Inflation, jobs opportunities worry Pakistanis.

Increasing inflation, unemployment and poverty remained the biggest concerns for Pakistanis with a majority of the population viewing economy going in the wrong direction but the overall perception has gradually started improving, a new opinion poll reveals.

About 70 percent of the most worrying issues for Pakistanis relate to their financial miseries, according to an Ipsos opinion survey released on Wednesday.

Survey results showed that a majority of the people were not happy with the way things were handled. But the number of people viewing things adversely has started declining.

People were somewhat not seeing any improvement in the local economy. About 57 percent said that they were expecting either weaker or much weaker economy in the next six months.

People were questioned about their confidence in the economy, their opinion on the current situation compared to a year earlier, investment decisions, job prospects and the most worrying issues for them.

Increasing inflation was the biggest concern for 34 percent of the respondents, according to the survey. A...