Post 9/11 Scenario and Image of Pakistan: Portrayed by top US Newspapers

The objective of this research is to study the image of Pakistan in top American newspapers, particularly in the post 9/11 scenario. For this purpose, two leading American newspapers, The New York Times and The Washington Post, have been selected. The time period selected for this study starts from September 11, 2001 and ends at May 31, 2007. During the research, as many as 165 items (editorials, articles and letters) published by both the newspapers on Pakistan on their editorial pages during aforementioned period are studied out of which 89 (53.93%) appeared in The New York Times and 76 (46.06%) The Washington Post.