North Waziristan

Local Issues

How important are the following issues?

Corruption of local officials

Very important 52% — 64 respondents Somewhat important 35% — 43 respondents Somewhat unimportant 6% — 7 respondents Not at all important 4% — 5 respondents Don't know 2% — 3 respondents Refused 1% — 1 respondents

Lack of security

Very important 54% — 67 respondents Somewhat important 38% — 47 respondents Somewhat unimportant 3% — 4 respondents Not at all important 2% — 2 respondents Don't know 1% — 1 respondents Refused 2% — 2 respondents

Drone attacks

Very important 50% — 61 respondents Somewhat important 16% — 20 respondents Somewhat unimportant 12% — 15 respondents Not at all important 15% — 19 respondents Don't know 1% — 1 respondents Refused 6% — 7 respondents

Lack of jobs

Very important 79% — 97 respondents Somewhat important 15% — 19 respondents Somewhat unimportant 2% — 2 respondents Not at all important 1% — 1 respondents Refused 3% — 4 respondents

Foreign fighters

Very important 31% — 38 respondents Somewhat important 19% — 23 respondents Somewhat unimportant 13% — 16 respondents Not at all important 2% — 3 respondents Don't know 13% — 16 respondents Refused 22% — 27 respondents

Lack of schools and education

Very important 58% — 71 respondents Somewhat important 33% — 40 respondents Somewhat unimportant 7% — 8 respondents Don't know 2% — 3 respondents Refused 1% — 1 respondents

Lack of good roads and transportation

Very important 58% — 71 respondents Somewhat important 34% — 42 respondents Somewhat unimportant 5% — 6 respondents Not at all important 3% — 4 respondents

Poor health care and access to water

Very important 50% — 62 respondents Somewhat important 32% — 39 respondents Somewhat unimportant 9% — 11 respondents Not at all important 4% — 5 respondents Don't know 3% — 4 respondents Refused 2% — 2 respondents

Taliban fighters

Very important 29% — 36 respondents Somewhat important 22% — 27 respondents Somewhat unimportant 14% — 17 respondents Not at all important 2% — 3 respondents Don't know 24% — 29 respondents Refused 9% — 11 respondents

People fleeing from the area as refugees

Very important 44% — 54 respondents Somewhat important 23% — 28 respondents Somewhat unimportant 24% — 29 respondents Not at all important 2% — 3 respondents Don't know 6% — 7 respondents Refused 2% — 2 respondents

Afghan refugees coming into the area

Very important 36% — 44 respondents Somewhat important 28% — 35 respondents Somewhat unimportant 17% — 21 respondents Not at all important 15% — 18 respondents Don't know 3% — 4 respondents Refused 1% — 1 respondents

FATA: Inside Pakistan's Tribal Regions

Administrative Agencies

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Local Issues

Corruption of local officials

Lack of security

Drone attacks

Lack of jobs

Foreign fighters

Lack of schools and education

Lack of good roads and transportation

Poor health care and access to water

Taliban fighters

People fleeing from the area as refugees

Afghan refugees coming into the area

Government

Building new schools

Improving mosques

Improving health care

Improving the economy

Expelling foreign fighters

Support more drone attacks

Implementing strict Sharia

Ensuring and independent judiciary

Defeating Taliban fighers

Education

Building new government schools for boys

Building new government schools for girls

Building new madrassas for boys

Building new madrassas for girls

Economy

New jobs

New roads and transportation

Better water/sanitation

Better agricultural assistance

Land reform to allow for local ownership

Governing FATA

FATA should be governed as it now is

Regular Pakistani criminal and civil laws should be extended to FATA

FATA should become part of an independent Pashtun state

FATA should be governed by the Pakistani military

FATA should have an independent and elected council

Justice

The tribal areas should be governed by Pakistani government courts

The tribal areas should be governed by local jirga

FATA should be governed by strict Sharia

FATA should be governed by the Pakistani military

Group Actors

Arab and other foreign fighters

American military

Pakistani army

Frontier corps

Pakistani Taliban

Federal Pakistani Government in Islamabad

Provincial government in Peshawar

Political agent

Pakistani Police

FATA Secretariat

FATA Development Authority

Opinions of the U.S.

U.S. business investment in FATA

U.S. aid for school construction and teacher training in FATA

U.S. aid for medical care and training in FATA

U.S. military equipment and training to the Pakistani armed forces in FATA

U.S. increasing visas for people in FATA to work or study in the United States

U.S. increasing educational scholarships for students in FATA to study in the United States

Withdrawal of U.S. military from Afghanistan

U.S. brokering a comprehensive Middle East peace between Israelis and Palestinians

Leadership

Pervez Musharraf

Barack Obama

Ashfaq Parvez Kayani

Jaluddin Haqqani

Nawaz Sharif

Yousaf Raza Gilani

Siraj Haqqani

Manmohan Singh

Asif Ali Zardari