Osama more popular than Gen Musharraf in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden is more popular in Pakistan than President Pervez Musharraf, according to a poll released on Wednesday.
Nearly three-quarters of Pakistanis also oppose unilateral US military action against Islamic insurgents in Pakistan’s tribal areas, said the poll for Terror Free Tomorrow, a US-based organisation. It said it polled 1,044 people across Pakistan between August 18 and August 29. Military ruler Musharraf is the biggest in from the poll. It said his approval rating was 38 percent behind 46 percent for Bin Laden. Bin Laden’s ratings jumped to 70 percent in the Islamist-ruled NWFP. Former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif enjoy favourable opinions of 63 percent and 57 percent respectively. Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad haudhry had a 69 percent favourable rating, the survey said.
Three-fourths said suicide bombings are never or rarely justified, while only 36 percent said they prayed five times a day regularly. afp/ap
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