Six out of 10 Pak citizens disapprove US' Abbottabad military operation: PEW research

Washington, June 22(ANI): 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 Center, 63 percent people said that they disapprove the US military operation, while only 14 percent said that bin Laden's death is a good thing.

About three-in-ten (29 percent) believe the Pakistani government authorized the raid and 23 percent say it did not, but 49 percent say they do not know.

Only 18 percent think the government knew bin Laden was hiding in Abbottabad and 29 percent do not think that was the case; again, roughly half (53 percent) offer no opinion.

These are among the key findings from two face-to-face personal interview surveys conducted in Pakistan by the Pew Research Center'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. (ANI)