74% Pakistanis Call America an Enemy: Pew Research Center
By Rafi Imran Amjad | PKKH Correspondent
The Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes Project conducted a survey revealing the attitudes and thoughts of Pakistanis toward the Americans. The research includes a 5-year data (mostly concentrated between 2009 to 12) and the change that has taken place in public opinion over these years.
In 2009, 64% people considered the US an enemy. The figure rose to 69% last year and finally it reached 74% in 2012. The graph shows increasing hatred toward the US among the Pakistani public.
The survey also suggests that decrease in public opinion regarding the improvement of US-Pak relationships over the years. Only 13% of Pakistanis now think that the relations have improved; the value was 16% in 2011. Strengthening the bilateral relationship is also becoming less of a priority for Pakistanis. Last year 60% Pakistanis thought it was important to improve relations with US, but now only 45% think so.
Similar is the case with public opinion regarding the American economic and military aid: only about one-in-ten think the impact is positive.
The survey also reveals that the Pakistani public rates Imran Khan as the most credible leader while President Asif Ali Zardari was the least favorite; Gilani is next to him in the ratings. Seven-in-ten Pakistanis offer a favorable opinion of the former cricket star and leader of the Pakistani Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI). In 2008, 64% viewed Zardari favorably, but this decreased to only 14% in 2011.
There was an interesting result when the people were asked about the biggest threat to their country; India, the Taliban, or al Qaeda. 59% people thought India, the traditional rival, is the largest threat. On the other hand, people also want to join hands and keep peace with India: 62% of Pakistanis say it is important to improve relations with them.
It should also be noted that people have a favorable view toward the neighbor China. China continues to receive high marks in Pakistan. Nine-in-ten Pakistanis consider China a partner; only 2% say it is more of an enemy.
This report by Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes Project will help clarify the current standing of the nation in economy, politics and the general opinion of the Pakistani public about their surroundings. Most readers may find the results to be similar to their own thoughts which in other words would validate the authenticity of the report and prove that it is based on true public opinion.
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Thats more like it:)
1984 all over again…. (the book, in case you fail to get the reference)
First it was, Soviets are the Enemy. America is our only Friend. Now, America is Enemy, Russia is our friend. China is our lord and master.
I give it 10 years until the drama reverses yet again.
My sentiments shared exactly but i disagree slightly i believe the largest threat to be indigenous enemies eiother in the form of pro libertarians, sell out media, incompetent and corrupt leaders and extreme terrorist in the form of TTP, BLA and MQM, they are proving to be the most dangerous, India by and large has been a major threat but has little effected Pakistan over the years.
Any fool accept the Americans can see the correlation between increase in droen strikes and the dislike of Americans.
Yet same people will willingly go to Aemrica to study or earn a living. There will always be an underlying good-will for America. But American hubris is destroying societies.
Watch how the international press and more importantly the US leaders like Rohrabacher, totally ignorant of the Pakistan psyche, interpret these results.
Ifyou look at HISTORY of so USA it has used various VERY VERY CLEVER PHYSCOLOGICAL
PLOYS to make the victim BELIVE he is aggressor and this POLL is classic example of this physological game!
This how USA was Conquored by anglo Saxons
We think Zardari is least favorite and his party too. India and US are the enemy and biggest threat to Pakistan, there is no doubt in it. “Great CHINA is the Best Friend of Pakistan” We love and support Chinese friends, this is an exemplary friendship in the world which is usually termed as an “ALL WEATHER FRIENDSHIP”
That would explain why so many Paks were angry at our killing of their hero OBL, last year in an ISI safe house . Strange, in spite of their hatred of the USA we cannot hire enough border control agents to get rid of them in the USA. How do you explain that ?
Our hero? OBL is not our hero…he’s the hero of ur proxy alqaeda. And that wasn’t even OBL in that house. How gullible, stupid and uneducated do u have to be to actually believe the US gov lies
so who fathered a child with OBL’s wife in Abbotabad? You?
What kind of an idiot still believes that OBL was not killed last year when his wife, who witnessed the killing, has said it happened just the way it was reported by the Americans? 321 is a fool…
Pakistan Awwal, Pakistan Aakhir, Saya-a-Khuda-a Zuljilaal, Amiin.
Can anyone shed light on who this kotey ke backside ANDY FR DC (Andy from D.C. Washington, I assume) is?
Pakistan Zindabaad, Paendabaad.
ALLAHU-AKBAR!
I am an American who is a 3rd Generation Washingtonian. I love reading the Pak papers, it explains the otherwise inexplicable actions of crazed religious fanatics whose outlook on the world is, shall we say, unusual in my part of the world.
Pakistan is committing suicide in a very special way the world has never really seen before. This paper shows why.
As is typical of religious fanatics this writer wants to attack the messenger because he does not like the message…
Pakistan is in real trouble. US is not going back so easily without teaching Pakistan a hard lesson for its arrogance.
What and whose arrogance.
You want Pakistan to be a poodle of US like India.
From a western perspective…Taliban is the enemy of both Pakistan and NATO…drone strikes kill Taliban enemy…why do Pakis want them to stop?…western forces say that civilians killed in drone strikes are very few in number…Paki media says drone strikes kill mostly civilians…no one is able to show proof of the truth on either side? Could someone explain to the west why Pakistanis want to support the Taliban?
Well Indians have proved by every mean that they are uneducated. They easily gets into false media propagation. Well I ask you bhindians to plz provide proofs to prove your sentiments that OBL was in Pakistan…… And if u dont have any prove then u hv no right to critisize us. Well in ADVANCE I am gving u prooos that OBl was mot Pakistan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbjGAk03Wh0&feature=g-user-u
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkqfeZFUahc&feature=g-user-u
Watch these videos bhindian COW PISS S**kurs!!!!