Extremism, Violence and Jihad 1 IMAGE OF WAR ON TERRORISM INTO THE MINDS OF PAKISTANI PEOPLE Ghulam Safdar 1 Dr. Abdul Wajid Khan 2 Atif Ashraf 3 Abstract In this present age, Pakistan is facing so many challenges. Terrorism is one of the major challenges. After 9/11 attacks, the political and administrative situation changed rapidly. According to former US president George W Bush War on Terror, is the common term for the military, legal, political, and ideological conflict against Islamic terrorism. The study has investigated how Pakistani people think about image of military operation, militants, terrorist activities and government’s policy regarding the war. This article describe the theme of Pakistani people that what do they think on “war on terror”. For this purpose, a survey is conducted in Lahore to know about the thinking of people about war on terror. Keywords: War on Terror, Pakistani People, Print Media Introduction This study has been designed to investigate perception of Pakistani audience on the war on terror in Pakistan. The study has investigated how Pakistani people think about image of military operation, militants, terrorist activities and government’s policy regarding the war. According to former US president George W Bush War on Terror, is the common term for the military, legal, political, and ideological conflict against Islamic terrorism. The war was started by the US in 1 Ph.D (Scholar), Department of Media Studies, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur 2 Ph.D (Pak), Post-Doc (U.K), Assistant Professor, Department of Media Studies, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur 3 Ph.D Scholar, Department of Media Studies, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur The Government: Research Journal of Political Science Vol. VI