Support for Taliban plummets in Pakistan

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Taliban's presence on either side of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border is largely unwelcome, but increasingly so in Pakistan, where Gallup surveys show they have lost much of the little appeal they had. Four percent of Pakistanis in a November-December 2009 poll, conducted prior to Pakistan's current push to rout the Taliban within its borders, said the Taliban's presence in some areas of the country has a positive influence, down from 15% in June.

Gallup most recently polled Pakistanis in the particularly deadly period after the army's anti-Taliban operations in the South Waziristan tribal area started in October. Retributive militant attacks across Pakistan reportedly have claimed more than 600 Pakistanis' lives since then, which the public's increasingly negative view of the Taliban may reflect.

The Taliban lost support in every region of Pakistan. But nowhere are they more unpopular than in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), ground zero for a full-scale military offensive against the Taliban last May. In November-December 2009, 1% of NWFP residents said the Taliban have a positive influence, down from 11% in June. The percentage saying the Taliban's influence is positive in Baluchistan, which abuts South Waziristan, dropped from 26% to 5%.

Taliban Increasingly Unpopular in Pakistan

 

[jeypore]

contact worldpollpartners@gallup.com or call 202.715.3030.

this link does not go further AGNO, so it looks like I have to call them tommorow..

The survey included Azad Jammu and Kashmir, but sample sizes were too small to report results. Maximum margin of error by region in both survey waves ranged from ±6 percentage points in Punjab to ±11 percentage points in Baluchistan.[/QUOTE]

Reading Pakistanie sample seems to me very vague compare to Afgani side, don't you think:

conducted Sept. 20 to Oct. 12, 2009, and 1,000 adults in June 4-16, 2009, in Afghanistan. For results based on the total sample of national adults, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is ±4 percentage points.
Seventeen provinces were randomly chosen from 34 provinces and the sample was adjusted to reflect the population in terms of age, gender, and ethnicity, and rural and urban population.
Sample sizes and margins of error for each region were the same in both survey administrations.

North Afghanistan: Results based on interviews with 290 adults from the provinces of Balkh, Kunduz, Sar E Pol, Takhar, Badakhstan, and Samangan. The maximum margin of sampling error is ±7 percentage points.

Central Afghanistan: Results based on interviews with 250 adults from the provinces of Bamiyan, Kabul, Parwan. The maximum margin of sampling error is ±8 percentage points.

South Afghanistan: Results based on interviews with 230 adults from the provinces of Ghazni, Kandahar, Zabul, and Paktika. The maximum margin of sampling error is ±8 percentage points.

West Afghanistan: Results based on interviews with 130 adults from the provinces of Badghis and Herat. The maximum margin of sampling error is ±11 percentage points.

East Afghanistan: Results based on interviews with 100 adults from the provinces of Nurestan and Nangarhar. The maximum margin of sampling error is ±13 percentage points.

 

[fatman17]

this link does not go further AGNO, so it looks like I have to call them tommorow..

The survey included Azad Jammu and Kashmir, but sample sizes were too small to report results. Maximum margin of error by region in both survey waves ranged from ±6 percentage points in Punjab to ±11 percentage points in Baluchistan.

Reading Pakistanie sample seems to me very vague compare to Afgani side, don't you think:

whats your point - it seems u just dont want to believe that people by and large are 'sick and tired' of these people (if one can call them that)

 

[jeypore]

whats your point - it seems u just dont want to believe that people by and large are 'sick and tired' of these people (if one can call them that)

No malice at all Mr. Fatman, when I pressed on the contact worldpollpartners@gallup.com or call 202.715.3030. It is not linking or taking me to the link, That's all I meant...

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

Nawaz and Shabaz Sharif, and the PML-N in general, need to look at these stats and realize that their fence sitting on the issue of Islamist extremism (Taliiban, Al Qaeda, LeJ etc.) is no longer a tenable position.

Pakistanis need to look at the reluctance of the Sharif's and PML-N to take a strong position against terrorism is the overriding issue when they go to the polls.

So long as terrorism is not eliminated from Pakistan, the economy will not recover, jobs will not be created, and the lack of funding will mean that infrastructure and services will continue to be poor. So if people care about jobs and development, they need to ensure they elect those who are willing to take a strong stance against terrorists that are destroying our economy.

Shahbaz Sharif may be a good administrator, but all those skills in governance amount to naught when the country is wracked by terrorist attacks and crime.

 

[H2O3C4Nitrogen]

Pakistanis need to look at the reluctance of the Sharif's and PML-N to take a strong position against terrorism is the overriding issue when they go to the polls.

Political Hawks.. They never miss an opportunity to bash their rivals ..

Pak female MPA asks 'Taliban fearing' Shahbaz to wear dupatta

2010-03-16 13:20:00



Pakistan Punjab's Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif's statement pleading to the Taliban to spare the province from violence has attracted massive outrage in political circles of the country.

