Economic woes cause brain drain

KARACHI - Due to terrorism and economic crisis, the highly qualified and brilliant people are forced to leave the country in search of better future in the West.

The initiative of Higher Education Commission (HEC) to convert brain-drain into brain-gain is also being damaged owing to inadequate policies of the new government.

However, thousands of MBBS graduates are produced annually from different medical colleges and universities in the country, while 50 to 60 per cent of the fresh graduates leave the country to pursue for better professional careers in foreign lands. Conversely, the feeling of insecurity is also compelling common man to migrate towards prosperous countries, including Canada, Australia, England, America, New Zealand, Germany and South Africa.

However, it is difficult to figure out how many Pakistanis are living abroad but it is roughly estimated that nearly six million of them have left the country for good.