---
"title": "Pakistanis Seeing U.S. as a Threat"
"description": "That's the number of Pakistanis who say they are very or somewhat worried that the US could become a military threat to their country."
"date": "2007-12-11"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Russell Heimlich"
    "job_title": "Former web developer"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/short-reads/2007/12/11/pakistanis-seeing-u-s-as-a-threat/"
---

# Pakistanis Seeing U.S. as a Threat

More than seven-in-ten Pakistanis (72%) are very or somewhat worried that the U.S. could become a military threat to their country, and 64% name the U.S. as one of the countries posing the greatest potential threat to Pakistan, a larger number than name even longstanding arch-rival India (45%), with whom Pakistan has fought three major wars in the last 60 years.[Read More](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/pubs/561/pakistan-terrorism)