ISLAMABAD: The findings of a recent survey by Gallup show nearly 68 percent of Pakistanis supported Prime Minister Imran Khan’s decision to dissolved the National Assembly and call for snap polls, while a majority did not believe there was a foreign conspiracy to topple Khan.
Last Sunday, Khan dissolved the National Assembly after a no-confidence motion seeking his removal was dismissed by the deputy speaker, a Khan ally, triggering a political and constitutional crisis in a country.
Gallup asked respondents in a survey if they supported the PM’s move to dissolve the National Assembly and call fresh elections.
“To this question a wide majority 68 percent say they support and 32 percent say they oppose PM Imran Khan’s move,” Gallup Pakistan’s Survey said on Wednesday.
The survey results added:
“Majority don’t believe in US Conspiracy to remove Imran Khan, although split exists along party lines. Significant majority 64 percent responded to this question and say that Imran Khan was being ousted because of inflation and not because of a foreign conspiracy.”
On anti-Americanism sentiment, the survey said almost 2 in 3 Pakistanis (72 percent) thought the US was an enemy of Pakistan: “Anti-Americanism was highest among PTI [Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf] Supporters (80 percent thought America was an enemy) and lowest among PML-N [Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz] voters (65 percent).”
Khan has repeatedly said that Donald Lu, a top US official dealing with South Asia in the US State Department, was involved in the alleged conspiracy to topple his government. Washington has denied the allegation.
Majority of Pakistanis don’t believe in US conspiracy against PM Khan – Gallup
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Majority of Pakistanis don’t believe in US conspiracy against PM Khan – Gallup
- 64% believe opposition wanted to oust PM Khan over inflation
- Anti-Americanism sentiment highest among Khan’s supporters
Pakistan says nine militants killed in security operations in northwest
- The intelligence-based operations were conducted in Tank and Lakki Marwat districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Military says the counterterrorism campaign is being pursued under the framework of the National Action Plan
PESHAWAR: Security forces in Pakistan said on Saturday they killed nine militants belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in two intelligence-based operations in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Pakistan refers to fighters of the TTP, an umbrella group of various armed factions, as “khwarij,” a term from early Islamic history used to describe an extremist sect that rebelled against authority. The military also alleges the group receives arms and funding from the Indian government, a charge New Delhi denies.
The two operations were carried out on Dec. 5 in the volatile districts of Tank and Lakki Marwat, according to a statement from the military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
“On reported presence of khwarij, an intelligence-based operation was conducted by the Security Forces in Tank District,” the statement said. “During the conduct of operation, own troops effectively engaged the khwarij location and after an intense fire exchange, seven khwarij were sent to hell.”
“Another intelligence-based operation was conducted in Lakki Marwat District,” it added. “In ensuing fire exchange, two more khwarij were effectively neutralized by the security forces.”
ISPR said weapons and ammunition were recovered from the militants, whom it described as “Indian sponsored” and accused of involvement in attacks on security personnel, law enforcement agencies and civilians.
It said follow-up “sanitization operations” were under way as part of the country’s counterterrorism campaign under Azm-e-Istehkam, approved by the Federal Apex Committee of the National Action Plan, which aims to eliminate what it called foreign-supported militant threats in the country.
