Pakistan Affairs Past Paper 2023

The Pakistan Affairs past paper 2023 opens with the charismatic leadership of Quaid-e-Azam during the crisis decade of 1937–47. Q.3 asks why a land with the world’s largest irrigation system, once the food basket of British power, now imports food. Q.4 lists the causes that hinder industrial development. Q.5 asks why democracy never took root even after seven decades. Q.6 examines the short and long term repercussions of joining the US-led coalition in the war on terrorism. Q.7 explains Pakistan’s geo-strategic importance at the crossroads of South Asia, and its challenges. Q.8 turns the youth bulge — among the world’s largest — into a question on sustainable economic development.

What this paper contains

  • This file carries Part-II (the descriptive part) of the paper.
  • Part-II — attempt four questions from Q.2–Q.8; each question carries 20 marks (Part-I holds the 20 MCQs, per the printed header)
  • Q.2 — Charismatic leadership of Quaid-e-Azam during 1937–47
  • Q.3 — Agricultural decline: from the food basket of the sub-continent to food imports
  • Q.4 — Causes hindering industrial development in Pakistan
  • Q.5 — Why democracy failed to take root in Pakistan
  • Q.6 — Joining the US-led coalition in the war on terrorism: short and long term repercussions
  • Q.7 — Pakistan’s geo-strategic location at the crossroads of South Asia: importance and challenges
  • Q.8 — The youth bulge: ways forward for sustainable economic development
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