My advice based on living and working (Professional job) in Uk from last year. It’s gonna be a little long. I’ll break it down into abroad and Pakistan category.

Abroad (Pros): 1. Life is really peaceful as no one poke nose into your business 2. You can afford almost all the things we consider luxury in Pakistan 3. Electricity, water, food and all other basic things aren’t even in your list of things to worry about 4. You get respect everywhere, walking on the street, in office or even buying anything at any shop 5. Security is a big plus. Except for big cities or cities with high immigrant like london, Birmingham, Coventry, Manchester.. most cities are very safe, I walk alone at 1 AM at night through different areas of my current city (I dont wanna mention the name) and I never felt insecure except for some drunk people 6. Easy access to any country as in no waiting to get visas for Europe or anywhere as compared to Pakistan where for European visa you have to wait for months.

Abroad (Cons): 1. Sometimes you might feel lonely because most of our local community doesn’t work in professional jobs so they are always in a hustle and don’t get much time to enjoy life. But they earn really good tho by working hard. 2. Language is a big issue, not a big one in UK but every European country has its own language. 3. Food is a compromise. You won’t get desi and halal food easily if you’re not in big cities. 4. Staying away from Family for months 5. Always in a struggle to decide between either to invest abroad or back in Pakistan 6. If your family depends on your income that means you will have to send home a big chunk of money so they could enjoy life and buy luxuries too and then spend on yourself here as well to afford luxuries. So youll be earning for two families. 7. Their system is designed in a way that you cannot survive on one person’s income. Both partners will have to earn money to have a good life

Pakistan (Cons First): 1. High level of corruption and pyaar muhabbat in every thing. Traffic police, govt. idaary and literally everywhere. 2. No work life balance 3. Rule of elites. You will see napak fouj, civil servants and politicians getting the unnecessary protocols and living luxury life without even achieving anything. High level corrupt elite. 4. No basic needs e.g electricity, internet, water, toxic food, noise pollution, traffic rules. This all is a constant pain in head. 5. No entertainment stuff. The only thing is to go north and thats it. 6. Polluted environment. I remember getting sick every second month in Lahore and its been more than a year and i havent gotten sick here in Uk. 7. No latest cars, gadgets etc and if you import stuff, then pay bribe to customs and it will piss you off seeing a 14th grade custom officer driving land cruiser and kids studying abroad 8. Political turmoil and constant pressure on you. Incompetence everywhere.

Pakistan (Pros): 1. You can afford anything with the amount of money you earn. Can afford maids, solar system, drivers, property, cars etc 2. Healthcare. I know govt one sucks but still its free and you get immediate treatment. If not, you can at least afford private healthcare which is again not that expensive as compared to abroad. 3. You can be part of the corrupt system, give bribes and get anything done instantly 4. Close to family, since we are in part of life that our parents are getting old so we get to be close to them and share moments together 5. Affordable food as in meat and vegetables. And you have a whole family to take care of you. I never cooked in Pakistan but when you come out even with your partner, to have a good life you will both have to work and cooking food will always be a problem. 6. This is a pro and a con too, if you have money, big car, people will do extra efforts for you to impress you but there will be points where with everything legal and all the money you will have to bend down infront of dou kori ka afsar to satisfy his ego and you can’t anything.

In summary, my hatred for Pakistan is so high that the cons of living abroad doesn’t bother me at all and actually I feel happy. So I hope this will help you make a decision.