56%Pakistanis apprehensive of further difficulties in next six months Only 33 per cent feel otherwise: Survey

THE FRONTIER POST

According to a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan, 56% of Pakistanis are apprehensive about further difficulties for their country over the next six months.Meanwhile, 33% feel it will get no worse; 10% believe things might improve.A nationally representative sample of men and women from across the four provinces was asked “Kindly tell for the next six months, will the difficulties faced by Pakistan decrease, increase or will there be no difference?” Responding to this, 10% believe that their difficulties will decrease, 56% believe difficulties will increase whereas 33% believe difficulties will remain the same. However, 1% did not give a view.The study was released by Gilani foundation and carried out by Gallup Pakistan, the Pakistani affiliate of Gallup International. The recent survey was carried out among a sample of 2638 men and women in rural and urban areas of all four provinces of the country.Meanwhile, according to another Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan, 57% say there is a no chance at all that this government can resolve the electricity crisis. Despair more than doubles during last 3 years.A nationally representative sample of men and women from across the four provinces was asked “In your opinion, what are the chances that the current government will be successful to deal with energy crisis?” Responding to this, 7% there is a high chance that government will be successfully deal with energy crisis, 27% believe there is a little chance whereas 57% believe that there is absolutely no chance that the current government will be able to deal with energy crisis. However, 9% did not give a view.