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title: "Pakistanis Seeing U.S. as a Threat"
description: "That's the number of Pakistanis who say they are very or somewhat worried that the US could become a military threat to their country."
date: "2007-12-11"
authors:
  - name: "Russell Heimlich"
    job_title: "Former web developer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2007/12/11/pakistanis-seeing-u-s-as-a-threat/"
---

# Pakistanis Seeing U.S. as a Threat

More than seven-in-ten Pakistanis (72%) are very or somewhat worried that the U.S. could become a military threat to their country, and 64% name the U.S. as one of the countries posing the greatest potential threat to Pakistan, a larger number than name even longstanding arch-rival India (45%), with whom Pakistan has fought three major wars in the last 60 years.[Read More](https://www.pewresearch.org/pubs/561/pakistan-terrorism)