IRI poll shows strong approval rating for PTI govt
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ISLAMABAD: A new nationwide poll of Pakistanis by the International Republican Institute’s (IRI) Centre for Insights in Survey Research reveals strong approval rating for the new government and confidence in the July 2018 elections.
A combined 57 per cent of respondents think that Prime Minister Imran Khan is doing either a “very good job” (17pc) or a “good job” (40pc) so far, and a combined 56pc approve of the government, according to a communication received here. A plurality of respondents (40pc) say that they are willing to give the government one year (26pc) or two years (14pc) to start delivering on their campaign promises.
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“The survey suggests that the government’s performance will be judged primarily on its ability to address pressing economic concerns,” said Johanna Kao, IRI regional director for Asia.
84pc respondents say July 2018 election results were ‘accurate’
Inflation was singled out as the most important problem in Pakistan (39pc), followed by poverty (18pc) and unemployment (15pc). Nearly 77pc of respondents between the ages of 18 and 35 saw the lack of jobs as the biggest challenge facing young people in Pakistan.
The poll also indicates high levels of confidence in the results of the July 2018 general election. A clear majority (84pc) say that the results were either “very accurate” (46pc) or “somewhat accurate” (38pc). A combined 83pc believe that the election was either “completely free and fair” (50pc) or “mostly free and fair” (33pc).
“Poor economic conditions are a significant source of anxiety for Pakistanis,” said Ms Kao. “Despite Pakistan’s economic challenges, confidence in the new government and the prime minister is high. Pakistanis seem to be willing to give the government time to deliver on its campaign promises, which will require difficult economic reforms to revitalise the country’s struggling economy.”
The survey was conducted on behalf of the Centre for Insights in Survey Research. Data was collected between Nov 1 and 22, 2018 through in-home, in-person interviews. The sample consisted of 3,991 respondents aged 18 and older and was representative of voting-age adults nationally. The margin of error was 1.6pc.
Published in Dawn, March 17th, 2019
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Mar 17, 2019 07:45am
This govt should be given atleast 4 years to measure the performance. IK and Asad are doing very good.
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Mar 17, 2019 07:47am
PM Khan and company have earned their high appeovsl rating: Indegrity.... Leadership...
Class..
Gordon D. Walker
Canada
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Mar 17, 2019 07:54am
Just 56% approval of the government and this happened in just 8 months time. The honeymoon is about to over and after one year the approval rating will start going down.
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Mar 17, 2019 07:54am
I hope all the participants were not from KPK or from cities!
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Mar 17, 2019 08:12am
Oh no! What about the (Indian) media narrative of Imran as a “selected PM”?
Same for ‘patriots’ like Hussain Haqqani...
Reminds me of that famous dialogue from the movie Sholay... you know: the one that precedes affirmation of “eating salt”...
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Mar 17, 2019 08:12am
Forget about the poll. People are not supporting you infact they are against corrupt politicians. Still you have time to perform. Be wise. Act in the interest of the country. Good wishes of the people are with you.
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Mar 17, 2019 08:13am
Wishful thinking
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Mar 17, 2019 08:27am
I foresee approval rating to be around 70 percent by August 2020.
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Mar 17, 2019 08:28am
The condition in which the past corrupt rulers have left my beloved country, even 10 years is comparably less time to assess and give judgements on the performance of the current Govt. We believe in IK.
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Mar 17, 2019 08:31am
PTI is the best!!!!
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Mar 17, 2019 08:36am
Engineered polls
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Mar 17, 2019 08:40am
this is bunch of lie
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Mar 17, 2019 08:41am
People satisfy the PTI government.No doubt,government will take to improve their performance
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Mar 17, 2019 08:43am
Survey is usually done in urban areas where rigging is avoided where as actual rigging is done in urban areas which is difficult to track.Well Engineered.
