Report on quality of governance across provinces issued

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and transparency (PILDAT) on Wednesday has released report pertaining to nationwide public opinion poll assessing quality of governance and democracy across federal and provincial spheres.

According to the report, governance in Punjab is rated the highest across nationwide respondents with 67% approval rating, followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) that stands at 38%.

How did nationwide respondents rate governance in provinces?

The governance in Balochistan is recorded at 26% while Sindh is rated the lowest nationwide with 25% approval rating.

The respondents across the nation term terrorism as the biggest current issue followed by inflation and energy crisis.

Biggest Current Issue Facing Pakistan

The survey concludes that armed forces are termed as the most trusted institution with 76% approval rating in 2016 compared to 75% in 2015 while police enjoy lowest public trust as only 18% nationwide respondents have rated it positively.

Trust in Institutions

When respondents were asked to evaluate performance of their own province on individual governance indicators, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa received the most positive approval ratings for 18 out of 25 indicators.

However, Balochistan bagged third position with positive rating of 12 out of 25 indicators.

Number of Indicators Rated Positively for Each Provincial Government

58% of the nationwide respondents have termed Prime Minister’s performance positively in 2016 while 41% have rated it negatively. This has seen a sharp decline of 15 percentage points from 73% approval rating in 2015.

Public Perception of the Performance of the Prime Minister

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) continues to suffer from negative public perception as only 35% of nationwide respondents are hopeful of an improved performance by the ECP in the next General Election. This has seen a 3 percentage point decline since 2015.