Half of the country’s youth believes that Feb 8 general elections will be transparent, however, they also think that the upcoming polls will not affect their daily lives.

These were the findings of a Voice of America (VOA) survey conducted by research company IPSOS.

In the survey titled ‘Political Participation and Landscape of Pakistani Youth’, 2,000 participants from 18 to 34 years of age, hailing from Islamabad and the four provinces, were interviewed.

The youth said that inflation was a major issue and they would cast the vote based on this issue. The majority of them were also in favour of sending the Afghan refugees back to their country.

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