Shahbaz has come under a severe lashing from the opposition, and was humiliated in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) assembly when a woman Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) removed her 'dupatta' asking him to wear it.

"If Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif is so scared of the Taliban, then he should starting wearing a 'dupatta'," Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader Nighat Orakzai said while throwing her dupatta on the floor of the house.

She said Shahbaz's statement has revealed that he is only concerned about the safety of his province, and couldn't care less about those killed in terrorist activities in the NWFP.

It may be noted that speaking during a seminar at a mosque on Sunday (March 14), Shahbaz had pleaded to the Taliban to not to carry out attacks in Punjab.

"General Pervez Musharraf planned a bloodbath of innocent Muslims at the behest of others only to prolong his term in office, but we, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PLM-N) opposed the former president's policies and rejected the dictation being received from abroad. If the Taliban are also fighting for the same cause, then they should not carry out acts of terror in the province of Punjab," Shahbaz had said.

Shahbaz, however, later defended his remarks, saying he was 'misreported' and his statements were twisted by the media. (ANI)

Pak female MPA asks 'Taliban fearing' Shahbaz to wear dupatta

 

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"If Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif is so scared of the Taliban, then he should starting wearing a 'dupatta'," Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader Nighat Orakzai said while throwing her dupatta on the floor of the house

He should wear some bangles and put on some henna too!I can't believe an MP will bow down to the power of Taliban just like that.

 

[fatman17]

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No malice at all Mr. Fatman, when I pressed on the contact worldpollpartners@gallup.com or call 202.715.3030. It is not linking or taking me to the link, That's all I meant...

my bad friend!

 

[fatman17]

Nawaz and Shabaz Sharif, and the PML-N in general, need to look at these stats and realize that their fence sitting on the issue of Islamist extremism (Taliiban, Al Qaeda, LeJ etc.) is no longer a tenable position.

Pakistanis need to look at the reluctance of the Sharif's and PML-N to take a strong position against terrorism is the overriding issue when they go to the polls.

So long as terrorism is not eliminated from Pakistan, the economy will not recover, jobs will not be created, and the lack of funding will mean that infrastructure and services will continue to be poor. So if people care about jobs and development, they need to ensure they elect those who are willing to take a strong stance against terrorists that are destroying our economy.

Shahbaz Sharif may be a good administrator, but all those skills in governance amount to naught when the country is wracked by terrorist attacks and crime.

his skills r under a lot of question - cld not implemeny his Rs 2/roti program - cld not implement SC order of Rs, 40/kilo when he has the full punjab admn under his thumb so to speak - the 'thuggery' of the punjab police has been exposed and there was no 'comment' from the 'indomitable' CM - maybe the lady MNA is right after all, he may be 'wearing' bangles!

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

The comments about Shabaz Sharif's poor governance this time around are valid - I have read quite a few commentators criticizing him on that count in the past few months.

Add in the fact that the PML-N was unable to ditch that 'traditional' bad habit of ignoring development projects initiated by past governments (Lahore Mass Transit project and the Rawalpindi nullah projects for example) and they don't have much going for them this time at all.

But back to the survey, I haven't seen the survey questions so I am not sure how detailed they were, but support for the Taliban may be even lower when you include people who might have answered in support of the Taliban because they do not believe the Taliban are responsible for terrorism and violence - people like fundamentalist or MarkTheTruth for example.

 

[jeypore]

So long as terrorism is not eliminated from Pakistan, the economy will not recover, jobs will not be created, and the lack of funding will mean that infrastructure and services will continue to be poor. So if people care about jobs and development, they need to ensure they elect those who are willing to take a strong stance against terrorists that are destroying our economy.

For once AGNO, you sound like a American Republican. Anyways What country will not agree to your stance? Infact, I would say everyone in the world.

This arguement you are waging of terrorism, requires shutting these small people who are changing the masses. Nothing new for this ofcourse, but what is important is education, there lies the problem.


Just take a look of education system in Pakistan, and I mean not major cities!!!!

 

[jeypore]

But back to the survey, I haven't seen the survey questions so I am not sure how detailed they were, but support for the Taliban may be even lower when you include people who might have answered in support of the Taliban because they do not believe the Taliban are responsible for terrorism and violence - people like fundamentalist or MarkTheTruth for example.

How sure are you in responding to this ofcourse!!!

The survey clearly has a vague Pakistanie view, while It has a clear view of Afganistanie view with N,S,E,W.

First and for most, Pakistan has to get together in order to take surveys like this because the control is really in the air because you have no idea who is ruling, the gov't, the military, or the local tribal leaders. This survey clearly proves that Pakistan is not a one country, but made of lots of countries or subcompartment of country!!!

 

[third eye]

This was inevitable given the harm the Talibs have done to Pak.

The wold over, minorities have held sway over the majority. More needs to be done to rid the world & Pak of this pestilence.