The present study is focused on the framing of Women Issues in Elite Press of three major countries of South Asia including Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh from January 2013 to December 2013. The news stories on the front and back pages of Daily Dawn, Times of India and the Star were analyzed where the political, social and economic domains were analyzed. The theoretical foundation of the study based on the framing theory of media. Whilst, researchers used content analysis as a method to investigate the phenomenon. The study findings explore that Times of India and The Daily Star are more supportive and framing the women image in a positive way, while, the social, economic and political status of women in these two countries is worse than Pakistan. However, in Pakistan, the Daily Dawn has given minor coverage to women issues on front and back page as compared to the Times of India and Daily Star. Both The Times of India and Daily Star are promoting and treating women issues soft way in the news. While the Daily Dawn still using pessimistic approach regarding woman issue treatment in news. The study findings can be generalized to all other countries that have same cultural roots.

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