Abstract
This study analyses the portrayal of Pakistan’s first female Foreign Minister, Hina Rabbani Khar, and Pakistan’s only female Oscar-winning filmmaker, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, in the newspaper coverage of four Pakistan’s four leading English newspapers, The News, Dawn, The Express Tribune and the Nation. It is also investigated if the debate on women has changed in Pakistan’s patriarchal social system and they are encouraged for their achievements. The study is theoretically linked with framing theory and conducts a discourse analysis of 94 news articles. The findings depict a different image of these women as media appreciated the achievements of SOC while discouraged a debate on HRK due to the profession of both the women.
Keyword(s)
Hina Rabbani Khar, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, Newspaper, Women, Pakistan