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Reflection of US Policy Towards Pakistan in Pakistani Press 337
military and therefore cannot be fundamentally changed unless the army gradually cedes its political
role to representative civilian leaders and limits itself to defending borders. In other words, the United
States and other international actors vital to Pakistan’s future must stop taking the metaphorical bribe
of partial Pakistani cooperation in fighting Al Qaeda terrorists in return for propping up an
unrepresentative, military government. The papers urged new strategy to be designed to encourage
Pakistanis, particularly the military, to reestablish the preeminence of civilian government according to
the Pakistani constitution. The key to this strategy is to not allow Pakistan to trade off democratization
for the country’s cooperation on terrorism, Afghanistan, and to a lesser extent, Kashmir. Pakistani
progress on these objectives would bring increased international rewards, while its abandonment of a
single one of them would expose the Pakistani leadership to the withdrawal of foreign assistance.
The papers editorials comments on the US aid to Pakistan revealed that the amounts of aid are
impressive, and the United States and Pakistan are developing multi-year programs that testify to a
mutual renewed commitment to a strong and enduring bilateral relationship. This is an important time
in U.S. relations with Pakistan and in our relations in this part of the world more generally. The papers
editorial stand on President Bush speech in Washington, spoke of the importance of democratic
development globally and described U.S. policies as a "forward strategy of freedom, representative
governments in different parts of the world will reflect their own cultures and their own historical
experience, they will not, and should not, look like us" showed very much clear position. That is that
Pakistan has long been a strong US ally, but now more than ever, Pakistan stands as an important and
pivotal nation in the world. Pakistan is a large, moderate Muslim nation with a diverse population in a
very critical region. It serves as the gateway, the crossroads, to both Central and South Asia. Pakistan's
continued progress and development are vital not only for its own people, but also for the stability of
the region, the United States, and the rest of the world. The editorials matter further revealed that US
support to Pakistan only for security and counter terrorism. It was further observed that the nation press
was of the firm view that U.S. media support U.S. policies on foreign affairs and framed foreign
counties images accordingly to government’s interests. The Pakistani media stand is strongly
acknowledged by Colton (2007). He said I am a great admire of the Pakistani news media. I read at
least nine English newspapers every day and get translation of many Urdu papers and watch TV and
listen to the radio. In fact, I really enjoy all the press/media in Pakistan and applaud all for the great
strides made every day towards more independent and responsible media.