US Foreign Policy Regarding War on Terror: Pakistani Press Coverage

Abstract

This study offers a detailed analysis of all unsigned editorials’
appeared in the Dawn and The News on US policy towards
Pakistan regarding issues including: Issue 1-Assassination of
Osama Bin Laden, Issue 2-Do more policy, Issue 3-NATO
supplies with reference to war on terror from January 2011 to
December 2012 by employing content analysis methodology.
The study maintains that both the Dawn & The News were
critical to US policy on Assassination of Osama Bin Laden but
the tone of The News was intense in nature. In addition, The
News gave more negative coverage as compare to the Dawn.
Similarly, US policy to put pressure on Pakistan to launch
military operation against Taliban in the Tribal areas of
Pakistan-Do more Policy, both newspapers criticized U.S.
policy and supported Pakistan’s government policy to
negotiate with Taliban for peaceful resolution of the conflict.