A comparative discourse analysis of Indian vs. Pakistani media coverage on the Pulwama attack

This thesis aimed to find out the role played by the opposing media outlets in the evolution of the Kashmir conflict in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack in the Indian Administered Kashmir. I have tried to strictly adhere to the facts and figures published by the selected Indian and Pakistani English newspapers Indian Express and Dawn News respectively. A comparative discourse analysis has been made of the news, columns and editorials of the newspapers Indian Express and Dawn News between February 14, 2019 and August 5, 2019. The analysis of different stories, columns, and news published in Indian express and Dawn News shows the blame game against each other's state. While analyzing the answering of the question i.e. 'Did they (Dawn News &Indian Express) show biasness during publishing news regarding the Pulwama attack? It has been revealed that Dawn News and Indian Express published stories in favor of their respective states or in support of some of the statesmen which showed a partially subjective attitude of these two English Newspapers. Also, the deep analysis of the news of Indian Express and Dawn News showed that Indian Express used a larger number of words to blame Pakistan for the Pulwama attack. In this respect, the Indian Express used an aggressive approach to report the Pulwama attack and tried to prove India the victim in this incident. Dawn News and Indian Express have praised their respective governments while dealing with the incident of the Pulwama attack. Dawn News generally published the news based on denial of the Indian official claims by the Pakistan officials.