Heres a study published by the largest independent research think tank in the world that conducted a series of studies and recently published its findings on 8th Aug, 07. I am going to put some relevant stuff here. For the full article, please see below.
According to the recently released National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), Pakistan remains a safe haven and base of operations for al Qaeda. Nonetheless,
public opinion in Pakistan has actually grown considerably less supportive of terrorism in recent years. In 2004, 41% of Pakistani Muslims said that suicide bombing and other forms of violence against civilians were "often" or "sometimes justified" in order to defend Islam from its enemies, while only 35% felt that such attacks were never justified.1 Today,
only 9% say suicide attacks are often or sometimes justified, while 72% say this kind of violence is never defensible (another 9% say they are "rarely" justified).
Similarly, support for Osama bin Laden has waned. In 2005, 51% of Pakistanis said they had a lot or some confidence in bin Laden to do the right thing in world affairs. Now, confidence in the al Qaeda leader has fallen to 38% – still disturbingly high, but nonetheless a substantial decline in just two years.
Over the last few years, Pakistan has suffered a number of deadly terrorist attacks, including a series of suicide bombings in July, following a government raid on the Red Mosque, a militant Islamist stronghold in the capital city, Islamabad.
More than three-in-four Pakistanis (76%) call terrorism a "very big problem" for the country. Among the 47 countries included in the 2007 Pew Global Attitudes survey, only Bangladeshis (77%) and Moroccans (81%) are more worried about terrorism. And in a 2006 Pew survey,
74% of Pakistanis said they were very or somewhat
concerned about the rise of Islamic extremism in their country – a
higher level of concern than found in the other predominantly Muslim countries included in the survey: J
ordan (69%), Egypt (68%), Turkey (46%), and Indonesia (43%).