Print Media Agenda for the Government Stance on Composite Dialogue with India

ABSTRACT
Media is playing an important role in portraying Pak-India relations. In the process of supporting or rejecting the issue, the media can set its agenda for this purpose. The study is basically a content analysis of Pakistani Urdu newspapers. It has examined the coverage of “Composite Dialogue between Pakistan and India” in the two Urdu Dailies – The Jang and The Nawa i Waqt from 1st. October 2018 to 30th September 2019 makes the period of one year. The analysis of 2495 stories from two Urdu newspapers suggests that the overall stance of the government of Pakistan on the war on terror is supported by the Pakistani press. Thus, it supports the main hypothesis that the approach of the Pakistani press is more favorable than unfavorable towards the Pakistani government’s stance on Composite Dialogue with.