A recent Gilani poll conducted by Gallup Pakistan shows that, in the perceptions of the average Pakistani, education tops the list of various fields in which the country seems to be progressing. Pakistan\'s progress in education was rated as Good or Very Good by 36% of a nationally representative sample of men and women who were asked to rate the performance of various national activities. Education is followed by economic progress (29%), progress in public morals (23%) and law and order progress cited by 21% of the respondents. Interestingly, a proportionately higher percentage of ruralites have a positive opinion about the progress of Pakistan in these various spheres of life. On the negative side, 33% of the national sample rated progress in Education as Bad or Very Bad. The comparable rating for other fields is: Economic Progress (40%), Public Morals (41%), and Law and Order (54%).

The recent Gilani poll was conducted in Pakistan by Gallup Pakistan, affiliated with Gallup International Association, among a sample of 2650 men and women from rural and urban areas of all four provinces of the country, during August 2009.