A majority of viewers approved of the governmentÂ’s handling of the Jamia Hafsa issue, according to an opinion poll conducted by Pakistan Television. According to the poll, 82.15 percent of respondents backed the governmentÂ’s handling of the issues, while 11.63 percent expressed disapproval with government tactics. The poll, which received a total of 5,337 text messages (SMS), revealed that 6.22 percent of the respondents were undecided or uncertain about the governmentÂ’s handling of the Jamia Hafsa. The messages were received by various mobile services of Pakistan with 49.64 percent of the respondents using Mobilink, 34.87 percent using Ufone, 9.3 percent using Telenor, 3.83 percent using Paktel, 1 percent using Warid and 0.8 percent using Insta. The poll was open for 7 hours to allow the maximum number of respondents to register their opinion over the governmentÂ’s handling of the issue.