Re: foreign se rishta
Your parents are not an exception. Lots of families in Pakistan want their children to settle abroad…for better career options, for better security, for better basic resources, etc. I recently visited Pakistan after 7 years. One prominent change I noticed in my social circle was that 7 years ago, people were facing the same set of problems, but they were content aur har haal main Allah ka shukar ada karte thay. Now, that attitude has changed to restlessness, frustration and want for escape. I was surprised at the number of families who have 1+ sons abroad (and majority of them went through illegal means).
Anyway, that is not to say that *everyone *prefers to go abroad. There still are families there who have no intention of permanently moving out of Pak. Some of my cousins are turning 20+ and their mothers have started looking for their proposals … they are focusing on the same/neighbouring city so their daughter can stay close to home. Also, a few families inquired to my parents for my proposal but they wanted me to move to Pakistan after marriage. These families are all well off in Pakistan…their son either studied at one of the top institutions in Pak or from abroad but once the study is complete, they want their son to stay in Pakistan in their ancestral home. So that was a turnoff for us, but surely there still are many families who are happier staying in Pakistan than anywhere else in the world.
Does that answer your question?
You didn’t really ask for advice. So I won’t give any.