Pakistan only country where majority views Iran positively - PEW

[!eon]

Pakistan must has independent policies and become united with Iran. (I am not optimistic about that because of Saudi Arab and US.)

On governmental level, Iran was in fact Pakistan's best friend before Mullahs came into power.
Sorry we can't make polices under Iranian Mullah's wet dreams.

 

[HariPrasad]

As I always say to my Iranian friends although we have political differances now we always look at Iran favourably and in the long run we will revert to our historical connections that began with Archeamenid Persian when what is now Pakistan was Arachosia, Gedrosia, Gandhara and Hindosh satrapies of the Persian Empire.

Pakistan only country where majority views Iran positively: PEW

According to a new PEW survey, Pakistan is the only country polled where a majority (57%) views Iran— the country with the world's largest Shia Muslim population— favourably.

The survey comes at a time when the deadline for Iran’s nuclear programme negotiations is approaching (June 30) and Iran’s incumbent president— Hassan Rouhani— is about to complete two years in office. On the whole, the survey concludes that an overwhelming majority of countries— 31 out of 40— view Iran unfavourably.

Countries other than Pakistan where a greater percentage of people view Iran as favourable include Ghana (44%), Vietnam (42%), and Ethiopia (27%).

Source: Spring 2015 Global Attitudes survey. Q12c. PEW Research Center
Countries in the Middle East have a particularly unfavourable view of Iran, with Israel topping the list, followed closely by Jordan. In Lebanon however, voting patterns diverge along religious lines, with 95% of Lebanese Shia holding favourable views of Iran but only 5% of Sunni Muslims and 29% of Christians in the country view Iran positively.

The survey also notes that over the past few years, Iran’s perception has deteriorated in Muslim-majority countries, even in Pakistan, where most still view Iran positively.

Meanwhile, Iran’s president is also seen negatively in Middle East countries, with an average of 58% viewing him as unfavourable.

Inspite of that Pakistan do not have a very good relations with Iran. How Sad!!!!!!!

 

[Atheria]

Iran

At least Iran does not ban women from driving and playing sports

But Hangs and stones people in public and Kills Homosexuals-- and Neck deep in women Rights abuses and now supports Afghan Taliban
Not exactly a dream land
But yeah, National interest comes first, We should have good diplomatic relations with them.

 

[SHAMK9]

If given a choice between Iran & Saudi, who would score more favourably among Pakistanis?

None, mullah jerk off states

 

[Zibago]

But Hangs and stones people in public and Kills Homosexuals-- and Neck deep in women Rights abuses and now supports Afghan Taliban
Not exactly a dream land
But yeah, National interest comes first, We should have good diplomatic relations with them.

Hey andhoan mein kana raja

 

[Indus Pakistan]

Inspite of that Pakistan do not have a very good relations with Iran. How Sad!!!!!!!

I am weeping ..............

 

[scythian500]

But Hangs and stones people in public and Kills Homosexuals-- and Neck deep in women Rights abuses and now supports Afghan Taliban
Not exactly a dream land
But yeah, National interest comes first, We should have good diplomatic relations with them.

No stoning anymore...it is banned by clergy... hanging murderers and drug traffickers who kill thousand indirectly and their abundance due to Iran's proximity to Afghanistan makes it necessary to have death sentence....

btw, Iran is a Muslim country and Islam says to perform Qisas in public ( while Iran only do a small portion of them in public, mostly those crimes that have public security relevance like armed rubbery, drugs...

btw, how come when USA executes people, it is human right but if it is done in Iran it is bad!!

btw, just because other morally-backward nations encourage and promote and support Gay, Lesbian, Bi, no marriage, Bastards, etc... Why do you think Iran while being Muslim should follow their false agenda?

Those who believe in God and religion must respond... Is it ok in their religion to not only ignore God's orders but to promote just against it?

Iran is a Muslim country and its people are happy to see Murderers, Drug Traffickers, Armed Rubbery criminals to be executed... Stoning was considered a "Wahn" to Islam and as Shia Islam is very adaptable and logical, stopped it....

For the last time, Mullahs are just Iranians... They have been and still are a part of Iranian population and are not more %1 to %3 of all Iranian citizens. They have to compete and get elected by people of they want to become president... These days you can see Mullahs only in related positions... If you see most of Iranian presidents after revolution were Mullahs this is because people in majority still vote for them... although last time Ahmadi Nejad won the election from Mullahs... President Rouhani despite its Mullah dress is mostly an academic PHD holder than a Mullah...

