64 pc respondents have 'very unfavourable' view of Pak: Survey

Sixty-four per cent respondents of a survey carried out in India this year had a "very unfavourable" view of Pakistan, nine per cent more than what was recorded last year, according to American fact-tank Pew Research Center.
Sixty-six per cent of the respondents considered global terror outfit ISIS as a "major threat" and 76 per cent termed terrorism a "very big problem".
These figures were given out by Bruce Stokes, Global Director of the Economic Attitudes of the Pew Research Center, during a media interaction at the American Center here today.
Sixty-three per cent of the respondents believed that the government should use more military force in Jammu and Kashmir and 62 per cent described the situation prevailing in the state as a "very big problem".

Jammu and Kashmir has been on the edge since the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani in July last year. The state has witnessed clashes between the security forces and civilians since then.
Only 17 per cent of the respondents had "a lot of confidence" about US President Donald Trump, while only four per cent had "a lot of confidence" about Chinese President Xi Jinping.

According to the survey, 64 per cent of the respondents had a "very unfavourable" view of Pakistan.
"This saw a nine-per cent jump compared to last year," Stokes said.
The survey, which was carried out between February 21 and March 10, sought the views of 2,464 people across the country, both in the urban and rural areas.

It may be noted that the Uri terror attack and the subsequent surgical strikes carried out by the Indian Army on terror camps across the Line of Control (LoC) took place in September last year, six months before the survey was conducted.
According to the survey, more than eight in 10 Indians said economic conditions were "good" in the country, despite the Centre's decision to scrap high-value currency notes in November last year.