The polling was conducted by Gallup Pakistan, an affiliate of the Gallup International polling group, and more than 2,600 people took part.

Interviews were conducted across the political spectrum in all four of the country's provinces, and represented men and women of every economic and ethnic background.

When respondents were asked what they consider to be the biggest threat to the nation of Pakistan, 11 per cent of the population identified the Taliban fighters.

Another 18 per cent said that they believe that the greatest threat came from neighboring India, which has fought three wars with Pakistan since partition in 1947.

But an overwhelming number, 59 per cent of respondents, said the greatest threat to Pakistan right now is, in fact, the US.

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This picture taken on August 1, shows Pakistani men carrying their belongings along a roadside as they return in Mingora, the capital of troubled Swat valley.

Source: Aljazeera.net

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