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79 percent Pakistanis pleased with media's performance: survey

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 12 November 2019

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79 percent Pakistanis pleased with media's performance: survey
A survey shows that 79% of Pakistanis are happy with the media's performance in the past year. It provides insights into public trust and media credibility.

ISLAMABAD — Seventy-nine percent of Pakistanis are pleased with the performance of media in the past year, according to a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup & Gilani Pakistan.

A nationally representative sample of men and women from across the four provinces was asked:

“What is your opinion on the media institutions’ and leaders’ performance in the past year?

Would you say the media’s performance has been very good, good, satisfactory, bad or very bad?”

In response to this question, 18% said it was very good, 38% said it was good, 23% said it was satisfactory, 11% said it was bad, 6% said it was very bad while 4% did not know or respond to the question.

The survey was carried out among a sample of 1,200 men and women in urban and rural areas of all four provinces of the country, from Oct 7-Oct 20, 2019.

Key Points

  • 79% of Pakistanis pleased with media performance
  • Survey conducted by Gallup & Gilani Pakistan
  • Sample size of 1,200 respondents
  • Data collected from Oct 7-Oct 20, 2019
  • Majority rated media performance as good or very good

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