Re: Salaam need advice about moving back to pakistan
Well said. And, let’s not lose sight of the fact that Pakistan is a land of “andhon main kana raja.” I am not sure if it is already a major motivation behind his contemplation to move to Pakistan but if “homesick” were to move back, he would likely become part of the 1% in that country thanks to his AMERICAN accent, AMERICAN school and college education, and AMERICAN work experience, all of which would come handy to secure, to quote the OP, a “descent” job in Pakistan. And, despite all his apparent shameless ingratitude, homesick would OWE ALL of his relative financial success in Pak to the US and the opportunities that it GAVE him, just as he owes everything he has today to this country. Because, unless his parents were ultra rich industrialists/big army bigwigs/feudals, chances are he would be slumming it up along with the lower 99% in Pak since there is almost ZERO upward social mobility in Pakistan.
And one more thing, homesick: The children of the Pakistani elite (including the little ‘princelings’ with blue passports whose parents moved to Pak) who attended college with me during undergrad were much more ultra-modern/‘wild’ than majority of their American born and/or raised Ameircan-Pakistanis. I was and am perfectly find with that. But y*ou *might not be if you think you kids can lead a completely sheltered life in Pakistan or that they would not go crazy when they eventually get a chance to move back to the US. That’s NOT possible unless you send them to some terrible Urdu-medium school- a fate that surely any self-respecting father who loves and cares about the future of his kids would not willingly subject his kids to.