Majority Pakistanis think separation from India was justified: Gallup poll

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Majority Pakistanis think separation from India was justified: Gallup poll

ISLAMABAD: An overwhelming majority of Pakistanis believe that separation from India was justified in 1947, revealed a recently released Gilani Poll conducted by Gallup Pakistan.
In a survey, a nationally representative sample of men and women from across the country were asked the following question:
Suppose you were an adult voter in 1947, would you have voted in favour or against the establishment of Pakistan?
The results of the poll revealed that 92% Pakistanis believed the separation from India was justified and they would have voted for Pakistan, while only 8% said they would have voted against it, according to the results of the Gilani Research Foundation survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan on Monday.
The poll reflects a minor but noticeable change of views on the issue, as the figure has gone up from 3% to 8% only in five years.
Responding to a similar survey in 2006, 97% of Pakistanis said they would have voted for Pakistan and only 3% said that they would have voted against Pakistan.
The study was released by the Gilani foundation and carried out by Gallup Pakistan, the Pakistani affiliate of Gallup International.
The recent survey was carried out among a sample of 2694 men and women in rural and urban areas of all four provinces of the country, during August 14 – 20, 2011

Majority Pakistanis think separation from India was justified: Gallup poll – The Express Tribune


That means 14.4 million (8% of 180 million) Pakistanis are against creation of Pakistan?

 

[jha]

That means 14.4 million (8% of 180 million) Pakistanis are against creation of Pakistan?

Change from 3% to 8% in 4 years is more notable...

 

[Rafi]

The eight percent didn't understand the question.

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So you had a doubt before you joined PDF?

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You are assuming that most of these 8% Pakistanis are insurgents.

I say most of them are silent observers. Who knows may be even a few PDF members?

Your objective will not be achieved - we will not fall for your tactics. Pakistanis were, are and never will be pro-indian, live with it sonny.

 

[Rafi]

If the same poll is conducted in India..99.99 % will thank god that Pakistan is not part of India...

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As if we care !!

Tell your countrymen not to start threads like this then, by the way poll like these, have an error probability of +/- 5% so it falls within the original poll, of 3%.

On anecdotal evidence have met many indians with india, and outside - who always complain about partition, one guy even said that partition was the "violation of the Great Mother" I kid you not.

 

[IndoCarib]

Good ! I think most of Indians feel the same

 

[lem34]

I just visited idf and I must say it looks pretty bare I think that there are ten times more people want to be here than idf. So there we have evidence that more want to be on pakistani forum than Indian forum. That was a bit of polling from me

 

[PlanetWarrior]

Tell your countrymen not to start threads like this then, by the way poll like these, have an error probability of +/- 5% so it falls within the original poll, of 3%.

On anecdotal evidence have met many indians with india, and outside - who always complain about partition, one guy even said that partition was the "violation of the Great Mother" I kid you not.

I think by "Great Mother" he meant "Mother Pakistan"

The poll wasn't conducted by an Indian agency. We are just reflecting on why that 8% has to exist. We want every Pakistani to have a "feel good" personality

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I just visited idf and I must say it looks pretty bare I think that there are ten times more people want to be here than idf. So there we have evidence that more want to be on pakistani forum than Indian forum. That was a bit of polling from me

IDF is boring. We like reading about the Pakistani point of view. It is educating.

 

[Rafi]

I think by "Great Mother" he meant "Mother Pakistan"

The poll wasn't conducted by an Indian agency. We are just reflecting on why that 8% has to exist. We want every Pakistani to have a "feel good" personality

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IDF is boring. We like reading about the Pakistani point of view. It is educating.

No - he actually thought that india was a goddess or something, and he said partition was the "violation of the great mother" and until the land returned to Mother india, her sons can never rest, my indian hosts were embarrassed and said the guy was a extremist.

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

Change from 3% to 8% in 4 years is more notable...

As Rafi pointed out, within the error range.

Also, the mood in the country is rather pessimistic currently with the terrorism and poor governance on display. If even with that kind of a domestic situation such an overwhelming majority of Pakistanis support the creation of Pakistan, then there really is little to support a significant change in opinion against Pakistan's creation, as the domestic situation improves again.

 

[foxbat]

As Rafi pointed out, within the error range.

Also, the mood in the country is rather pessimistic currently with the terrorism and poor governance on display. If even with that kind of a domestic situation such an overwhelming majority of Pakistanis support the creation of Pakistan, then there really is little to support a significant change in opinion against Pakistan's creation, as the domestic situation improves again.

Not sure about the error range remark.. 5% movement is considered within error range.. however the movement here is of over 150%.. The % movement is always considered over the base, which is 3% here

 

[foxbat]

Agree 100% - Why do indians have the longing to claim we are the same, strange indeed.

where??? we are just questioning the existence of 8% morons who voted against and why this percentage of morons in Pakistan has increased from 3% 5 years back..

 

[Rafi]

where??? we are just questioning the existence of 8% morons who voted against and why this percentage of morons in Pakistan has increased from 3% 5 years back..

FB - the figure of 8% is within the range of error of 5% - so it more probable that the figure has not changed at all, and do not forget that even people that disagreed with independence - are still loyal and patriotic to Pakistan in 2011.

 

[foxbat]

FB - the figure of 8% is within the range of error of 5% - so it more probable that the figure has not changed at all, and do not forget that even people that disagreed with independence - are still loyal and patriotic to Pakistan in 2011.

As I said, 5% statistical error is on base and not on absolute basis points.. You cant call a growth of 150% (3% to 8%) as statistically insignificant

 

[Windjammer]

actually, Pakistanis dont like to play without having the mod team on their side. So they dont like to visit other forums. Hence hum ko hi aana padta hai

My dear, a member asked me to join him in one such forum, regret to say, it was a question of blind leading blind numbering no more than a dozen. The MOD there knows me well too, it's another thing, he will probably resign if I joined his forum.

 

[Rafi]

As I said, 5% statistical error is on base and not on absolute basis points.. You cant call a growth of 150% (3% to 8%) as statistically insignificant

And as I said - 5% error would put it back to 3% = but even the people who disagreed with independence = Communists, Atheists, are loyal Pakistanis in 2011. And people suggesting reversing our nationhood are less than 0.1%

And from personal evidence people against the independence of Pakistan in 47 in india today would be a lot more than 8% - so what.