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Sunday, October 16, 2011

Gallup survey


A new Gallup survey has revealed that only Imran Khan, chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, was gaining popularity in Pakistan. While all politicians, including Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani’s popularity graph has decreased. Meanwhile, the survey shows that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Nawaz Sharif is the most popular politician of the country. The Gallup survey for the month of July 2011 showed that PM Gilani amongst the politicians with popularity in the negative. It showed that PM Gilani on the minus-29th position, Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain on minus-41st, PML-Q chief Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain minus-40th, Maulana Fazlur Rehman minus-38th and JI chief Munawwar Hassan on minus-18th. The topper on the minus list was ANP chief Asfand Yar Wali who was shown on the minus-48th position in the Gallup survey. The survey shows that on the positive list, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was at top with 18 points (down 8 points from previous survey). Amongst politicians, Nawaz Sharif is at the top with 12 points (down 4 points) followed only by his younger brother Shahbaz Sharif with 10 points (down 10 points from the last survey). However, Imran Khan is the only politician whose popularity has increased. The survey shows him on the third position with 5 points (up 1 point from the last survey). In the CM’s category, Punjab’s Shahbaz tops with 27 points, whereas Balochistan CM Aslam Raisani is down at minus-30 with KPK’s Ameer Haider Hoti at minus-20 and Sindh’s Qaim Ali Shah at minus-22. The study was released by Gilani Foundation and carried out by Gallup Pakistan, the Pakistani affiliate of Gallup International.