Pakistanis turn on Taliban, but resent US: poll
Thursday, July 2, 2009
The News International, Pakistan, Thursday, July 02, 2009
WASHINGTON: Public opinion in Pakistan has turned sharply against the Taliban and other Islamist militants but Pakistanis still do not trust the United States and President Barack Obama, a poll showed on Wednesday.
The WorldPublicOpinion.org poll, conducted last month as Pakistan’s Army fought the Taliban in the Swat Valley, found that most Pakistanis see the Pakistani Taliban and al-Qaeda as a critical threat to the nuclear-armed country. Those Pakistanis who view Islamist militants and local Taliban as a critical threat to their country rose to 81 per cent, up from 34 per cent in a similar poll in late 2007, the University of Maryland polling project found. Respondents who described al-Qaeda’s activities as a critical threat to Pakistan rose 41 percentage points to 82 per cent in the same period. The findings were based on face-to-face interviews of 1,000 adults in the Urdu language across Pakistan from May 17-28.
WASHINGTON: Public opinion in Pakistan has turned sharply against the Taliban and other Islamist militants but Pakistanis still do not trust the United States and President Barack Obama, a poll showed on Wednesday.
The WorldPublicOpinion.org poll, conducted last month as Pakistan’s Army fought the Taliban in the Swat Valley, found that most Pakistanis see the Pakistani Taliban and al-Qaeda as a critical threat to the nuclear-armed country. Those Pakistanis who view Islamist militants and local Taliban as a critical threat to their country rose to 81 per cent, up from 34 per cent in a similar poll in late 2007, the University of Maryland polling project found. Respondents who described al-Qaeda’s activities as a critical threat to Pakistan rose 41 percentage points to 82 per cent in the same period. The findings were based on face-to-face interviews of 1,000 adults in the Urdu language across Pakistan from May 17-28.
Labels: Anti Taliban, Anti US, Polls, Public Opinion
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Jamia Naeemia attack
Saturday, June 13, 2009
The News International, Pakistan
Saturday, June 13, 2009
While it may be too early to say conclusively, Friday's suicide attack on a mosque inside Lahore's Jamia Naeemia and the consequential death of the seminary's principal Dr Sarfaraz Naeemi and four other people is a sign that the militants/jihadis are now also on the war-path against other clerics.
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
While it may be too early to say conclusively, Friday's suicide attack on a mosque inside Lahore's Jamia Naeemia and the consequential death of the seminary's principal Dr Sarfaraz Naeemi and four other people is a sign that the militants/jihadis are now also on the war-path against other clerics.
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Labels: Anti Taliban, Taliban, War on Terror
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Suicide bomber assassinates Mufti Naeemi: Taliban turn against religious scholars
Daily Times, Pakistan
Saturday, June 13, 2009
LAHORE: At least seven people, including a prominent anti-Taliban cleric, were killed and five injured when a suicide attacker detonated himself at the Jamia Naeemia madrassa shortly after Friday prayers.
Dr Naeemi’s brother Muhammad Tajwar told AP the cleric had recently received death threats for condemning the Taliban, but had refused the offer of police protection. Inspector General of Police Tariq Saleem Dogar said Dr Naeemi had never asked for security, so the attack was not a security lapse. District Officer (Civil Defence) Mazhar Hussain said the attacker had used a 20-kilogramme suicide vest containing ball bearings and iron filings.
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
LAHORE: At least seven people, including a prominent anti-Taliban cleric, were killed and five injured when a suicide attacker detonated himself at the Jamia Naeemia madrassa shortly after Friday prayers.
Dr Naeemi’s brother Muhammad Tajwar told AP the cleric had recently received death threats for condemning the Taliban, but had refused the offer of police protection. Inspector General of Police Tariq Saleem Dogar said Dr Naeemi had never asked for security, so the attack was not a security lapse. District Officer (Civil Defence) Mazhar Hussain said the attacker had used a 20-kilogramme suicide vest containing ball bearings and iron filings.
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Labels: Anti Taliban, Taliban, War on Terror
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