U.S.-Pakistani Relations
That’s the percentage of Pakistanis who say that relations between the U.S. and Pakistan have improved in recent years.
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Results for the survey are based on telephone and face-to-face interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates International, which manages the fieldwork conducted by local research organizations in each country. All surveys are based on national samples except in China, India, and Pakistan, where the sample was disproportionately or exclusively urban. The […]
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