Pakistan News And Discussion-13

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<b>Most Pakistanis oppose force against Qaeda’</b>
<i>* 80pc reject permitting foreign troops in Pakistan
* Little confidence in BB, Nawaz, Musharraf</i><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The poll concluded that just 44 percent of urban Pakistanis favoured sending the Pakistani army to the Northwestern Tribal Areas to “pursue and capture Al Qaeda fighters”. Only 48 percent would allow the Pakistan army to act against “Taliban insurgents who have crossed over from Afghanistan”. In both cases, about a third oppose such military action and a fifth decline to answer.

Foreign troops: Pakistanis reject overwhelmingly the idea of permitting foreign troops to attack Al Qaeda on Pakistani territory. Four out of five (80 percent) say their government should not allow American or other foreign troops to enter Pakistan to pursue and capture Al Qaeda fighters, the poll found. Three out of four (77 percent) oppose allowing foreign troops to attack Taliban insurgents based in Pakistan.

<b>The results of the poll of 907 Pakistanis reveals that a majority of urban Pakistanis believe their government’s decision to attack militants holding Lal Masjid in Islamabad was a mistake.</b>
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