Politicians get the lowest rating on the list: only 39 percent of respondents approve of their performance.
KARACHI:
In a recent nationwide Gallup poll, Pakistan’s military emerged as the institution with the highest level of public approval, scoring an impressive 88 percent.
The survey, titled ‘National Public Opinion Survey Report’, conducted between June 10 and 30, collected responses from 3,500 participants representing various regions of the four provinces of Pakistan.
The survey illuminated public sentiments on various institutions and political figures, offering a comprehensive snapshot of Pakistan’s current political landscape and the challenges it faces, including inflation, poverty, unemployment and concerns about the effectiveness of democracy.
The survey results showed the public’s perception of various institutions: both the media and the courts received an approval rating of 56 percent, while the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) received an approval rating of 42 percent. hundred.
Police had a 54 percent approval rating, while politicians had the lowest rating on the list, with only 39 percent of respondents approving of their performance.
Regional breakdowns revealed that Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) was leading the army’s approval ratings with an impressive 91 per cent, closely followed by Punjab at 90 per cent.
Sindh recorded an army approval rating of 88 percent, while Balochistan showed the lowest approval rating at 66 percent. Surprisingly, 57 percent of respondents strongly approved of the military’s performance.
Imran remains the most popular leader
In terms of political leadership, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan maintained his position as the country’s most popular leader, garnering an approval rating of over 60 percent.
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Saad Rizvi came in a distant second with an approval rating of 38 percent, sharing this rating with PTI chairman Parvez Elahi.
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Other notable ratings included PTI’s Shah Mahmood Qureshi with 37 percent, closely followed by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supreme leader Nawaz Sharif with 36 percent, the president of the PML-N Shehbaz Sharif with 35 percent, PML-N Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz with 30 percent, and PML-N’s Shahid Khaqan Abbasi with 28 percent.
When it comes to political party preferences, PTI led with a 59 percent likeability rating, followed by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) with 42 percent, TLP with 41 percent, PML-N with 38 percent and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) with 31 percent.
On the other hand, Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) received a 22 percent approval rating, while Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), Awami National Party (ANP) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) had approval ratings of 22 percent, 21 percent and 20 percent, respectively.
The survey also explored voting preferences, revealing that twice as many respondents would vote for the PTI if the elections were held next week compared to those who would vote for the PML-N. In terms of governance indicators, the PTI government received the highest rating for its economic performance.
However, the survey also highlighted public dissatisfaction: 77 percent of respondents reported dissatisfaction with the country’s current direction, while 47 percent described the economic situation as “very bad.”
Only 15 percent of respondents believed the country’s economic situation would improve significantly in the next 12 months.
According to the report, inflation, poverty and unemployment remain the most serious problems in Pakistan, and one in five people (20 percent) feel that democracy is not working at all.
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