Some apartments/houses of people I know living abroad are okay, no one lives in there, no "chowkidaaar" or special security.
this some represents a majority of how much? we ourselves almost lost our house back in 2000. my father had to go to pak and sell it since there was no one to look after it. true that if it happened to us doesn't mean it can happen to anyone but same can be said about the other side. its better to be safe than sorry. property costs a lot in pak and you don't want to risk you investment by losing it.