Why People Want to Leave Pakistan
(Azhar ul haq Wahid, Karachi)
Brain Drain
Muzammil Ch.
The term ‘brain drain’ refers to the emigration of highly educated, highly
professional skilled and technical manpower from the undeveloped to the
developed countries. This phenomenon, in the terminology of development
economics, refers to the loss of high quality manpower. It is particularly true
in the case of doctors, engineers, scientists, business students and
professionals, thousands of individuals get knowledge in their country but they
shift in developed countries because of some reasons. Pakistan is a country
awarded with talented individuals which better in various walks of life both
nationally and internationally. The trend of moving abroad in search of a better
life has increased sharply among Pakistani professionals in the last few
decades. However, due to a mixture of reasons, a lot of these talented
individuals have become despairing with the current affairs of Pakistan.
Thousands of professionals have already migrated to out of country for better
facilities and a large number of professional who are still here are planning to
do the same. The only justification they give in this connection is that they
need a reward for their capabilities in terms of recognition and a good income,
which they find hard to get in their own country. The effects of brain drain are
very harmful. The broadly construed brain drain has not only reduced the supply
of Crucial persons but has also diverted the attention of those who stay in
their native lands from important local problems and goals. In low income
courtiers, political instability, civil unrest, insecurity, paltry social
services and lack of educational opportunities for children, low salary, work
overload, disagreeable working conditions and lack of facilities of professional
development are leading causes of Brain Drain in Pakistan. According to Muzammil
Hanif, many engineers, doctors, businessmen and other professional persons want
to return Pakistan but cannot find suitable jobs and attractive salary packages
in their home land.