Abstract
Twenty first century has witnessed a new kind of war, “War on Terror”. Pakistan joined this war
after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and became a front line state in this war. Resultantly, Pakistan
had to end its support for the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. The Afghan Taliban did not accept
that policy shift and in reaction began attacking almost every place and segment of society right
from military to politicians, mosques to parks, and hospitals to schools. The relationship between
media and terrorism is indispensable because terrorists need media coverage and publicity, and
media needs shocking and sensational news stories. Given this backdrop, this study intends to
investigate two research questions. First, “What reasons of terrorist attacks were discussed in the
editorials of major Urdu and English newspaper of Pakistan?” and second, “What solutions were
suggested in the major Urdu and English newspaper of Pakistan?” Two newspapers, daily Dawn
(English Newspaper) and daily Jang (Urdu Newspaper) have been selected for this study. Content
analysis has been used as methodology and editorials published during 2001 to 2016 constitute
the population for this research study. The results show that shift in foreign policy of Pakistan
towards Afghanistan was discussed as a major reason of terrorist attacks and similarly, as
solution, review of foreign policy of Pakistan towards Afghanistan was discussed in highest
number of editorials
Muhammad Akram Soomro, Bushra H. Rehman. (2018) Reasons to Remedies: Framing of Terrorist Attacks in Major Urdu and English Newspapers of Pakistan, South Asian Studies, Volume 33, Issue 2.
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