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Mar 17, 2019 08:48am
Other then maintaining law and order where the ratio of approve to disapprove is 50:45 in the rest of them people strongly disapprove of PTI. So the message from people is that even thougb we trust pti and are willing to give them time, but these policies are not correct and will not help and needs to be changed...
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Mar 17, 2019 08:50am
The results of IRI survery show that the sample in the survey was consisted of hardcore workers of PTI.
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Mar 17, 2019 08:52am
PM Imran khan zindabad
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Mar 17, 2019 09:04am
Here are the problems with the survey.
A. Statistics:
1. Sample size is too small
2. No confidence intervals
3. No p values
4. Too short a time after PTI took over for data to be reliable
B. Population studied
1. Educational background
2. Rural vs urban
3. Declaration that the population studied are aligned to a given party
C. Group that studied the population
1. Is there conflict of interest
2. Who funded the project
Data does not take into account, fiscal realities, external forces impacting economy, extreme debt before PTI took over and usual time from starting till now as compared to another country in similar dire straits.
Lot of problems with study and hence results and graphs are too premature and cannot be relied upon.
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Mar 17, 2019 09:08am
Great news for IK and PTI. But what about the citizens. Promises are looking to be just for the votes. No actions yet on the ground.
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Mar 17, 2019 09:21am
Any hones hard working gov’t in Pakistan will need 2 + terms to clean up the mess created by N.S. and Zardari.
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Mar 17, 2019 09:33am
Great and sincere intentions. Important to focus on main issues. Equally important to not be “know it alls”.
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Mar 17, 2019 09:34am
I've never put a lot of thought in the polls, if you look, PML-N didn't really lose a lot of support either, but we all know what the PML-N government did or didn't do. Its good that the PTI government still has a good support, but that does not mean they are doing everything they said they would, now I don't mean accomplishing everything, I mean going in the right direction. I don't see it, CPEC is still moving at much slower speed, lack of planning and the decision making process has been poor, projects should get going, Baluchistan and other areas like Gawadar are still a no show.Lets not get all excited over some fans of the party
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Mar 17, 2019 09:49am
Wao it shows people has accepted gas electricity prices increase also regulations of constitution one and Bani Gala property regulations.
They can now work on CEPC audit how much people and Chinese looted in said projects
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Mar 17, 2019 09:49am
I see more people commenting against the survey. If the survey had found more negatives about the incumbency same people would comment differently then.
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Mar 17, 2019 09:53am
Now patwaris will cry even more
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Mar 17, 2019 10:03am
How far these ratings are reliable ? Looks engineered by efforts of PTI media cell
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Mar 17, 2019 10:09am
And that’s the truth. Well bowled Kaptan Sahib!
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Mar 17, 2019 10:14am
In my view, IRI survey clearly indicates that PM Imran Khan's vision to tackle poverty, education, health care, corruption and having peace dialogues with India and other neighbors are popular issues among vast majority of people. This is a good sign and why opposition parties are making noises, as their leaders are either in jail or waiting to go, because of their money laundering and other corrupt practices. (Say NO to corruption!).
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Mar 17, 2019 10:16am
One thing the country can be sure of. IK is NEVER going to buy apartments and villas in the middle east, Europe, or America at the end of his political life. He is totally honest.
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Mar 17, 2019 10:17am
@Dr. Ali Canada, Are you from Ppp.
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Mar 17, 2019 10:24am
Totally correct and unbiased survey. Thumbs up !
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Mar 17, 2019 10:29am
do we need the survey to check the approval rating... my scale of anyone claim is to see that the poverty is eliminated.. when there is respect of laws.. when everyone is equal, regardless of their social status..when there is no crime, when there is no corruption, when there is accountability... i sincerely think that we are heading in the right direction...
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Mar 17, 2019 10:33am
@Aamir, plz check criteria of getting data...the organization is of fame and reliable..
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Mar 17, 2019 10:35am
all acknowledge that the PTI govt will perform because its top leadership is sincere and not corrupt...
