Islamabad: An overwhelming majority of Pakistanis believe their country is moving in the wrong direction and 59 per cent would rather have Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif as the nation's president instead of Asif Ali Zardari, a survey has said.
Eighty-eight per cent of the respondents in the poll conducted by US-based International Republican Institute said Pakistan is moving in the wrong direction, while 73 per cent said that the economic situation had worsened in the past year.
A total of 76 per cent rated the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)-led government's performance on key issues as poor, up from 51 per cent in a survey conducted in June.
Sixty-seven per cent replied in the negative when asked if things would be better now that there is a democratically elected parliament and president in Pakistan.
While 59 per cent per cent of Pakistanis surveyed said they would rather have Sharif as president, only 19 per cent backed Zardari for the job.
When asked which leader could best handle the problems facing the country, 31 per cent of respondents backed PML-N chief and former premier Nawaz Sharif while President Zardari was supported by eight per cent and former President Pervez Musharraf by three per cent.
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