All the important opinion polls before the elections clearly showed anti-Musharraf and anti-US feelings of the people which were the real issues in present elections. At the same time, they also showed that Muslims of Pakistan are committed to Islam and the Islamic Shariah as the guiding force for their collective as well as individual lives. Gallup Sui-vey, published in 2006, showed that 41% of the Pakistani population said that they wanted Shariah to be the only source of legislation, and another 27% wanted it as one of the sources.
