Most Pakistanis disapprove of the US military operation that killed Osama bin Laden, and a majority describe the al-Qaeda chief’s death as a bad thing, a new research has found.
According to the Pew Research Centre, 63% people said that they disapprove the US military operation, while only 14% said that Laden’s death is a good thing.
About three-in-ten (29%) believe the Pakistani government authorised the raid and 23% say it did not, but 49% say they do not know.
Only 18% think the government knew bin Laden was hiding in Abbottabad and 29% do not think that was the case; again, roughly half (53%) offer no opinion.
These are among the key findings from two face-to-face personal interview surveys conducted in Pakistan by the Pew Research Centre’s Global Attitudes Project.
The first was conducted between April 10 to 26 among 1,970 Pakistanis as part of the 23-nation spring 2011 Pew Global Attitudes poll.
The second was a special survey conducted only in Pakistan between May 8 to 15, among 1,251 Pakistanis, following the May 2 killing of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden by the US military.
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