Comparative Study of Peace Process between Pakistan and India in The News, Daily Dawn, and The Times of India: A Case study of ‘Aman Ki Asha”

Abstract

This study aims to analyze and compare the peace process between Pakistan and India in the News, Daily Dawn and the Times of India considering Aman ki Asha. It also investigates whether the government policies of India and Pakistan have any effect on the print media coverage of the issue and policies of selected newspapers regarding Aman ki Asha. Content analysis has been employed as method of investigation. Framing and agenda setting theory give the theoretical underpinning to the research finding which illustrates It has been concluded that Print media of both countries is playing positive role to build peaceful relations between the two countries whereas the print media of Pakistan gives more coverage to Aman ki Asha in this regard. It is also concluded that the government policies of India and Pakistan have an effect on the print media coverage of the peace process to some extent.