Re: Moving to Pakistan - prespective needed
Given the current political situation in Pakistan, its not a wise move.
Move back with a return ticket, try it out for six months, see how wifey adjusts and yourself, then plan on investing in property and living permanently.
Giving back to the country is fine but do you want your children to be raised in such an unsafe environment? In karachi, firing and strikes happen daily. Schools get bomb threats, forget bomb threats, schools are hardly run regularly. There are no parks or playgrounds and galis arent safe like they use to be.
Some useful info:
Holidays for private schools in Sindh during 2007
Holiday Number of days taken off
*Summer holidays 75
*Winter vacations 10 (extended to 18 days last year)
*Exams/result preparation 20
Total: 105 (= 15 weeks)
*2-day weekends (Saturday & Sunday) 74
Religious holidays:
*Ashura 2
*Chehlum 1
*Eid milad-un-nabi 1
*Shab-e-Barat 1
*Shab-e-Mairaj 1
*Eid-ul fitr 3
*Eid-ul-Azha 3
Total: 13
Other gazetted holidays:
*Kashmir day (Feb 5) 1
*Pakistan Resolution Day (March 23) 1
*Labour Day (May 1) 1
*Independence Day (August 14) 1
*Quaid death anniversary (Sept 11) 1
*Iqbal's death anniversary (Nov 9) 1
Total: 6
Provincial/local holidays:
*Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai's Urs 1
*Abdullah Shah Ghazi's Urs 2
Total: 3
Unscheduled holidays: 10 (average per year)
Total holidays per year 211 (= approximately 30 weeks)
- Courtesy: Teachers Resource Centre (Dawn)