The recent India-Pakistan confrontation made it quite clear the most dangerous weapon they have is narrative.


Syeda Sana Batool is a UK-based journalist and postdoctoral researcher whose work focuses on media representation, language and framing, and participa... tory storytelling with marginalised communities. She is currently part of the AHRC-funded ATTUNE project and has a forthcoming book with Palgrave Macmillan on the media representation of anti-Shia violence in Pakistan.
The recent India-Pakistan confrontation made it quite clear the most dangerous weapon they have is narrative.

A graveyard in Pakistani city of Karachi where members of Shia community killed in targeted killings lay buried.
![Red flags on the graves indicate the person was killed for being a Shia [Sana Batool/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Image-4-graveyard.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)