Iran is an Islamic Democracy and those who repeat Western Agenda blindly should consider that:

Iran had more elections in last 36 years than any other country on earth... The responsibilities in Iran are shared between 4 juristic panels... 1- Parliament with all its members who got elected by people (there is a council that monitors the candidates not allowing unqualified persons to run for elections... This includes...people with clear un-qualification in terms of education, social behavior, the ability to perform such a job, their instance toward constitution and etc.... If you ask why that council don't let anti-Islamic Republic people to become candidates, it is very easy... Even in UK if you are against the Queen and the constitution you can not run for any kind of candidacy... PERIOD

2- Executive Force which is on shoulders of Directly Elected President and its ministers who also need to be approved by parliament members... if you say president has no power..then you should explain the difference in total situation of Iran in era of Ahmadi nejad and Rouhani or Khatami... let's be honest here...

3- Judges (Judges can only judge people and cases based on Iranian law that were passed and created by Parliament

4- Spiritual Leader: He is appointed by Constitution as a balancing force to coordinate other three forces and never let them sacrifice Iranian national interests for their party or personal differences ... Leader has the authority to interfere when he sees the other 3 forces are derailed from Iranian constitution and strategic plans or fighting each other with no logical reason... This is the main reason why Iran is an Island of security and calmness while most of other neighbors are in mess...

The leader is elected by a council where its members get elected directly by people... The council has the right to fire the leader if they see him not fit into the criteria... The council can do a lot...but since Iran only had 2 leaders so far and both were fit well into criteria then there were no actions yet...


in front of Iran we have Saudi Arabia who is known by all... A family owns a nation and country... the people are all "Ra,aya" like those lords who had farmers working for them... The system is absolute dictatorship with no elections at all... They own the major source of income (which recently converted to a very personal property of new Karate Kid of Saudi!! when he transferred ARAMCO from a public company into its own company!!)... This country has 12000 princesses who are paid in hundreds of billions just because they are off springs of Saud!! This country is the source of exporting Madrassas and Wahabi agenda to poorer Muslim countries and the main reason behind creation of all ISIL, Al Qaeda phenamenon is only their madrassas....

The Wikileaks documents showed how ugly and damaging this country is to the world... KSA is the only country that women is seen as less than animals... Their ancestors used to bury the baby-girls when born as they felt ashamed before Prophet came to them guiding them while Iranian women 2500 years ago used to become the commander of Iranian navy...but this culture still exists in KSA in form of not letting women to drive cars... even sitting behind a turned off car!! not letting women to go outside home without a MAHRAM!! Now in Iran, women drive, go to work, become managers, ministers, PMs, practice almost all sports, %65 of all student graduates in Iran are girls!! So, please be fair...

Let's be honest... Many countries have some sort of logical democracy and although non of them are perfect including USA or IRan's but we can still have hope that with some changes these democracies will be better... but for systems like Saudi Arabia... there is no hope... if you want to make something good out of it...you must destroy their system and rebuilt from scratch...

So, I hope this is the last time I explain Iranian political system to members here... let's be fair... don't follow Western Media Agenda blindly...

 

[ziaulislam]

its one sided love, iranian hate us and are aligned to india

 

[Serpentine]

its one sided love, iranian hate us and are aligned to india

My friend, you still don't know the difference between neutrality and 'aligning' to some party.

Will Pakistan cut its ties with U.S for the sake of Iran? Only then, you can expect us to cut ties with India.

And the thing that I need to repeat again, your Arab brothers are having a much larger economic cooperation with India than Iran, but since they are Arabs (or Sunnis), it's no problem, only Iran should not have relations with India, for others, it's okay. That's the logic of some Pakistanis I have encountered here.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

My friend, you still don't know the difference between neutrality and 'aligning' to some party.

Will Pakistan cut its ties with U.S for the sake of Iran? Only then, you can expect us to cut ties with India.

Agreed.

P.S: it's good to see Iran also mending its ties with the west.

And the thing that I need to repeat again, your Arab brothers are having a much larger economic cooperation with India than Iran, but since they are Arabs (or Sunnis), it's no problem, only Iran should not have relations with India, for others, it's okay. That's the logic of some Pakistanis I have encountered here.

This wasn't needed ... From my experience I can vouch for the fact that most people here harbour no ill will against Iran or the arabs...

We the average ppl don't care if Iran is shia or arabs are sunni.. We really don't care.

Yes we have some asswipez who have a Secterian mindset but those are a small minority...

Some ppl have issues with what they consider muslim countries being chummy with india but that's all.

If KSA does the same .. The same ppl will talk abt it.. Even those who have secterian shit wired into the back of their head..

