What we're up against in Pakistan.

60 per cent want Muslim based Sharia Law

64 per cent approve of govt reform of madrassas.

59 per cent want to hold the line against encroachment of conservative Muslim values or "Talibanization".

>66 per cent do not trust the US to act responsibly in the world.

70 per cent believe it is a US goal to divide and weaken Islam. (Oh, if only!)

50 per cent disapprove of Pakistani relations with the US.

60 per cent agree that al Qaeda and Taliban activities pose a threat to Pakistan over the next 10 years.

80 per cent said the same of the U.S. military presence in Asia, including Afghanistan.

31 per cent expressed a positive view of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

19 per cent had mixed feelings.

40 per cent opposed capturing bin Laden if he were discovered inside Pakistan.

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46 per cent of respondents favored negotiating with the Taliban, while

12 per cent said Pakistani forces should be withdrawn from the region.

>75 per cent said foreign troops should not be allowed to pursue al Qaeda or Taliban fighters inside Pakistan.

30 per cent of Pakistanis approved of Taliban attacks on NATO troops in Afghanistan

18 per cent had mixed feelings.

15 per cent disapproved.

9 per cent said the current Afghan government had the best approach to governing Afghanistan.

34 percent preferred the former Taliban regime.

About the survey:

Funded by the U.S. Institute of Peace, or USIP, the poll was taken in the nuclear-armed nation before President Pervez Musharraf's six-week state of emergency and the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto last month.



WorldPublicOpinion.org, a non-profit group affiliated with the University of Maryland that conducted the poll for USIP. USIP is a non-partisan institution funded by Congress to address issues concerning international conflict.

The poll, which has a 3.3 percentage point margin of error, surveyed 907 adults in 19 Pakistani cities from Sept. 12-28. About 49 percent of the respondents were women.