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Six in ten Pakistanis consider India 'bigger threat' than Taliban, Al-Qaeda | Almost six out of ten Pakistanis consider India to be a bigger threat to their country than the Taliban or Al -Qaeda, a new survey has revealed. The survey, conducted by the Pew Research Centre's Global Attitudes Project, notes
that Pakistanis having a favourable view of India has slightly improved from 14
percent in 2011 to 22 percent in 2012, reports The News. Pakistanis have consistently
identified India as the top threat since the question was first asked in 2009,
it noted. Despite these negative sentiments, 62% of Pakistanis say it is important
to improve relations with India , the survey found. Most Indians also want better
relations, more trade, and further talks between the two nations, Pew reported.
Still, Indian attitudes toward Pakistan remain largely negative. Roughly six-in-ten
Indians (59%) express an unfavourable opinion of Pakistan , although this is down
slightly from 65% in 2011. The survey also found that following a year of tensions
between their country and the United States , Pakistanis continue to hold highly
unfavourable views of the U.S. and offer bleak assessments of the relationship
between the two nations. Roughly three out of four Pakistanis consider the U.S.
an enemy, and President Barack Obama is held in exceedingly low regard. The survey
was conducted from March 28 to April 13, 2012 by 1,206 face-to-face interviews
of adults.
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