Pakistan is facing Brain Drain, just last year 946,571 Pakistanis moved to other countries for better opportunities. Among these people there were professionals and skilled workers who left Pakistan and settled in foreign countries for better future.
During 2013-2015 around 2.32 million people moved from Pakistan for overseas employments. It is an alarming situation because the talented youth and skilled workers which are needed for the progress and development of Pakistan are leaving the country.
Long duty hours with lowest paid salary to doctors is only seen #Pakistan so is reason of highest brain drain of these elite to USA/Uk/AuS
— DR ABBAS (@docabbaskhan) September 14, 2016
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with having only 12% of Pakistan’s population comprised 26% of Pakistanis working abroad.
[junkie-alert style=”white”]Karachi topped the cities with 70,000 people going overseas for employment[/junkie-alert]
From Sialkot 33,000, Faisalabad & Dera Ghazi Khan 31,000 each, Lahore 30,000, Swat 28,000, Der 26,000, Rawalpindi 22,000 and from Gujrat 19,000 left Pakistan.
Though the brain drain is a serious problem but employees working in overseas are also a source of relieve for Pakistani government as they send high remittence back to Pakistan each year. They sent $18.4 billion during 2014-2015, and this amount is increasing each year.