
MESSAGE foundation
Hafiz Karim Dad
Islamic Studies
Chughtai
Introduction to islam Hamidullah
Islam at the cross road Allama Muhmmad Asad
6 Islamic Studies
Sealed nectar( Safi-ur- Rehman
Dar -us- Salam
Life of Holy Prophet) Al-Mubarakpurri
Islamiat O-Levels
Topic related discussions of
Dr. Israr and Javed Ghamidi could be helpful to an extent
 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Globalization of JOHN. BAYLISS,Patricia Owens,
World Politics and Steve Smith
International
Joshua.S.Goldstein PEARSON
Relations
International International Relations
1 Robert jackson OXFORD
Relations theories and approaches
Foreign Policy of
Abdul Sattar OXFORD
Pakistan
Understanding International
Chris Brown
Relations

INTERNATIONAL LAW
International Law DR. H.O. Agarwal
International Law J.G Starke
International Law Malcolm Shaw
2 International Law Kapoor
International Law
International Law L.N.TANDON A.H.PUBLISHERS
https://sites.google.com/site/walidabdulrahim/
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLhJY-ribaZKB0CsF2pU4pzCM0Uu0wVzr
USA HISTORY
History of The United
MAJUMDAR
States of America
The USA 1917-1980 Nigel Smith
3 A People's History of the United Harper & Row;
Howard Zinn
States HarperCollins
The American Journey
http://www.ushistory.org/
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx5B22t2Ksu0Sj1bK0yjZbJBXnineoxWD
CRIMINOLOGY
An introduction to
Roger Hopkins Burke Willian Publishing
Criminology theory
http://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780195387322/chapter1/flashcards/
http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415628945/questions.asp?unit=1
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Environmental
Botkin Pearson
Sciences
Enviromental Science:
Taylor Miller
Working with the Earth
Environmental Enviromental Science
5 Mian Sons
Sciences
Official Website
www.environment. gov.pk
of Govt. of Pakistan
Official Website of UN
www.unep.org
Environment
 SOCIOLOGY
Sociology Horton and Hunt
Sociology Abdul Hameed Taga
6 Sociology Down to earth Soiciology James Henslin
Sociology Richard Schaefer
Sociology Amal Sajjad , Jawad Tariq

GENDER STUDIES
50 key concepts in
jane Pilcher
Gender Studies
Eds., Bowles. Gloria and
Theories of Women Studies Renate D. Klein
Women of Pakistan: Two Steps
Mumtaz,Khawar& Shaheed,
Forward, One
Farida(1987)
7 Gender Studies Step Back
Gender Studies Amanullah Gondal
Basic Statistics related to
women unemployment/ employment/ violence (UN data, newspapers)
Youtube videos on the Suffrage Movement and the waves of Feminism
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Report
PSYCHOLOGY
Essentials of
8 Psychology Understanding Psychology Robert S. Feldman

TOWN PLANNING AND URBAN MANAGEMENT

Urban Planning
Town planning M.Pratap Rao
Theory and Practice
9 and urban
management Urban Growth Management for Sustainable Urbanization
(Examples from Asia Pacific Region)Research Papers
ANTHROPOLOGY
Cultural Anthropology: The
William A. Haviland
Human Challenge
Essentials of Cultural
G. Bailey
Anthropology
Anthropology: Appreciating
10 Athropology Phillip Kottak
Human Diversity
Anthropology William A. Haviland
Pakistani Society Akbar S. ahmed
Introduction to Anthropology of
Brian moris OXFORD
Religion
 ECONOMICS
The Economy of
Khawaja Amjad Saeed OXFORD
Pakistan
Principles of
Mankiw
Microeconomic
11 Economics Principles of
Mankiw
Macroeconomic
Development Economics Todaro
Issues in Pakistan 's
Akbar S.Zaidi
Economy

