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ANALYSIS OF CIVIL MILITARY RELATIONS IN PAKISTAN EVIDENCE FROM LEADING ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-IV).25      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-IV).25      Published : Dec 2019

Analysis of Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan: Evidence from Leading English Newspapers

Abstract

    Civil-military relations in Pakistan are always in search of common ground. Historically, military forces and civilian leadership in Pakistan struggle to find the right balance and the civilian leadership has hardly commanded the gun. This study is intended to analyze that how the two selected daily English newspapers of Pakistan, i.e. Dawn and The News covered the major developments in civil-military relations, particularly during the regime of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif, followed by the most sensitive event i.e., Zarb-e-Azb. The study employed the method of discourse analysis and has used the theoretical notion of agenda-setting and framing. The results of the study revealed that the slant, style, themes, and discourses used in the news stories of both the newspapers almost remained the same, appreciating the military institutions positively. Whereas condemning the civilian leadership for their lack of concern towards implementing the already approved Nation Action Plan.

    (1) Amna Zulfiqar
    PhD Scholar,Centre for Media and Communication Studies,University of Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Zahid Yousaf
    Associate Professor, Centre for Media and Communication StudiesUniversity of Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan
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    HARVARD : ZULFIQAR, A. & YOUSAF, Z. 2019. Analysis of Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan: Evidence from Leading English Newspapers. Global Social Sciences Review, IV, 195-201.

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