Inspite of that Pakistan do not have a very good relations with Iran. How Sad!!!!!!!

Our relations with Iran are much more stable than in the past...

IP pipeline - check
Iran supplying electricity to regions in Balochistan.
Pak-Iran-Turkey freight train program
Iran to set up oil refinery in Gwadar.
Iran interested in CPEC.
Pak-Iran military ex.
Bilateral meetings.

Etx etc.

But unfortunately you are just another ignorant indian fool who can't swallow reality.

 

[ArsalanKhan21]

its one sided love, iranian hate us and are aligned to india

Will Pakistan cut its ties with U.S for the sake of Iran? Only then, you can expect us to cut ties with India.

shah had more positive police with Pakistan compared to the so called "Islamic" government that Has closer relations with India, Armenia and Greece than Pakistan, Azerbaijan and Turkey!

 

[RIP Pak LAW]

My friend, you still don't know the difference between neutrality and 'aligning' to some party.

Will Pakistan cut its ties with U.S for the sake of Iran? Only then, you can expect us to cut ties with India.

And the thing that I need to repeat again, your Arab brothers are having a much larger economic cooperation with India than Iran, but since they are Arabs (or Sunnis), it's no problem, only Iran should not have relations with India, for others, it's okay. That's the logic of some Pakistanis I have encountered here.

I don't care how much Iran has trade relations with India but what's their point of view over Kashmir ? Atleast Arab nations back Pakistan over it even just for the sake of it. I havn't seen Iran supporting Pakistan's point of view over Kashmir.

My friend, you still don't know the difference between neutrality and 'aligning' to some party.

Will Pakistan cut its ties with U.S for the sake of Iran? Only then, you can expect us to cut ties with India.

And the thing that I need to repeat again, your Arab brothers are having a much larger economic cooperation with India than Iran, but since they are Arabs (or Sunnis), it's no problem, only Iran should not have relations with India, for others, it's okay. That's the logic of some Pakistanis I have encountered here.

I don't care how much Iran has trade relations with India but what's their point of view over Kashmir ? Atleast Arab nations back Pakistan over it even just for the sake of it. I havn't seen Iran supporting Pakistan's point of view over Kashmir.

 

[Spectre]

No stoning anymore...it is banned by clergy... hanging murderers and drug traffickers who kill thousand indirectly and their abundance due to Iran's proximity to Afghanistan makes it necessary to have death sentence....

btw, Iran is a Muslim country and Islam says to perform Qisas in public ( while Iran only do a small portion of them in public, mostly those crimes that have public security relevance like armed rubbery, drugs...

btw, how come when USA executes people, it is human right but if it is done in Iran it is bad!!

btw, just because other backward nations encourage and promote and support Gay, Lesbian, Bi, no marriage, Bastards, etc... Why do you think Iran while being Muslim should follow their false agenda?

Those who believe in God and one religion must respond... Is it ok in their religion to not only ignore its orders but to promote against it?

Iran is Muslim country and its people are happy to see Murderers, Drug Traffickers, Armed Rubbery criminals to be executed... Stoning was considered a "Wahn" to Islam and as Shia Islam is very adaptable and logical, stopped it....

Iran is an Islamic Democracy and those who repeat Western Agenda blindly should consider that,

Iran has more elections in last 36 years than any other country on earth... The works in Iran are shared between 4 juristic panels... 1- Parliament with all its members got elected by people (there is a council that monitors the candidates not allowing unqualified persons to run for elections... This includes...people with clear un-qualification in terms of education, social behavior, the ability to perform such a job, etc.... If you ask why that council don't let anti-Islamic Republic people to become candidates, it is very easy... Even in UK if you are against the Queen and the constitution you can not run for any kind of candidacy... PERIOD

2- Executive Force which is on shoulders of Directly Elected President and its ministers who need to be approved by parliament members... if you say president has no power..then you should explain the difference in total situation of Iran in era of Ahmadi nejad and Rouhani or Khatami... let's be honest here...

