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Are you crazy? don't even think about going there or you will be killed.
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Interesting 
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Some say home is where you were born… that makes KSA my home. Some say home is where your roots are… that makes Pakistan my home. I qualify for the title of a global citizen, don’t you think? Kitna acha ho if they gave me a global passport and I travelled anywhere I liked. 
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first i have many family members & friends who moved back in last 10 years from North America & Europe. All of them are doing great except 2 families, well they have their own specific reason none of it is related to law/order & finance.
one of my best friend who with myself graduated around same time made a career choice he move back home and now he is regional manager portfolio at Barclay Pakistan, oki i didn't do bad either but given all the bad news came from Pak 24/7 - i was actually happy and shocked at the same time about his achievement in few years. same is true for all the friends in schools who stay back, majority of them are doing well. Pakistan provide you with best jobs and pay if you have skills for it.
unfortunately most of the expats have expectations over the head when they want to make a move, which Pakistan can't provide well not even in next 50 years.
i have conversation with some people regarding never going back to Pak, they have some valid reasons - but most of them just don't wanna go back for one reason: stability. i mean when you are close to 40s, you don't have energy to take risks such as move to new country with grownup kids.
as far i am concern, i am in New York but it always felt like a temporary stop and it is - i have more stakes in Pakistan then living here. In New York, i am just working my ass of to pay bills and that's all. Being in Pakistan i can payback in terms of technical/management skills, start a VC .. i mean opportunities are endless which can actually help in making difference in the life's of ordinary people which definitely Pakistan require.
in the end for haters, country is like a mother you can hate her, but can't leave her - when she is sick, you take her to doctor - when she is old and doing bad, you try to help her - that's what Pakistan require today - Pakistan is on her knees - she requires her sons & daughters to take care of her.
Brilliant post! Thanks :)
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Seb, tell us why you want to stay in Pakistan when MashaAllah there may be other doors open for you.
LP, haina! 
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If a person has all their family abroad and they have been practically raised there, I hardly see any reason for them to move back. And obviously this wouldn’t make them spoilt, snobby 
Home is where the family is. And that’s one BIG reason that would get me to move back to Pak IA sooner or later 
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I think in the end it all comes down to the amount of money you have....you can have a luxury filled lifestyle and security anywhere if you have the money. I believe home is where the heart is and a heart can't be in two places at the same time so these replies like "oh I'd love to move back but..." are deceiving.
well lets put in perspective if you have already made up mind, that we left the country forever - you don't need to come up with excuses that oh. just stop there. you don't need to justify yourself and neither being judgmental on what others are thinking.
if the life is all about stability & luxury i wonder why the suicide rate is all time high in the most stable & develop country like Japan. in my eyes nationalism is more then stability, family and peace of mind. if you can't able to secure a good job or setup a proper business well don't blame Pakistan because maybe the lack of resources or expertise was on your end.
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No because people who live in Pakistan have got some staring problem
may not answer what OP is asking. But relevant in the bigger picture.
"Ask not what your country can do for you, Ask what you can do for your country" – JFK
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Hmmna by Improve I mean - the ability to go shopping on my own, the ability to go for a late night dinner with my friends, the ability to not talk on my blackberry in public, the ability to bring home my salary without being mugged. But at the same time its not that bad we go shopping and out to eat etc and we don't even notice the halaat kharab - life goes on! its confusing :/
I was raised in the UK but honestly love karachi as a city, if I was raised here and had the money for a great life I don't know why I would leave e.g. most of my family are still here.
But my dad left to become a doc in the UK - his doctor friends have been shot at the doors of their clinic. Thats what I mean by improve. All his classfellows tell him moving to the UK was the best decision he made.
However karachi is where our heart is and its weird because I couldn't for some reason marry a man from pakistan where I have handed out got knows how much money and volunteered hours to help the people of this city.
My dad and I are planning to open a childrens clinic here after his retirement iA
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^Were u born there, inspi?
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yes deeba I came to the UK as an infant though!
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I know of a family who moved back to Pakistan but the guy had moved to Canada for studies, then got a job and stayed there. His father passed away and mother was alone so he moved back. He got a very good job after a year of struggle. He had very young kids when he moved.
I know of another family where the guy sent back his wife and kids to Pakistan when the kids were young. He himself stayed in US becuase he thought he cannot get a good enough job back in Pakistan. Then when the 2 elder kids got to highschool he brought them all back. The two younger kids are attending elementry school now I think. I personally did not understand the entire arrangement.
My dad did something like that to us, except he's still there and we're still here. Now he wants to move back to Pakistan and expects me to stay with him. However I'm all grown up, hate this place, feel betrayed and want to move the US. Sucks big time.
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Home isn't where family is, or where you were born, or where the heart is. Home is where one decides to make that place his home and THAT is affected by one or more of the factors mentioned. I was born in Pakistan and lived there for the first 9 years of my life, and then moved abroad with my entire family. I have no relatives whatsoever here. My parents plan to move back in retirement. The only time I would consider moving permanently back to Pakistan would be in my retirement, regardless of where my relatives or family are. Or as others have mentioned, jab halaat theek ho jain.
Dont get me wrong. I love Pakistan and travel there often enough. But I was raised here and things in Pakistan are done very differently. I would be much too dependant on my uncles and cousins to help me get everything done simply because it is easy to go to the wrong person to get something done. Plus, and I'll probably be hated on for this, I don't like the behaviour of Pakistanis, atleast towards me. My politeness comes off as a weakness and people think I can be trodded upon. And that pisses me off to no end. I know this isn't the case with everyone, even with myself. But this applies for the majority of the people I have come into contact with. Even my close relatives and well wishers have told me this but at first I didn't believe them. After seeing it and confirming it several times, I'm too....well lets just I'd move there in retirement.
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Home isn't where family is, or where you were born, or where the heart is. Home is where one decides to make that place his home
And you decide that based on factors which may include family, finance, comfort etc etc.
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Home isn't where family is, or where you were born, or where the heart is. Home is where one decides to make that place his home** and THAT is affected by one or more of the factors mentioned**
I did say that catskin.
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well lets put in perspective if you have already made up mind, that we left the country forever - you don't need to come up with excuses that oh. just stop there. you don't need to justify yourself and neither being judgmental on what others are thinking.
if the life is all about stability & luxury i wonder why the suicide rate is all time high in the most stable & develop country like Japan. in my eyes nationalism is more then stability, family and peace of mind. if you can't able to secure a good job or setup a proper business well don't blame Pakistan because maybe the lack of resources or expertise was on your end.
I don't know what you're saying.
I personally don't like UK. Small sized houses....even the states are small but highly priced. Too much hatred towards Muslims and Pakistanis by the media. Everything's expensive. Oh well...the grass looks always greener on the other side, doesn't it?
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Oh and not to mention the horrid weather. I'd move to Australia for wide open roads but nah...too many creepy crawlies.
One thing I like about Pakistan is that sharabi kababis can get arrested for drinking in public.
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I don't know what you're saying.
I personally don't like UK. Small sized houses....even the states are small but highly priced. Too much hatred towards Muslims and Pakistanis by the media. Everything's expensive. Oh well...the grass looks always greener on the other side, doesn't it?
if you didn't get it, why you bother to wrote two lines?
too much time to spend, eh?
p.s. the grass may be greener on the other side of the fence but you still have to mow it.