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Mar 17, 2019 10:37am
@Mohsin meghani, you are obviously a expert on surveys and aware of their shortcomings unlike the people whos job it is to do surveys.
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Mar 17, 2019 10:38am
After 5 years, people of Pakistan will be asking people where is PTI Balla on ballot papers.
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Mar 17, 2019 10:42am
@Nadeem Afridi, education ?
Are you suggesting that surveys should not ask people without a education their opinion ?
Last time i checked in a democracy the view and vote of person is the same regardless of their wealth assets or education
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Mar 17, 2019 10:56am
If the sample size and methodology are not clearly stated and representative of true demography, this survey -Like election- is also rigged and manipulated. With such a business decline, law and order situation, and soaring inflation , who thinks the government is doing well? Ask Sind, ask Baluchistan and huge opposition in Punjab and KPK, really a joke to hear it.
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Mar 17, 2019 10:57am
Well, those who think that these polls were fair are living in fool's paradise. And IK is doing good job only in social media. Cancelling projects, delaying them on frivolous issues because he knows only to shout on containers. He likes flattery and all around him are sycophants and BOOT lickers. 90% PTI consists of Musharraf's lackeys. In a year's time people will realize the thuggery imposed on them.
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Mar 17, 2019 11:04am
@Nadeem Afridi, there are truths. There are lies. There are damn lies. Finally there are statistics. You sir obviously just took a course in statistics and think you know more than these real-life experts. Bye.
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Mar 17, 2019 11:13am
@Dr. Ali Canada, are you really a DR
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Mar 17, 2019 11:37am
I am 41 years old and working with multiple highly professional companies for past 17 years but never saw anything or anyone which resembles pole about government. I don't know where these polling companies go to ask questions and what type of questions they ask. 80% people satisfied by the election results question seems a little odd as polls happened many months ago and there is little relevance today. Maybe someone was taunting those who conducted elections.
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Mar 17, 2019 11:40am
Well done PM Imran Khan. Pakistani nation stands with you and fully trusts you.
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Mar 17, 2019 12:05pm
@Sunny, well.we dont care about his apartments.we care about our country he has taken more loans than nawaz did in 5 years.just check out our loans now.you will have a clear picture of where your govt is heading
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Mar 17, 2019 12:08pm
@Aamir, in kpk people never reelected a govt before PTI. They throw you out if you don't deliver. The re-election of PTI means something?
What I loved about our kpk brothers is that there priority always has been health and education whilst people on our side of Pakistan were happy with roads and infrastructure and weren't fazed by poor health sector and increase in the number of
private schools at alarming rate and their fees.
Btw there were couple of ex-patwaris participated in the poll as well
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Mar 17, 2019 12:10pm
The same was said for PMLN Gov.... don't pay much heed to these surveys
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Mar 17, 2019 12:11pm
For the first time in decades we have a PM whose intentions are not suspect at the very least. That's the main reason for the high approval rating. Yes, PTI are still political novices and it will take some trial and error to find their footing, but just by virtue of being the leader for the right reasons, IK has a huge perception advantage over any of his predecessors.
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Mar 17, 2019 12:34pm
Overall result of poll is in favour of PTI. Keep PTI In power and send the looters of PMLN and PPP to jails for lootings.
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Mar 17, 2019 12:42pm
Alarming poll results for the govt. as strongly disapprove % are higher for all the issues/questions as compared to strongly approve %.
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Mar 17, 2019 01:07pm
Good!!!
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Mar 17, 2019 01:14pm
He much better than PPP and PMLN looter. Soon this country will see best result under leader ship of Imran khan. But enemies of Pakistan will use bother PPP and PMLN to sabotage peace of this country.
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Mar 17, 2019 01:17pm
Give them time at least 2 year. You people give last 10 year to bring this country to this situation. Suddenly this nation is wake and that too because of PTI government.
