Brain Drain: Over 765,000 Pakistani youth including one lakh with advanced degrees left country for better jobs

Brain Drain: Over 765,000 Pakistani youth including one lakh with advanced degrees left country for better jobs

765,000 people went abroad looking for jobs in 2022 due to rising inflationand unemployment in Pakistan.

Millions of young Pakistanis were worried about the uncertain political andeconomic situation in Pakistan in recent years. They went abroad to searchfor work because they were concerned about inflation and unemployment.

This year, the number of Pakistanis moving abroad to find work has risenalmost three-fold from last year. 765,000 Pakistanis went abroad lookingfor jobs in 2022 due to rising inflation and a host of other factors.

More than 92,000 people with advanced degrees have also moved abroad tobecome doctors, engineers, IT specialists, accountants, and associateengineers.

5,534 engineers, 18,000 electrical associate engineers, 2,500 doctors, andmore than 2,000 computer specialists are included. There are also 2,13,000drivers, 3,28,000 workers, and 2,13,000 drivers who have moved abroad.

Statistics show that 736,000 young Pakistanis traveled to the Gulfcountries this year. Meanwhile, 40,000 Pakistanis traveled to European andAsian countries.

Nearly 470,000 Pakistani youth traveled to Saudi Arabia, 119,000 to Oman,77,000 to Oman, 51.634 to Qatar, and 2,000 Pakistanis to Kuwait.

According to reports, 760,000 young people traveled abroad in 2018, 625,000migrated in 2019, 225,000 left the country in 2020, and 288,000 moved todifferent countries in 2021.

More than 92,000 graduates went abroad in 2015, with 350,000 of them beingtrained, and over 300,000 youth who were not yet qualified.

*Via Express link*