Supreme Court draws positive approval from public with its vigilant performance, 18% rise in proportion of Pakistanis who consider Supreme Court’s performance commendable (very good or good), 4% rise in those who consider its performance poor (very bad or bad). (GALLUP AND GILANI PAKISTAN)

Islamabad, October 30, 2018

According to a Gallup & Gilani Pakistan National Survey conducted in the year 2011 (07 years ago) respondents were asked, “Kindly tell what you think about the performance of Supreme Court in the last year whether it was very good, good, satisfactory, bad or very bad?” In response to this question, 14% said it was very good, 27% said it was good leading to a positive approval rating of 41%, 30% said it was satisfactory, 12% said was bad, 5 said was very bad leading to negative rating of 17% while 12% did not know or respond to the question.

Comparative Picture: The question was asked again in 2018 to enable a concrete comparison. In 2018, 25% said Supreme Court’s performance was very good, 34% said it was good leading to positive approval rating of 59% , 17% said it was satisfactory, 13% said it was bad, 8% said it was very bad leading to negative rating of 21% while 3% did not know or respond to the question.

The findings are available since 2011 periodically and the graph below shows how the figures have fluctuated over the years.

According to public opinion, there has been 18% increase in the proportion of Pakistanis who opined that Supreme Court’s performance is commendable (very good or good), 4% rise in the proportion of Pakistanis who think that the performance has been bad (very bad or bad) while there has been 13% decline in those who think its performance has been satisfactory.

This press release has been made as part of the Gallup Pakistan History Project which aims to release historical empirical polling data to wider audiences. The objective is to sustain and encourage empirical decision making in Pakistan.

from Gallup Pakistan https://ift.tt/2PtsBQ8