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| India-Pakistan |
| Our own insecurity |
| 2014-07-16 |
| [DAWN] THE 2014 global attitudes project of the Washington-based Pew Research Centre has been widely cited to show that a majority of people in Pakistain do not look upon the Taliban favourably. According to Pew's finding, 59pc of those questioned felt negatively vis-a-vis the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP). Last year, when a similar survey was held this number was slightly lower, with 56pc expressing disapproval of the snuffies who have no qualms about blowing up people, including women and kiddies, in brutal acts of terrorism. Yet 66pc said they were concerned about religious extremism. It seems many of the respondents did not regard the TTP to be myrmidons, which speaks volumes for public perceptions in Pakistain. Although one can feel relieved that most Paks are moderate in their approach, this is not so reassuring considering that other Mohammedan countries have as many as 80pc of their population, as in Tunisia, and 75pc (Egypt) showing concern at religious extremism. What is more worrying is that 33pc of the population in Pakistain does not feel strongly enough about the matter and replied indifferently with a 'don't know'. |
| Posted by:Fred |