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Being a war ally, Pt-esident Musharraf had to conj'ront this situation of creating n discourse that would favor inevitable war within the boundaries of Pakistan. The propagation and projection of a specific version of ideology in an alreacly torn ideological front, this study analyses interviews and .speeche.x of President Mn.sharra/ during hi. tenure as Premier of Pakistan and investigates into the macro and micro level structures of the selected discourse on war on terro+- to probe into
the ways Musharraf has tried to legitimize the war on terror. Legitimization of the war against the past heroes was also challenged abroad and more severely at home by the concerned stakeholders. The hypothesis that the war on terror was also fought at the level of discourse in making it acceptable and legitimate %r the people oj Pakistan to be the part of US alliance has been nvestigated through the application of socio-cognitive model of Van Dijk (2002), which provides relevant tools
o] ‹analysis oj the text and talk on media. The analysis of interviews and speeches of Musliarra[ signifies that dij/erent socio-political and cultural aspects oj! Pakistani society have been incorporated by Musharraf in order to develop the discourse and make it more acceptable and
favorable for his audience.
Zubair Khan, Umaima Kamran, Lubna Umar. (2019) A Critical Discourse Analysis of President Musharraf's Speeches: Legitimizing War on Terror, The Dialogue, Volume 14, Issue 4.
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