3- Judges (Judges can only judge people and cases based on Iranian law that were passed and created by Parliament

4- Spiritual Leader: He is appointed by Constitution as a balancing force to coordinate other three forces and never let them sacrifice their national interests for their party or personal differences ... Leader has the athurity to intefere when he sees the other 3 forces are derailed from Iranian constitution and strategic plans...
The leaders is elected by a council with members elected directly by people... The council has the right to fire the leader if they see him not fit into the criteria... The council can do a lot...but since Iran only had 2 leaders so far and both were fit well into criteria then there were no actions yet...


in front of Iran we have Saudi Arabia who is known by all... A family owns a nation and country... the people are all "Ra,aya" like those lords who had farmers working for them... The system is absolute dictatorship with no elections at all... They own the major source of income (which recently converted to a very personal property of new Super man of Saudi!! when he transferred ARAMCO from a public company into its own company!!)... This country has 12000 princesses who are paid in hundreds of billions just because they are off springs of Saud!! This country is the source of exporting Madrassas and Wahabi agenda to poorer Muslim countries and the only reason behind all ISIL, Al Qaeda phenamenon is only their madrassas.... The Wikileaks documents showed how ugly and damaging this country is to the world... KSA is the only country that women is seen as less than animals... Their ancestors used to bury the baby-girls when born as they felt ashamed before Prophet came to them guiding them while Iranian women 2500 years ago used to become the commander of Iranian navy...but this culture still exists in KSA in form of not letting women to drive cars... even sitting behind a turned off car!! not letting women to go outside home without a MAHRAM!! Now in Iran, women drive, go to work, become managers, ministers, PMs, practice almost all sports, %65 of all student graduates in Iran are girls!! So, please be fair...

Let's be honest... Many countries have some sort of logical democracy and although non of them are perfect including USA or IRan's but we can still have hope that with some changes these democracies will be better... but for systems like Saudi Arabia... there is no hope... if you want to make something good out of it...you must destroy their system and rebuilt from scratch...

So, I hope this is the last time I explain Iranian political system to members here... let's be fair... don't follow Western Media Agenda blindly...

Excellent reply. Specially agree about the part where not all democracies are perfect but west and their puppets out here love to harp about deficiencies in our system while ignoring the problems in their home. Atleast we have democracy and are working towards improving it.

USA has Rampant racism is which often glossed over because they have a black president. Its doesn't matter how privileged blacks at the top are doing but how their avg black population lives. Their treatment of LGBT may be partially better but they have an entire Republican party which run on anti LGBT agenda and they have a lot of popular support.

Less we talk about Israel the better. UK and Europe may wear the mask of tolerance but having lived in Europe for a decade i have horror stories about how humiliating it is for us when their mask slips.

 

[Serpentine]

This wasn't needed ... From my experience I can vouch for the fact that most people here harbour no ill will against Iran or the arabs...

We the average ppl don't care if Iran is shia or arabs are sunni.. We really don't care.

Yes we have some asswipez who have a Secterian mindset but those are a small minority...

Some ppl have issues with what they consider muslim countries being chummy with india but that's all.

If KSA does the same .. The same ppl will talk abt it.. Even those who have secterian shit wired into the back of their head..

Yes I understand, that's why I put Sunni word in parenthesis, but we can't deny that some Pakistanis actually care if one is a Saudi or Iranian regardless of their actions, I don't want to mention members here, but I do agree with you that majority of Pakistanis don't care about sects, and have coexisted for years along each other without anyone caring if his neighbour is a Shia or a Sunni (and that was the general perception of Pakistan in many countries before the whole Taliban/LeJ thing tarnish some parts), but that remains the reality of Pakistan's society which is known for tolerance towards sects (excluding those nutjobs who sympathize with those terror groups).

I don't care how much Iran has trade relations with India but what's their point of view over Kashmir ? Atleast Arab nations back Pakistan over it even just for the sake of it. I havn't seen Iran supporting Pakistan's point of view over Kashmir.

Yes Iran remains neutral on Kashmir too and better to say, it has chosen a non-interference policy for years. What will Iran's support for Pakistan over Kashmir give you? Will it liberate Kashmir? Will it solve the problem?

The funny thing is, despite Arabs so called 'support' for Pakistan over Kashmir, they still have a greater economic relation with India compared to Iran, which is kinda hypocritical as you put it.

 

[ziaulislam]

My friend, you still don't know the difference between neutrality and 'aligning' to some party.

Will Pakistan cut its ties with U.S for the sake of Iran? Only then, you can expect us to cut ties with India.

And the thing that I need to repeat again, your Arab brothers are having a much larger economic cooperation with India than Iran, but since they are Arabs (or Sunnis), it's no problem, only Iran should not have relations with India, for others, it's okay. That's the logic of some Pakistanis I have encountered here.

Iran is not neutral, its pro indian. There is a difference

Iran on record has sided india on Kashmir issue.
have in past repeated threatened to attack
recently threatened for unilateral operation on Pakistan side of the boarder
with respect to india-iran-USA, we have repeated supported iran civilian nuclear use though india voted against you.

over relation cannot be mended until we become a shia state