Washington: On the eve of historic elections in Pakistan, a dismal public mood prevails in the country with majority of the people for the first time considering the threat from the Taliban on par with that from arch rival India, a poll by a US think tank showed on Tuesday. The country's public mood is exceedingly grim. Roughly nine-in-ten Pakistanis believe the country is on the wrong track, and about eight-in-ten say the economy is in poor shape, according to the survey on Pakistan by the Pew Research Center.
Concerns about extremist groups have increased markedly, the poll said adding that more than nine-in- ten Pakistanis describe terrorism as a very big problem, and about half now say the Taliban is a very serious threat to their country. "For the first time since the Pew Research Center began polling on these issues, the Taliban is essentially considered as big a threat to Pakistan as longtime rival India," the organisation said in a press statement. America's image remains extremely negative in Pakistan: Only 11 per cent give the US a favourable rating, and a similar low number (10 per cent) express confidence in US President Barack Obama.
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