Pakistan has experienced the brain drain since Partition for reasons as varied as political instability to inadequate job opportunities. According to some statistics, up to two-thirds of Pakistanis want to migrate. But the trend may be shifting. Nowadays, many young Pakistanis are choosing to return to the Land of the Pure with the intention of carving a forgotten path in a country they left long ago.
But are these students and recent graduates returning because of the post-9/11 global situation and heightened discrimination faced by Pakistanis? Or is it because it’s relatively easier to make a breakthrough here? Can it be that Generation Y is more identity conscious and invested in the future of its country?
Whatever their motivation, young Pakistanis are slowly reversing the brain drain.
Pakistanis return not to make money, but because they feel needed here. There a lot more opportunities here than abroad. They think if people surround themselves with positive people and keep at it, things will change in Pakistan.
It makes sense to them to do something for Pakistan rather than another developing country because they can make the most difference here, they understand the community better here, and the most important, there is some attachment and I think that attachment can certainly be a good motivating factor.
The main reason of brain drain is that Pakistan is not in that good position to attract its brightest minds back to their homeland and in some where people are not willing because of Healthy and Protected foreign life.