PUNJABI
Dungian Sochaan Akhtar Hussain Jehangir Publishers
12 Punjabi Qamar Husnain Qadri
PUNJAB RANG & Faisal Hayat Jappa
GEOGRAPHY
Human Geography De Blij
13 Geography Physical Geography De Blij
Comprehensive
Geography Jahangir Sanpal

EUROPEAN HISTORY
Mastering modern Palgrave Master
Stuart Miller
European History Series
14 European
History A History of Modern Europe
H.L.Peacock
(1789-1991)

Political Science
Political Thought
McGraw-Hill,
: From Plato to the Present M. Judd Harmon
Muslim Political Thought Muhammad Aslam Chaudhry Publishers Emporium
Political Science: Theory and
Bookland
15 Political Science Practice Mazhar-ul-Haq
Constitutional and Political
OXFORD
History of Pakistan Hamid Khan, Advocate
Politics Among Nations: The
Struggle for Power and Hans J. Morgenthau,
Peace

Muslim Law & Jurisprudece

Muslim Law &
Aatir Rizvi Jahangir Books
Jurisprudence
16 Muslim Law An Introduction to the Study of
Dr. Hussain Hamid Hassan
Islamic Law
Islamic Law of Inheritance Hamid Khan, Advocate

Agri-Forestry
17 Agri-Forestry Agri-Forestry Akhtar Abbas
 Constituional Law
Comparative
Hamid Khan & M.W. Rana
Constitutional Law
18 Constituitional Law
Constitutional & Political History
Hamid Khan , Advocate OXFORD
of Pakistan
Accountancy and Audit
Principles of Accounting, and Sohail Afzal
Advanced

Financial Accounting Walter B. Meigs, Robert F. Meigs

Accountancy
19
and Audit
Principles of Accounting, and
M.A Ghani and Ejaz
Advanced
Accounting
Advanced Auditing Prof. Dr. Khuaja Amjad Seed

Business Administration
Principles of
Kotler and Armstrong
marketing
Principles of
Stephen Robbins
Management
Principles of Finance Gitman
Principles of
Raturi and Amitabh
Business Operation Management
20 Supply Chain Sunil Chopra and
Administration
Management Peter Meindl
Operation Management
Jay Heizer, Render

Virtual university notes for Human Resource management

Human resource
Gary Dessler, Biju Varkey
management

Public Administration
Public Administration with
special reference to Dr. Sultan Khan
Public
21 Pakistan
Administration
New York, Ronald
Public Administration By John M. Pfiffner
Press Company

Philosophy
Philosophy Made Simple Richard Popkin
Islamic Philosophy M. Saeed Sheikh
A History of Muslim
M. M. Sharif (SPECIFIC Topics)
Philosophy. Volume I & II

22 Philosophy
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
(plato.stanford.edu).

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

(www.iep.utm.edu).
 Physics
Fundamentals of
Physics Halliday Resnick Krane
Microelectroics circuts Sedra Smith OXFORD
Quantum Physics Bieser
23 Physics Solid State Physics Robert F Pierret
Physics Krane and Resnick
Electromagnetics Sadiku
Thermodynamics Easetop and McConkey
Graduation Books Majeed Sons
History of Pakistan and India
MUSLIM CIVILIZATION OF INDO- S.M.Ikram
PAKISTAN
Advance history of
History of pakistan Majumdar
24 Inida
and India
Pakistan : The formative
K.B.Sayeed OXFORD
Phase
Constitutional & Political History
Hamid Khan, Advocate OXFORD
of Pakistan
Pushto
Pohanna Sahar Katoze
25 Pushto Pukhto Adab sa De Sahar Yousafzai
Pashto (urdu edition) Hanif Khalil

Mercantile Law
Companies Ordinance Mirza Munawwar Hussain
Mercentile Law M.C.Kucchal
26 Mercantile Law Business law khalid cheema
Company law Lauqman baig
Bare Acts Govt. of Pakistan
Important note for all subjects:-
*Internet is the key to cover topics that are not covered by books.
Internet will remain helpful for all subjects (Both Compulsory and Optionals )and must be utilized in proper way. Youtube
videos give great insight.