Washington: America`s increasing unpopularity in Pakistan is an issues of concern for the
United States, the Obama administration has said.
The observations came in the wake of the latest poll by
Gallup International`s Pakistan unit, which found that 59 per
cent of Pakistanis consider the US the greatest threat to
their country, five times as many people voting that way as
they did for India, their traditional rival, or even the Pak
Taliban.
"I saw that poll, and it is obviously very concerning.
We clearly have a lot of work to do," the State Department
Deputy Spokesman Robert Wood said at his daily press briefing.
The poll finding comes even as the United States has been
one of the largest contributors of humanitarian aid and
development assistance to Pakistan.
"We need to obviously do a better job of telling our
story to the Pakistani people and to others around the world,"
Wood argued.
Observing that the US is committed to a set of values,
Wood said: "We promote those values worldwide. We want to help
Pakistan improve its economy, its security, to try to help the
Pakistani people."
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