ISLAMABAD: More than half of Pakistanis believe that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government performed “worse than expected” in the year 2021, a survey by Paris-based research and consultation firm, Ipsos, suggested earlier this week.
Ipsos interviewed 1,126 Pakistanis between December 18 and December 24 about the performance of various government departments and officials.
According to the survey, 55 percent Pakistanis said the government’s performance was worse than expected, 32 percent opined it was almost the same as expected and 13 percent found it to be better than expected.
“Even half of those who voted for PTI in 2018 are dissatisfied with their government performance in 2021,” the survey report read.
The interviewees found the performance of judiciary, opposition, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), which oversees the country’s pandemic response, and the education ministry to be below par.
Around 46 percent and 45 percent respondents, respectively, said they found the performance of Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood and PM’s aide on health Dr. Faisal Sultan to be “worse than expected” too.
Around half of the respondents were satisfied with the performance of the Pakistan cricket team and skipper Babar Azam, and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ramiz Raja.
“More than half of Pakistanis are dissatisfied with provincial government’s performance,” the report added.
Over half of Pakistanis say government’s 2021 performance ‘worse than expected’ — survey
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Over half of Pakistanis say government’s 2021 performance ‘worse than expected’ — survey
- Paris-based research firm Ipsos interviewed 1,126 people for the survey
- Even half of those who voted for PTI in 2018 are dissatisfied with government
Pakistan vaccinates over 26 million children amid declining polio cases
- Pakistani authorities say polio cases dropped to 31 in 2025 from 74 a year earlier
- Over 400,000 workers deployed as Pakistan, Afghanistan run simultaneous campaigns
KARACHI: Pakistan on Wednesday said its first nationwide polio vaccination drive of 2026 was continuing for a third day, with health workers having immunized more than 26.8 million children amid a decline in reported cases of the crippling disease.
The campaign, being conducted simultaneously in Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan, comes after Pakistan reported 31 polio cases in 2025, a significant drop from 74 cases in 2024, which officials had described as alarming.
More than 400,000 polio workers are going door to door across the country to administer oral polio drops to children, the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) said.
“More than 26.8 million children have been vaccinated nationwide in the first two days of the campaign,” it said in an update, urging parents to cooperate with vaccination teams and ensure their children receive the drops.
According to the statement, more than 14.5 million children have been vaccinated in Punjab, 5.88 million in Sindh, 4.32 million in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and around 1.28 million in Balochistan.
Vaccination figures also included nearly 294,000 children in Islamabad, more than 165,000 in Gilgit-Baltistan and 446,000 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
Health authorities warned that polio is an incurable disease that can cause lifelong paralysis, stressing that sustained immunization efforts were essential to prevent its spread.
Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries in the world where polio remains endemic, and both have stepped up coordinated vaccination drives in recent years amid concerns about cross-border transmission.