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Mar 17, 2019 01:38pm
Imran is the most sincere, honest, trustworthy, and patriotic leader after Jinnah.
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Mar 17, 2019 01:45pm
@Umair, : You are right absolutely. Besides this, the survey was carried out i November 21, and much wate4 has flown under the bridge since then. The real survey result comes only during summer in July-August 2019, when there will be heavy load shedding.
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Mar 17, 2019 02:20pm
Pakistan is at the crossroads yet again. Despite the obvious challenges, we haven't felt so optimistic in a long time. We know Imran Khan has made compromises in order to come to power, but if it eventually helps Pakistan, it will be worth it. IK has to slowly get rid of the black sheep in his team, and place brilliant honest people in the bureaucracy. Turning around this ship is difficult and time consuming, but it can and will be done. Pakistan Zindabad.
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Mar 17, 2019 02:21pm
IK only hope for Pakistan to bring it to the 21st century .
Family politics by NS And Bhutto is disastrous for Pakistan.
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Mar 17, 2019 02:28pm
@Aamir, Or Pushtoons. The approval rating of Imran Khan will always remain 99.99 percent among Pushtoons due to ethnic affiliation.
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Mar 17, 2019 02:55pm
@Tamza, Truth is bitter.
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Mar 17, 2019 02:59pm
@Hafeez, Does it matter?
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Mar 17, 2019 05:14pm
Bad news for PPP and PM(N) fans, supporters, sponsors as well as their "movers and shakers."
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Mar 17, 2019 05:26pm
If IK governs another 6 months, he will end up doing 4 years term. His govt performance will be so good.
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Mar 17, 2019 05:27pm
@Aamir, Or going up.
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Mar 17, 2019 05:28pm
@Iqbal, India who?
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Mar 17, 2019 05:34pm
To those who say, PTI has not done this or done that, they must remember that their is resistance from PPP in Sind, from PML-N in Punjab and the crooked civil servants. They are impedeing his policies and agenda but still PTI is moving them slowly but surely. All Pakistan needed was an honest man at the top and we got one. Rare in this day and age. Look around at our neighbours leaders.
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Mar 18, 2019 03:59pm
Come what may, the farce of democracy in the country should continue to present a lively picture to the world in general about whatever is happening within. We appear to be continuing to be fool ourselves at our own expense.
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Mar 18, 2019 05:11pm
Strange it is only eighty four percent. Wish it was one hundred and eighty four percent. That would be more satisfying to the public and the government.
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Mar 18, 2019 08:36pm
The exchange rate to US $ will be touching high, expensive life saving medicine, back breaking cost of living expenses of common people, happening all before the end of the year will paint a real picture of PTI's good performance. Writing is on the wall. The current set is planted to increase the defense budget and continued dominance of our number one.
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Mar 18, 2019 09:23pm
@noor, How, just see the mood in the country, it is uplifting.
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Mar 18, 2019 11:18pm
PM Imran Khan and many of his cabinet members have earned their high approvals rating in Leadership... Integrity and hard work.
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Mar 19, 2019 04:14am
So 56% approve the govt and are willing to give it one or 2 yrs... What does the other 44% want? Shari'a law or PMLN?
IK is the only sane choice for Pakistan.
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Mar 19, 2019 04:15am
@Aamir, This just shows how democracy is not for the people of Pakistan. They prefer slavery and dictatorship.
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Mar 19, 2019 06:44am
I am not for or against predent government. But, I do demand that sample methodology should be made public. Was the sample representtive opf the voting age population? Take Transpaency International Methodology of assessing corruption in deiffferent countries. They report results of anwers about questions concerning `perception of corruption'. That is to sy that if a comunity perceives a leader to be non corrupt then he is deemed to be non corrupt.No effort to quantify corruption in absolute terms, or ways about hmw is minted illegally. The sham surveys mislead. As people whether this government or anyother previous government has provided basic needs and justice to the people. What economic achievement?????
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