Re: proof that our awam is not ready for democracy
below our results of an interesting survey on pak attitude towards america and terrorism. some interesting highlights:
more pakistanis view india more favourably than america despite the fact that india has 500k troops in kashmir while america has less than 200k troops in iran and afghanistan. also given the choice, half of pak would move to america compared to 0% that would move to india.
70% of residents of nwfp support bin laden despite the frequent suicide bombings in nwfp by bin laden sympathisers. this stat is perhaps the best proof of the jahaluth level of our awam.
around 37% of awam still support musharraf. this percentage would be much higher if nwfp is excluded from survey. musharraf’s support level is pretty remarkable considering he is regarded as america’s tool and 100% of ghaddar presswalahs are against musharraf and in favour of al qaeedah.
nearly 50% of awam favours crackdown on jehadis. again a remarkable stat considering the favourable coverage enjoyed by al qaeedah in our press.
overall, the result of the survey is a good indication of the dangerous role played by ghaddar presswalahs. govt must come up with a strategy to deal with them
Now if you can correlate the opinions of public about a country far far away and democracy/basis-of-democracy would be great thing, can you?
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gwiVhWW3WkWgHNYUkBy95Su8IKcg
WASHINGTON (AP) — Only a quarter of Pakistanis support their military working with U.S. forces to pursue terrorists inside Pakistan, and even fewer favor letting American forces mount such operations on their own, a poll released on Tuesday said.
In a broader measure of America’s unpopularity in its erstwhile ally against terrorism, 19 percent of Pakistanis see the U.S. favorably — half the number with a positive view of India, a bitter rival Pakistan has fought in three wars since 1947. The U.S.-backed Pakistani president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, is less popular than Osama bin Laden, though both are far better liked than President Bush.
May be it has more to do with public losing trust in army for atleast internal affairs, dissatisfaction with army for its cruelties in masses (keeping lal masjid and waziristan aside), deep involvement in politics, supporting corrupt elements in politics, failure to provide security, being considered a “yes sir” institution for US interests etc.