Digital Repository

eResources is a digital repository that provides full-text access to informative material of diverse nature categorized under its comprehensive collection of e-Books, Journals and Articles. The e-Books section accounts literature about political and constitutional history of Pakistan, its administrative structure, executive, policies, state functions and socio-economic issues with regional perspective. The journals subjecting foreign affairs, global security & politics, international developments, world history and ever changing human and social needs are listed under the respective categories.

 

Recent Submissions

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Decline of Public Schools in Punjab and the Strategies to Revive Them
(Civil Services Academy, Lahore, 2024) Iqbal Hussain
Despite the efforts and commitments by the Federal and the Punjab Government, the public schools in Punjab are continuously declining. The quality of education is lowin the public schools as there are low learning outcomes among the students of the public schools. There are three dimensions of educational quality: resources, internal processes and practices, and student learning outcomes. Internal processes and practices are the important determinants of educational quality. Schools with similar resources may differ in their performance or quality because of their internal processes. The focus of the previous research on education in Pakistan has been the resources and the students’ learning outcomes.
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Appraisal of Health Facilities in Pakistan: Challenges & Way-forward
(CIVIL SERVICES ACADEMY, WALTON, LAHORE., 2024) Syndicate Advisor: Hassan Iqbal
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Urban Transportation: Challenges and Way Forward
(CIVIL SERVICES ACADEMY, Walton, 2024) Awais Ali Khan (Chairman
Urban areas are hub of socio economic activity. It is essential to maintain a smooth flow of traffic. The urban transportation efficiency will be a great determinant in defining the future of the already populated cities vis a vis their economic growth in future. Urban poor, who are the predominant majority in the urban areas have low cost modes of transport like cycle and motorcycle for accessing their job places. Vehicular emissions are deemed to be responsible for causing environmental harm. The demand for personally owned vehicles gives rise to increased car ownership making the traffic on road more deteriorated causing problems like congestion.
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COUNTER TERRORISM STRATEGY OF PAKISTAN
(CIVIL SERVICES ACADEMY, WALTON, LAHORE, 2024) Syndicate Advisor: Ahmed Nadeem Khan
The global drive against terrorism has put Pakistan's anti-terrorism legislative regime to a crucial test. Since then, Pakistan's legislative process to combat terrorism has been facing unprecedented challenges. Despite promulgating various Anti-terrorism and counter TF laws, the number of terrorist attacks has been increasing with each passing day. The issues regarding cutting of financial support for the terrorist outfits have remained a potential challenge in curbing terrorism across the world, and Pakistan is no exception in this regard as finance plays a pivotal role in carrying on such activities. Despite multiple actions undertaken by Pakistan to suppress terror financing and money laundering, there remain lacunae that keep Pakistan from getting rid of this menace. This document, therefore, attempts to understand the Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terror Financing mechanisms in place and study its origins, and the impacts are seen worldwide generally and for Pakistan in particular. Furthermore, the role of FATF, efforts made by Pakistan to comply with the expectation of the said organization, and the way forward from here on has also been discusse
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PUNJAB POLICE REFORMS: THE WAY FORWARD
(CIVIL SERVICES ACADEMY, WALTON, LAHORE., 2024) Syndicate Advisor: Mr. Sarmad Saeed Khan.
Police reforms have been on the agenda of the government for decades but progress has been slow. This paper focuses exclusively on the case- study of Punjab Police reforms. It reviews the historical background of policing in Pakistan, the proposed reform agendas which remained unimplemented and the way forward for the reform implementation in the Punjab Police. Historically speaking, Pakistan inherited the colonial Police Act 1861, which had less to do with policing and more to do with controlling the locals than to do with service – delivery.