Record 7 lakh 65 thousand people went abroad for jobs in Pakistan, this report surprises

Brain drain in Pakistan 2022: Neighboring country Pakistan is facing economic and political challenges. Apart from this, the severe floods in the country this year have brought tragedy to the people. In this situation, educated Pakistani youth are leaving the country and looking for foreign countries in search of money and employment. It has been revealed in a media report that more than 7,60,000 educated youth have been ‘brain drained’ from Pakistan in search of jobs, this is the biggest figure ever.

According to documents available with The Express Tribune, in the year 2022, 7,65,000 people left Pakistan and went abroad. While last year in 2021, 2,25,000 and in 2020, 2,88,000 people turned to foreign countries. This year’s ‘brain drain’ figures are shocking for Pakistan as it also includes 92,000 highly educated people. In this, doctors, engineers, information technology experts and accountants have left the country.

Most Pakistanis went to Saudi Arabia and UAE
According to the Bureau of Immigration and Overseas Employment, most of these migrants went to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) among Middle Eastern countries. At the same time, Romania remains the favorite destination of Pakistanis in European countries. An Immigration Bureau official told the Tribune on condition of anonymity that, “The political uncertainty along with the deteriorating economic situation in the country has started affecting Pakistan’s workforce.”

Youth troubled by uncertain economic and political situation
“Distressed by inflation, unemployment and uncertain economic and political situation, thousands of youth, including the highly educated, are going abroad every year in search of employment,” the official said. Pakistan, which is facing economic crisis, is also facing political crisis. former prime minister of the country Imran Khan have demanded that the government announce an early general election, but Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has rejected their plea to hold mid-term elections.

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According to the Bureau of Immigration and Overseas Employment, 7,65,000 youths from Pakistan went abroad this year. The bureau also said that 6,25,000 Pakistanis went abroad in 2019, an increase in the number of migrants this year after registering a decline for two consecutive years. According to the documents, those leaving the country in 2022 included more than 92,000 graduates, 350,000 trained workers and an equal number of unskilled workers. The bureau also said that 7,36,000 people went to Gulf countries.

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