Manuscript Title:

EXPLORING THE HUMAN RIGHTS PORTRAYAL IN PAKISTAN: A CASE STUDY OF LEADING DAILY NEWSPAPERS

Author:

FAIZA KHALID, Dr. AMNA ZULFIQAR, ISMA ANUM

DOI Number:

DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10691766

Published : 2024-02-23

About the author(s)

1. FAIZA KHALID - PhD Scholar, Media & Communication Studies, RIMS, Riphah. Lecturer, Media & Communication Studies, NUML.
2. Dr. AMNA ZULFIQAR - Assistant Professor, Media & Communication Studies, NUML.
3. ISMA ANUM - PhD Scholar & Lecturer, Media & Communication Studies, NUML.

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Abstract

Human Right is one of the biggest talking points of the world. Scope of this concept is so vast that no one can define it in just few lines. There are varieties of human rights which exist in the world. Some rights like freedom of expression, security, education and health are common among all people regardless of any discrimination. Some rights are preserved for particular community or people of the society like there is special quota of jobs for disable persons. Media act like ear and eye of the society. It is the duty of media to ensure the protection of human rights and educate public in this regard. This paper provides the portrayal of human rights issue in Pakistani Media. A leading daily newspaper has been examined. It is found that basic facilities are the most covered story in newspaper and local page of newspaper give more coverage to human rights issues rather than front page. News Reporter is the chief source of the news stories about human rights and these stories are mostly positively framed which reflects that newspaper maybe quite reluctant to raise the violations of human rights issues.


Keywords

Human Rights, Media, Newspaper, Reporting, Violence, Pakistan.