Re: Pew Research survey: Sharif Gets High Marks, while Khan’s Ratings Drops
I think its the same one reported by Dawn:
Nawaz’s rating remains solid, Imran’s wanes: survey - Pakistan - DAWN.COM
Nawaz’s rating remains solid, Imran’s wanes: survey
By Dawn.com
Updated 18 minutes ago
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Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif still commands strong support amongst the Pakistani public, while Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s support has slipped in recent months, suggests a new survey by the US-based Pew Research Center.
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Despite anti-government protests that have been taking place in Islamabad for the past two weeks, 64 per cent of Pakistanis have a favorable opinion of Nawaz Sharif, a number that has remained virtually unchanged since the last survey was conducted before the 2013 General Elections. At the same time 32 per cent have an unfavorable view of the prime minister.
In Punjab, Sharif has a commanding 74 per cent positive rating, according to the survey.
Imran Khan on the other hand still holds a 53 per cent positive view amongst the Pakistani public, but it has slipped 17 percentage points in the past two years, which at the time stood at 70 per cent.
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Around 24 per cent have a negative view of the PTI chief, while 22 per cent offered no opinion on Imran Khan.
The survey, based on 1,203 face-to-face interviews with Pakistanis 18 and older, was conducted between April 15 and May 7 2014. Several areas, including the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir were excluded for security reasons as were areas of instability in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan province.
According to the poll, former president Asif Ali Zardari, who left office in September 2013 with a favorability rating of 14 per cent, continues to be unpopular, even though he has seen a boost in his ratings since then.
Roughly 27 per cent of Pakistanis have a positive opinion of Zardari, even though 69 per cent still express a negative view.
Ratings for General Raheel Sharif, former Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and current President Mamnoon Hussain are more positive than negative. At the same time many people declined to give their opinion.
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About 41 per cent gave a favorable opinion of General Sharif while just 12 per cent had a negative view. 40 per cent expressed a positive opinion of Chaudhry; 19 per cent gave a negative view. Support for Chaudhry has declined since 2010, when 61 per cent held a positive opinion of him.
President Mamnoon Hussain had higher favorable than unfavorable views in the survey. But at the same time 55 per cent, a majority, offered no opinion about Hussain.
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