Gender Representation in Indian and Pakistani Newspapers: The Case Study of the Nation and the Hindu

India and Pakistan are the republics where gender discernment in all arenas of life is seeming. Females’ civil liberties are desecrated and oppressed. Besides, womankind does not have the power of speech as well as independent view. Persevering the social, political and cultural customs as well as male-controlled configuration of Indian and Pakistani civilization confines women’s movement. Their contribution in paid occupation also dispossess them from their inborn belongings. The current research studied the portrayal of gender in the selected Indian and Pakistani newspapers, The Nation from Pakistan and The Hindu from India, respectively. In both countries women are having multiple types of issues. Therefore, this research was intended to analyze some of the relevant questions, results presented that the Hindu has given more coverage to hard news related to women whereas less coverage to soft news. The Nation presented more hard news whereas less soft news related to women.