(Islamabad) Gallup Pakistan, Pakistan’s oldest survey research organization completed a survey in all 10 districts of AJK before the upcoming elections to be held later this week.
Salient findings from this survey are listed below:
1) Imran Khan most popular leader
Imran Khan appears as the most trusted political leader in the survey. Close to 2/3rd respondents (67%) expressed positive rating about him as leader. 47% have a positive opinion of Nawaz Sharif. 48% have a positive opinion of Shahbaz Sharif.45% have a positive opinion of Maryam Nawaz.
2) Widespread popularity for current PM
60% respondents in AJK are satisfied with the performance of Azad Kashmir’s current Prime Minister, Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan.
3) PTI likely to be winner is a popular perception in the area
44% in AJK think that PTI will win the election on 25th July 2021. 12% say PML-N while 9% say PPP.
4) Problems in the area
Broken and poorly maintained roads cited as the biggest problem by 24% respondents in AJK. 13% say lack of clean drinking water while 10% say electricity load shedding. 8% say inflation.
Methodology: Survey was done with a statistically chosen sample of N 500+ respondents via telephone. All 10 districts of AJK were covered. Expected error margin for survey is around +-4-5% at 95% confidence level.
