Abstract
The study aims to examine the narrative of CPEC disseminated by the Pakistani national print English media.
For comprehensive understanding, the CPEC was divided into three dimensions, economic, culture and
environment. The study follows the secondary data for the analysis of the narrative on the print English media
about the CPEC. The English media was specified in a way that all the leading newspapers like Dawn, The
Tribune and The News were consulted covering the news and the opinion-based articles. The study finds that
the change in the trends about narrative of CPEC seems fluctuating between the favorable and unfavorable for
Pakistan. Hence, the changing trends in narrative seem quite clear and visible. The study recommends that
government and relevant officials representing CPEC should properly interaction with the media and
journalists need to be capacitated in knowledge about the particular aspects of CPEC.
Authors
1-Syed Imran HaiderAssistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan.2-Azhar WaqarPhD Candidate, Department of International Relations, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Keywords
CPEC, Print Media, Narrative, Favorable, Un-Favorable
DOI Number
10.31703/gmcr.2019(IV-I).03
Page Nos
26-33
Volume & Issue
IV - I