PUTAJ – Humanities and Social Sciences ｨ Vol.25, No.1-2 (Special Issue-Media Matters), 2017 1 Representation of US, Pakistani Government and its Military in Print and Electronic Media of Pakistan after the Killing of Osama Bin Laden Amir Hamza Marwan, * Faizullah Jan † & Shahid Hussain ‡ Abstract This research paper looks at the representation of US, Pakistani government and its military in print and electronic media outlets of Pakistan after the killing of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The media outlets studied in this research study include: the daily Dawn, Geo News and state owned Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV). The data of these media outlets have been studied for ten consecutive days. This paper will demonstrate that were the Pakistani media outlets critical or supportive of the US and Pakistani governments in their coverage after the killing of Osama bin Laden? It will also confirm that was the Pakistani government criticized more in the coverage than its military? The findings, based on quantitative content analysis, show that though the US was criticized in the coverage but it stayed successful in telling its version of the story to the Pakistani viewers and readers. Furthermore, it also supports that the media outlets in Pakistan were more critical of the Pakistani government than its military. Keywords: Bin Laden’s Death, Media Coverage, Representation of Pakistani and US Governments, Pakistani Military, Criticism, US Version of Story Introduction Osama bin Laden was shot dead by the US Navy SEALS in Operation ‘Neptune Spear’ in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Pakistan and U.S., being close allies in the ongoing War on Terror, took a very different stand on the same operation. Pakistan called it ‘unilateral’ US operation and termed it ‘attack on the sovereignty and integrity of Pakistan’ (Gillani, 2011). US, on the other hand, claimed that it was the continuation of its anti-terror policy and pledge that bin Laden would be killed wherever they get to him. After the operation, the gulf between the two countries further deepened; and thus the two governments got stuck to the opposite poles. It must be noted that, beside the US, there were differences between the civilian rulers and military heads of Pakistan over the * Department of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Peshawar † Department of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Peshawar ‡ Department of Mass Communication, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad